College English Communicative Speaking

Author: Fan Yi Zhao Minna
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Publish Date: 2003-06-01
Features: This book features diverse content, oriented toward language functions with the aim of cultivating and developing students' English communicative competence. Each unit is set with a main topic, a sub-topic, and extracurricular exercises. The design philosophy of this textbook is as follows: employ the deductive method, introduce the unit topic through preparatory activities, familiarize students with common expressions through sentence patterns, and then deepen and expand the topic through contextualized texts. Pragmatic annotations are provided after the texts, offering necessary pragmatic communicative knowledge and cultural background introductions to help students understand the "why" behind the content. All sections and activities are designed following the principle of "Context-Interest-Application," integrating knowledge and fun into communicative activities throughout the teaching process. The textbook strives to create contexts for students to use the language knowledge they have learned. Through real or simulated situational dialogues, storytelling chains, role-playing, games, and various activities, it stimulates students' communicative needs and motivates their learning willingness. The extracurricular exercise section is designed to utilize students' homework time, primarily featuring engaging activities, supplemented by regularly organized campus English events, to promote both language learning and language acquisition, truly unlocking students' language potential and ultimately achieving free and fluent communication. A pronunciation practice section is included in the textbook to help students correct their pronunciation and lay a foundation for developing prepared and fluent English communicative skills.