Content Analysis of the Learning Components in EFL Textbook "Way to Go" For the 7th Grade Arab Students

This study aimed at evaluating the Course of Study "Way to Go" for teaching English designed for heterogeneous seventh- grade classes. The study attempts to answer the following question: How are the learning components stated, distributed, and balanced in "Way to Go" for the seventh grade Arab students? The researchers analyzed the 'Way to Go' student's book using CA methodology according to the following criteria: learning components - the activities and benchmarks of the five sub-domains of language learning, and the cultural aspects. The researcher calculated the frequency and percentage of the analyzed data taken from the 'Way to Go' student's book. Then the researchers commented on the analysis providing examples from the analyzed data. The results of this study showed that the distribution of most of the learning components in "Way to Go" was found to be unbalanced. The researchers found that there is an imbalance in the emphasis placed on the cultural aspects, the benchmarks of the sub-domains of language learning are imbalanced in their frequencies and there is an imbalance in the distribution of the activities stated in the language learning sub-domains. In light of the results the researchers submitted several recommendations to English teachers regarding evaluating the books that they are about to use.