Longman Express English Course (Second Edition) Student Book 2

Author: Stephen J. Molinsky
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Publish Date: 2002-01-01
Features: With China's entry into the WTO and the success of the early Olympic Games, English teaching has been required to meet new demands, and the importance of English communicative competence has become increasingly prominent. The new English curriculum standards also propose that teaching should highlight the student's role, emphasize starting from the student's interests, experiences, and cognitive level, and strive to reduce the overemphasis on grammar and vocabulary explanation; the practical ability to use language should be placed in the primary position. After repeated comparisons, we have introduced the entire Longman Speak Now series, a highly effective course designed to break through the bottleneck in English listening and speaking.
Foundation Level — Longman Speak Now (FOUNDATLANS) is a two-level course that provides the basic vocabulary and grammar needed in daily life. Through dynamic interactive exercises and activities, it builds a foundation and develops basic listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills. It is a preparatory book specifically designed for intermediate-level learners and is suitable for beginners in speaking.
Longman Express English (Second Edition) is a comprehensive four-level course designed for English learners. This series offers an innovative, step-by-step curriculum that organically integrates daily-life topics, communicative functions, and English grammar into a imaginative highway theme, guiding students on a shortcut to mastering English and enjoying a novel, self-directed English learning journey. This series consists of the following components:
- Student Book — Revolving around a communicative theme, it combines grammar and common expressions, providing comprehensive exercises in listening, speaking, reading, and writing.
- Workbook — Complementing the Student Book, it enhances students' mastery of English application through integrated practice in grammar, reading, writing, and listening comprehension, evaluating students' English proficiency and progress. The Workbook also features diverse and engaging exercises that cover pronunciation, rhythm, stress, and intonation.
- Teacher's Book — Provides relevant background knowledge and detailed instructions for all activities that can be conducted in the classroom.
- Audio Cassettes — Offer authentic daily-life dialogues and listening comprehension exercises, as well as listening materials taken from the Student Book and homework.
- Self-Study Companion — Adds translated texts, detailed notes on vocabulary, phonetics, grammar, language and culture tips, and summaries of grammatical structures to each level of the Student Book, addressing potential difficulties learners may encounter in understanding texts, syntax, pronunciation rules, and more. It provides learners with rich and practical communicative and self-study support materials.
The Longman Express English (Second Edition) series is organized in a progressive manner, with exercises tailored to meet the needs of students at different levels. Levels 1 and 2 of Longman Express English (Second Edition) provide essential vocabulary, grammar, and common expressions for lower-intermediate and intermediate learners to communicate in various daily-life settings. Levels 3 and 4 of Longman Express English (Second Edition) offer the same comprehensive scenarios and content but include richer vocabulary, more complex grammar, and more varied common expressions, catering to upper-intermediate and advanced English learners.