Evaluation of Teaching Materials in the Process of Teaching and Learning Ukrainian as a Foreign Language in Higher Education

Abstract

This article is an attempt to assess selected glottodidactic materials (textbooks) for learning the Ukrainian language, used in the teaching process at the level of higher education since the 1990s. In the first part of the article the types of glottodidactic materials are presented and their place and function in the processes of teaching and learning a foreign language is discussed. In the second part selected textbooks for learning the Ukrainian language are assessed, taking into account external criteria concerning, for instance, Curricula, and internal, related to the needs of a student or teacher.