Newly Compiled Comprehensive English Course for Graduate Students (Student Book - Upper and Lower)

Author: Zhao Wei Zhang Jingyuan
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Publish Date: 2003-08-01
Features: The Student Book (Volumes 1 and 2) of Newly Compiled Graduate English Course is designed for first-year master's students in non-English major programs. The book consists of 18 units, each composed of nine parts: Pre-reading questions (Pre-reading), main text (Text), new words (New words), phrases (Phrases and Expressions), notes (Notes), exercises (Exercises), supplementary text (Text B), practical skills (Reading, Writing, or Translation Techniques) and their exercises. After each main text, there are four types of exercises: Reading Comprehension, Vocabulary, Cloze, and Fast Reading. The book strives to achieve a complementary and organic balance between the teaching of language knowledge and the improvement of language application skills during the graduate studies. It neither overemphasizes the teaching of language knowledge nor focuses solely on language skills without a solid foundation. Instead, it advocates learning by doing and using language to promote learning. The book integrates the three fundamental skills of "reading, writing, and translation" into a single course. The materials are fresh, diverse, and mostly sourced from recent international scientific and technological literature. It covers a wide range of topics, including science and technology, literature and history, arts, culture, philosophy, and more. The language is standardized, standardized, rigorous, and emphasizes written expression. The selected texts are profound in thought, helping students to explore various issues and cultivate their ability to actively use language, overcoming passivity in language learning. This book is suitable for a broad range of master's students in non-English major programs and socially engaged individuals with equivalent academic backgrounds.