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This research analyses the language theories which are involved in the activities of Jordanian language materials. The researchers have chosen a sample from language materials used to teach English at Jordanian public high schools since 2015. An analysis checklist has been adapted and used, focusing on the analysis of language theories. The findings show that the students’ role is responsive rather than proactive. The dominant source of content is the materials, and the teachers’ role is overlooked in providing useful language content. Furthermore, the mental operations have not been taken to the deepest level to promote students’ creative and critical thinking skills. The findings also reveal that the materials have a sentence-based content, that is, the content provided as input to learners and content expected as output from the learners comprise individual words, phrases and sentences, and there are few opportunities for extended written and oral discourse. Consequently, it is recommended that teachers, researchers and materials developers should take into consideration such challenging findings to bridge the gap between theory and practice and to develop language materials effectively. In other words, the materials should continuously be analysed, evaluated, and developed in a systematic and rigorous way to have insights into the materials and the process of analysis for professional development purposes, and to help students improve their language learning process. |\n| Article history\u003Cbr>Received: April 04, 2018\u003Cbr>Accepted: July 07, 2018\u003Cbr>Published: August 31, 2018\u003Cbr>Volume: 9 Issue: 4\u003Cbr>Advance access: July 2018 |  |\n| Conflicts of interest: None\u003Cbr>Funding: None |  |\n| Key words:\u003Cbr>Materials Analysis,\u003Cbr>Language Theories, Materials Development, Professional Development |  |\n\nINTRODUCTION  \nBackground of the Study  \nThe analysis process is an objective description that aims to provide important information about the target language materials and the applied linguistics theories (Cunningsworth, 1995; Tomlinson, 1999, 2011; McGrath, 2002; and Littlejohn, 2011). Littlejohn (2011), for example, argues that thereis a need for analysing materials closely; therefore, the researchers can see ‘inside’ them and take more control over their design and use. In other words, the materials analysis can provide insights into effective practice, and it may help in determining the validity of language theories.  \nTextbooks generally provide a necessary site for the study of theories (Basturkman1999). The claims being made for textbooks on the introduction, back cover, and/or table of contents need to be tested (Littlejohn, op.cit. ; Cunningsworth, op.cit. ; Basturkman, op.cit. ; and McGrath, op.cit.) . The language and learning theoretical views and what constitutes content should potentially be surmised from the blurbs of the textbook or teacher’s book which are considered a key site for the visibility of the theories (Basturkman 1999) . Therefore, textbooks are potentially an important site for studying theories and claims about language, learning and teaching (Alkhaldi, 2011) .  \nRationale of the Study  \nAccording to the researchers’ best knowledge, students in Jordan usually complain about the difficulty of learning English and the continuous change of the textbooks (Alkhaldi, 2011) . He maintains that there is ‘a research gap’ between the Jordanian research c","cbCaimp80eJBXXt4","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaimp80eJBXXt4","pdf",417351,"English","# Article Info\n## Abstract\n## Article History\n## Conflicts of Interest and Funding\n## Key Words\n# Introduction\n## Background of the Study\n## Rationale of the Study\n## Significance of the Study\n## Purpose of the Study","[{\"question\":\"What is the main goal of the materials analysis in this study?\",\"answer\":\"The study uses materials analysis to objectively describe target language materials and the applied linguistics theories embedded in them.\"},{\"question\":\"Which sample of language materials does the research focus on?\",\"answer\":\"The researchers select language materials used to teach English at Jordanian public high schools since 2015.\"},{\"question\":\"What key limitations were found in the materials?\",\"answer\":\"Findings indicate limited extended written and oral discourse, sentence-based content structure, and insufficient promotion of deeper mental operations for creative and critical thinking.\"}]","An Analysis of English Language Theories - A Case Study | PDF",25]