An Evaluation of Cutting Edge Advanced

Running head: TEFL ASSIGNMENT C
TEFL ASSIGNMENT C
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Assignment C, Part 1 - An Evaluation of Cutting Edge Advanced
New Cutting Edge Advanced – An Evaluation.
This essay is an evaluation of the book ‘New Cutting Edge Advanced’ in terms of its
usability as a material for teaching English. In this essay, I will be providing a general
evaluation of the book, its contents and their relevance in being used as a subject matter for
teaching English and relevant skills, especially with an advanced group of learners. I will be
concluding this essay by stating whether or not I would be using the book as a
main/supporting material in my teaching of an advanced classroom.
Immediately from the contents of the book, we can see that it has been divided into
certain significant specific sections that are useful in a real life scenario. Before evaluating, it
is important to understand that the background level of the students that is being considered is
advanced. This entails that the basic grammatical notions, phonological, syntactic and
discourse elements along with the basic LSRW skills have already been established in place.
The advanced level learners are expected to provide certain outcomes as indicated by the
Common European Framework of Reference (North). They include being able to hold
meaningful conversations with fluency and precision and include meaningful segments of
expression even in complex situations. If the content of the book is then evaluated, it is noted
that the units are not explicitly directed towards teaching grammatical rules and structures.
Instead the content of each unit is engrained in providing support for more real life skills. The
first unit for instance, it is titled ‘Global Living’, immediately indicating the readers that the
content of the lesson would be more directed towards the lifestyle in a global situation. This
also entails that the linguistic elements of the book like the vocabulary, speaking, reading and
grammar are more inwardly focussed with elements that pertain to a global lifestyle more
directed towards being utilised as a resource for further enhancing those skills.

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In my classroom, I would be using this textbook because, from a needs analysis
viewpoint, the book also targets the specific class of learners who are advanced and are able
to evaluate and benefit from such resources. The units are specially designed to explore
aspects of personality and practical knowledge more than core linguistic skills. This is one of
the key aspects of linguistic developments in an advanced level EFL course. The book,
therefore by upholding the aspects of specific genre-based linguistic skill development caters
to the learners suitably. Thus it would prove to be a suitable resource in my classroom as
well.

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Assignment C, Part 2.1 - Authentic text
The following text is an extract from a recently published news article titled “More
than half of native European trees face extinction, warns study”. The article was published on
The Guardian and for this assignment has been used as an authentic text.
More than half of Europe’s endemic trees are threatened with extinction as invasive
diseases, pests, pollution and urban development take a growing toll on the landscape,
according to a study.
Ash, elm and rowan trees are among those in decline, says the assessment of the
continent’s biodiversity, which could complicate efforts to tackle the climate crisis through
reforestation.
“It is a threat. It is not just the naturally occurring trees and woodlands, it is also some
of the big commercial conifers that are threatened by invasive species,” said one of the
authors of the report, David Allen of the International Union for Conservation of Nature, who
produced the study.
He warned that countries such as the UK were keen to import more saplings to draw
carbon out of the atmosphere, but said young trees needed to be carefully screened to avoid
diseases and pests entering the country and depleting existing forests.
“We are encouraged to plant more trees, quite rightly, but we have to be very careful
to ensure they don’t come with pest species. We need to be very careful about biosecurity,”
he said.