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The Evaluation of the Textbook―Go For It 　　【Abstract】Through evaluation of the textbook， most teachers have a clear direction for what to teach， how to teach and assist students to acquire and improve their English level. 【Key words】evaluation； English level 1. Introduction English is regarded as the second language， we do not have the natural environment to listen and speak English， so English materials become extremely important for teaching and learning. Textbook is a coursebook， which provides the core materials for a course and its aims are to provide knowledge and contents for teachers and students（Tomlinson， 1998）. In order to understand and utilize the textbook better， English teachers need to comprehend it totally and have evaluation criterion about English textbooks， who can own the ability to choose and use different teaching contents and methods flexibly according to students’ requirements and the actual teaching conditions. This paper pays more attention on the merits and demerits of the textbook， Go for it. 2. The Evaluation of Go For It Huchinson and Waters （2002） say that evaluation is a matching process. Something needs to be fit for a specific purpose. Textbook evaluation has the same reason. Nunan （2004） states that the aim of Go For It is to implement task-based approach in the English language teaching to make students learn about how to use language rather than acquire some simple knowledge points. In the following part， I will evaluate the textbook- Go For It from the strengths and the weakness. 2.1 Strengths Firstly， Cunningsworth （2002） claims that coursebooks have to take account of students needs and promote their interests on study. In this book， each page with attractive pictures that are fit for students psychological features because they like interesting and valid paintings. One of the most important characters of this book is vital knowledge accompanied entertaining pictures， which is apt to imagine by student