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Please read the instructions carefully directly on my learning platform under unit 10 you will find assignment C, please make sure that you have all the correct documents downloaded, i will upload them here but i expect you to cross check all of this. You need to take into consideration the age group and skill level of this class when working on the assignment Below is instructions copy and pasted from the learning platform under unit 10, assignment C. Again i expect you to please cross check this info directly on the platform Assignment C – Instructions This assignment aims to develop and assess your ability to • Evaluate and exploit published teaching materials, online resources and authentic texts • Match materials and methodology to learner needs • Design teaching activities of various types for advanced students What am I required to do? There are two parts to the assignment: 1) Investigating and Evaluating a coursebook 2) Selecting & exploiting authentic materials, and using the internet for teaching You should submit both parts together. Before you begin, download all the templates and other documents you need for this assignment (9 in total). Part 1 – Investigating and Evaluating a coursebook 1. Download the Cutting Edge Advanced Sample Unit and Scope and Sequence 2. Download the Evaluation template and write a short evaluation of the book and saying why you would or would not like to use this book with an advanced class. Refer to the relevant points on the checklist given in Unit 10 of the TEFL Academy course. (300 – 500 words). Part 2 – Selecting and exploiting authentic materials and using the internet for teaching. Who am I teaching? You are working in an English speaking country. You have a mixed nationality general English class of 15 Advanced C1-C2 adults (See the authentic text template for more detail). Select a suitable authentic* listening or reading passage that you have found on the internet that you could use for a listening or reading comprehension lesson. If you choose a reading text, submit a copy of the text with your assignment. If you choose a listening text provide a link, but please also write out a script in full. You should highlight 12 vocabulary items (words or phrases) which it would be useful to teach. You do NOT need to provide a lesson plan or description of your comprehension lesson. Do not use material found on educational websites, which has already been presented as teaching material. You must demonstrate your own ability to find and exploit authentic materials. Academic referencing (using quotes from or referring to text books, websites or the TEFL Academy online course) is a requirement for this qualification. All materials should be properly referenced in a bibliography. See: Referencing * An authentic text is one which was originally aimed at native or proficient English speakers, and was not designed as a piece of language teaching material. ‘Listening material’ includes videos. TASKS: 1. Devise three follow up activities to exploit the language and/or the topic of the text you have selected. Download the activities template for more detail on what the activities should consist of. 2. Write a 500-700 word essay in which you cover the areas specified in the template. Before submitting your work, look through this document Checklist – how this assignment will be graded. If you would prefer to read the instructions on paper, you can print out Instructions to download. What should I submit? Download the templates using the links below to ensure you submit all required items. Please submit your assignment on these templates, ensuring they are CLEARLY labelled and numbered as below. Please note if you do not submit all 5 documents labelled as below, you will be asked to re-submit Note: Before submitting the documents, convert them to .pdf format. We will only accept files in this format. 1. An evaluation of Cutting Edge Advanced 2. An authentic* listening or reading passage 3. Three activities and all necessary materials 4. A 500-700 word essay covering areas specified in the template 5. Bibliography
