Using Analytic Hierarchy Process in Textbook Evaluation

本研究尝试将层次分析法（AHP）应用于英语教材评价，尤其关注其在各种教学情境中系统整合评价标准不同组成部分的潜力。AHP是一种测量程序，其中在不同层次上进行两两比较，每个层次都包含一个特定的标准，从而形成一种系统的方法，将每个标准组成部分整合起来，得出最终的评估结果，并对每个组成部分进行权衡，以便使评估适应特定的教学环境。经过几位在职教师的一系列试验模拟，ipad应用程序已经开发出来，基本可以投入实际使用。该计划将于2014年8月在澳大利亚布里斯班举行的下一届AILA世界大会上公布。

This research attempted the application of the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) in English language teaching materials evaluation, focusing in particular on its potential for systematically integrating different components of evaluation criteria in a variety of teaching contexts. AHP is a measurement procedure wherein pairwise comparisons are made at different levels, each of which comprises a specific criterion, resulting in a systematic method that integrates each criteria component to arrive at a final evaluation outcome and weighs each component in order to adapt the evaluation to the particular teaching context. After a series of trial simulations by several in-service teachers, the application program for ipad has been developed and now almost ready for practical use. The program is to be presented in the next AILA World Congress in Brisbane, Australia, which will be held in August, 2014.