English Listening Practice 2000 Student Book. Book 2

Author: Zhang Minlun
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Publish Date: 2003-04-01
Features: "Introduction to Listening 2000" is an extension of "Introduction to Listening." It still adheres to the principle of emphasizing both content and listening skills, focusing on the authenticity and typicality of the selected materials. The book consistently prioritizes the development of students' listening comprehension and thinking abilities. "Introduction to Listening 2000" goes beyond "Introduction to Listening." It adopts entirely new listening materials and places greater emphasis on the overall thematic layout across the four volumes. With a human-centered approach, it revolves around the student as the main subject, striving to reflect the intrinsic relationship between the content learned at each stage and human development. This helps guide students to understand the ever-changing objective world and solidly develop themselves. This book is the second volume, containing twelve units. The chapter structure and objectives of each unit are largely consistent with those of the first volume. However, the principles of content selection reflect different focuses: The first volume emphasizes outlining some macro changes and characteristics of contemporary society, which can be said to lean toward a broad perspective and large-scale themes. In contrast, the content of the second volume primarily revolves around the healthy growth of students in terms of their professional development, emotional maturity, and physical fitness. It can be said that the focus is on the student as the main subject, with topics that are more (closer to real-life situations), easily evoke resonance, and inspire reflection.