Analysis of the EAP Material "Cambridge Academic English" for Chinese C1 Level Learners in Terms of the Materials Evaluation Theory

Abstract

This paper will choose the EAP (English for Academic Purpose) material “Cambridge academic English” (Mccarthy 2012) for Chinese undergraduate students whose level is C1 and evaluate this material based on the materials evaluation theory combined with the practicality of casework. The learning aim of these undergraduate students is to synthetically improve their academic English level such as academic writing, reading, listening, speaking and their ca- pability to use grammar correctly. Hence the paper will have a brief evaluation in terms of a framework (see Appendix 1) and the criteria are based on relevant rationale. Furthermore, a selected original material will be designed for one- hour EAP session, which can be associated with the evaluation and then discuss the supporting rationale of this original material. Then, the author will identify the learning outcome of the material and provide a lesson plan in Appendix 2.