Are you a beginner teacher? Do you know how to choose a textbook for your pupils ? Have you ever experienced when you entered a book shop that shelves are filled vith different kinds of language books and you have no idea how to choose the possibly best one? If you want answers to this question, this book will help you because it gives a detailed analysis of how can we choose a really good textbook. The aim of this work is to show the importance of language textbooks. Having become acquainted with the different types of textbooks the selection will be much more easier. Although you will be familiar with two language books which were published 30 years ago, they are equally appropriate to show the most important features you have to pay attention at, like the form and usage of language, text, picture, grammar, vocabulary and phonology. This work demonstrates the two choosen language books in detail, and helps you to choose the best possible textbook.