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Originally Posted by Jerezgirl  ...
I have been using Cutting Edge for the past 3 years, but the time has come for me to update my books. My local supplier tells me that Inside Out is now his number one best seller for a course book. Has anyone used either of these course books? and which do you prefer?
Personally I liked Cutting Edge very much (better the devil you know?), but I guess Inside Out is his best seller for a reason (breath new life into my classes?).
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I've used both, but under rather artificial circumstances. I used Inside Out for my pre-Int class (first 2 weeks of CELTA) and Cutting Edge for my Post-Int class (2nd two weeks). So I only looked at a chapter or two of each.
I preferred Cutting Edge. I liked the layout and structure better; I suspect the Teacher's Book is better too - though I found the TB for Inside Out so useless that I didn't give it a fair test. And the students were more engaged with CE - though maybe that's just because those students
could engage better with the written word.
And my preference for CE could have something to do with my preference for the second group of students (both socially, and because I'm better as a teacher when dealing with the less basic stuff).
My inclination, FWIW, would be to stick with what you know.
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