UPDATING THE ENGLISH TEXTBOOK UPSWING ENGLISH IN LINE WITH THE ACTION-ORIENTED APPROACH

One of the most problematic issues in ELT textbooks used public secondary schools Turkey is their inability to reflect active practice principles action-oriented approach, which Turkish curriculum for primary and claims have adopted. The textbooks, thus, are inefficient, not mention inadequate, train social actors, a goal set by Common European Framework Reference Languages (CEFR). This paper critically analyses so-called project at end unit 10 English textbook Upswing eighth grades terms approach concludes that does characteristics pedagogical projects. only function allow students reuse language content unit. Thus, displays communicative rather than approach. Ultimately, an alternative mini-project design suggested make more compatible consistent with