Abstract:

This study dealt with analysis of the textbook “Just Imagine” for 9th-grade students studying English in preparation for the matriculation exam. Content analysis was performed to determine to what extent the activities in the reading and listening units emphasize high and low-level thinking. The study attempted to answer the following questions: 1.To what extent do the activities in the two sections of reading and listening of the “Just Imagine” textbook lead students towards levels that demand higher thinking such as analysis, synthesis, and evaluation? 2.To what extent are the cognitive levels of the activities in the Reading and Listening sections of the textbook “Just Imagine” varied? Content analysis was conducted for the Reading and Listening sections of each unit. The activities that were defined as units for analysis were WH-questions, Yes/No questions, Multiple Choice questions, Complete the sentence, and statement and request qu...