An Evaluation of the Advanced Oxford Practice Grammar Course Book Used for VLU’s English majors

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1 Specialized English, Faculty of Foreign Languages, Van Lang University, Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam

2 Faculty of Foreign Languages, Van Lang University

10.22034/elt.2025.68499.2813

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Textbook evaluations help select the best textbook by highlighting its potential strengths and weaknesses. This study aimed to determine whether George Yule’s Advanced Oxford Practical Grammar remained relevant as a compulsory course book for the first-year English-majored students at Van Lang University, Vietnam. Questionnaire and interview were served as the main research instruments with the participation of the thirty experienced English instructors. The findings demonstrated how well-suited the course book was for tertiary students in terms of teaching grammar in a practical setting. The thoughtful application of additional grammar exercises and the connection of more pertinent contexts to communicate grammatical points and structures were two other suggested enhancements. Even though the course book covered the most crucial grammatical topics for advanced learners with a plethora of examples and hands-on exercises, participants pointed out some complex and unusual grammatical usage that might need to be revised. Particularly, suggestions called for more additional and interactive activities and tasks.

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Journal of English Language Teaching and Learning

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Available Online from 18 October 2025

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