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The rapid development of technology has brought the formation of new applications and techniques in our lives. These formations also played an important role in creation of designs in the computer environment and the emergence of digital design understanding in the field of graphic design. Thus, computer-aided design education has become an important obligation for students to prepare for the sector, complete their professional development, and adapt to technological life. The programs in the design process are foreign-origin software and they are used in English in the industry. This situation has made foreign language education a necessity for students to learn, use, and follow technological innovations. Active employment of English in education facilitates students' interaction with the global environment and it enables them to follow universal design principles, professional developments, and leading designers. The study was designed in a document analysis model. The documents of the university programs are examined by two different researchers who have a doctorate degree on Graphic Design and have experience of 12 years teaching. The results of the study show that; the prerequisite to use the programs is to know the language of the program. The original applications `language is English and the instructors must explain the functions of the items and then teach how to use it while designing a product. The copies of the original products are not preferred by the school and the students uploading these versions still need to know the English terms because the Turkish translation of the programs is very poor in terms of language quality. Besides the sector demands to know English rather than the Turkish language. It is found that teaching-learning activities on design lessons will be more fruitful if the students have a vocational language lesson to learn the required terms. ÖZTeknolojinin hızlı gelişimi hayatımıza yeni uygulama ve tekniklerin oluşumunu getirmiştir. Bu oluşumlar, bilgisayar ortamında tasarımların oluşmasında ve grafik tasarım alanında dijital tasarım anlayışının ortaya çıkmasında da önemli rol oynadı. Böylelikle bilgisayar destekli tasarım eğitimi, öğrencilerin sektöre hazırlanmaları, mesleki gelişimlerini tamamlamaları

This study aims to evaluate an English textbook in a private school example in Sinop. Although private schools and public schools follow the same curriculum, there are differences in the textbook preference. In this study, as an external evaluation, the English textbook was examined in terms of the design elements; and, as an internal evaluation, the book was examined in terms of the instructional elements. The research design was qualitative and the process was carried out by two different researchers. Results showed that although the textbook was found appropriate and effective based on the external evaluation: graphic design and print quality; the presentation of the four language skills in the textbook was poor. Reading skill was the most dominant skill presented, and writing skill was the least presented skill in the textbook. Therefore, the textbook needed supportive material to present other skills effectively. It is concluded that the textbook in this study is not suitable for teaching four language skills effectively and is not suitable for the purposes of the English language content as defined by the Ministry of Education.