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Textbook

Meaning in education & teaching, with examples

/ˈtekstbʊk/nounCore term

In education & teaching, textbook means: A book that covers the content of a subject or course in an organized way and is used by students and teachers in lessons.

In Turkish: ders kitabı

How it is used

Teachers use, follow, adapt or supplement the textbook; students open their textbooks to a page. In English language teaching the word coursebook is common, and a workbook is the practice book that goes with it.

Example sentences

  1. Open your textbooks to page 58 and look at the map.

  2. I don't follow the textbook page by page; I pick the units that fit our syllabus.

Common collocations

  • follow the textbook
  • science textbook
  • textbook exercise
  • supplement the textbook
  • teaching materialsAll the resources a teacher uses to help students learn, such as books, worksheets, slides, videos, flashcards and objects.
  • worksheetA printed or digital page with exercises, questions or tasks that students complete in class or at home.
  • curriculumThe whole set of subjects, content and skills that students are expected to learn at a school or level, including how the learning is organized and assessed.
  • syllabusA document that lists the topics, materials, assignments and assessment of one course, often with a week-by-week schedule.

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