Cutting Edge Elementary - ESL book review

 Cutting Edge Elementary will help you to learn English. It is for students with a little bit of English. It will help you with:

• Grammar
• Vocabulary
• Reading and Listening
• Speaking
• Writing
• Real life situations

 The grammar in this book is for beginning ESL students. You will learn about:

• Verb be   names and countries, personal information and personal questions
• this, that, these and those
• possessive   's
• present simple
• articles   a, an, the
• can and can't
• past simple
• comparative adjectives
• superlative adjectives
• present continuous
• question words
• future intentions
• present perfect
• have to, don't have to, can and can't

 It is important to learn lots of words when you are learning English. This book helps you develop vocabulary for everyday needs.

One example is the vocabulary for shops and shopping. How do you talk about food, and this includes countable and uncountable nouns.

You will also learn words to describe people and clothes as well as talking about transport.

There is some work on going out and staying at home, as well as talking about the town you live in and words for education and learning.

 Every unit includes reading and listening. The first unit helps you read about personal information, how to say your name, and introduce yourself to other people.

Next you will read and listen about your favourite things, and life in Britain, and there is a story about a woman who lives in California in the USA.

Read also about transport, healthy eating and people who have had important ideas.

One section I like is reading about street markets all over the world, and about people who have jobs where they wear a uniform.

You can see that there are a lot of topics to read about, and stories to listen to as well.

 There are a lot of speaking activities in each unit of Cutting Edge Elementary.

One that I like starts with listening to a person talking about different times in her life. You then talk to a partner about different times in your life. My students always like doing this because it is easy to talk about your own life.

If you want to use your English for using a computer, there is a talking exercise to plan a web page with a friend. What would you put on your web page? Why? What photos would you use?

 The writing activities in Cutting Edge Elementary are really interesting. You start by writing your personal information onto a form with a focus on using capital letters.

You will also write about people in your family, and about your country. Because computers are important, you will also fill in an internet booking form for train tickets.

Keeping a diary is a really good way to improve your English, and this book will help you to start.

 Learning English is about using your English in real situations. This book helps you to ask for things in shops, talk abour the weather, ask for directions and have casual conversation

If you are learning English to travel, it will be important to learn how to buy tickets, and order food when you are out.

One important part of using English in real life is using polite intonation.

 If you have a little bit of English, and want to learn more, Cutting Edge Elementary will help you improve your English.

It is very popular all over the world.