I �ve been wracking my brain for the past two weeks. We �ve been given the option to choose between two textbooks: Backpack (Longman Pearson) and Brainstorm (Macmillan) we �ve been using backpack, but are considering changing to brainstorm. I �ve been asked to make a comparison between the two, but I really dont know where to start. I lean towards brainstorm, because it is so much more challenging than backpack, however, we are not a bilingual school and only have 40 minutes a day of English.

HELP PLEASE??? What should  I be looking for in the textbooks? Is there some kind of guideline I should follow? Have any of you had experiences with these textbooks you �d like to share with me? I appreciate all your help in advance!

Love,

Gaby

 

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http://www.ingilish.com/welcome-plus.htm

 

http://www.cels.bham.ac.uk/resources/essays/Dawson3.pdf

 

http://www.gabrielatos.com/CB-Use-TTEd.pdf

 

http://axpsu.fpf.slu.cz/e-learning/file.php?file=%2F354%2FKopie_-_Coursebook_evaluation.ppt#265,13,

 

http://www.phil.muni.cz/angl/thepes/thepes_01_16.pdf