New Edition College English Listening and Speaking Student Book (Pre-intermediate) Low Starting Point Student Book

Author: Zhang Ermeng (Editor-in-Chief) / Xu Qinggen (Editor) / Hu Ming (Editor)
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Publish Date: 2004-01-01
Features: To support the implementation of the "College English Teaching Syllabus"; to meet the higher requirements of society for college English teaching; Shanghai Foreign Language Education Press launched the "College English" series textbooks at the beginning of the new century, contributing to the advancement of college English teaching in China. A crystallization of collective wisdom: The entire series of textbooks was co-authored by experienced professors and English teaching experts from renowned institutions such as Fudan University, Peking University, East China Normal University, University of Science and Technology of China, South China University of Technology, Nanjing University, Wuhan University, Nankai University, Renmin University of China, Sun Yat-sen University, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Southeast University, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, and Soochow University. Comprehensive and rational course combination: The series consists of four types of textbooks—Comprehensive, Listening and Speaking, Reading, and Fast Reading—as well as a Grammar Handbook. In addition, preparatory-level textbooks for the first four types of courses are available for students with lower starting levels. Each textbook is interconnected, forming an organic whole. Balancing language proficiency and comprehensive application skills: The series is centered around the "Comprehensive Textbook." Each unit revolves around a theme reflecting contemporary life, supplemented by the "Listening and Speaking Textbook," "Reading Textbook," and "Fast Reading Textbook." This guides students to deeply and comprehensively acquire and master language and cultural knowledge related to each theme, along with rich language materials, while providing ample practice in applying language skills to the real-world theme. A dual-winning strategy for quality development and exam preparation: Each textbook includes a certain number of exercises similar to those of the CET exams. The "Test Yourself" section in the "Comprehensive Textbook" is designed in the format of a CET exam paper, allowing students to familiarize themselves with the format and requirements of the CET while learning language knowledge and practicing language application skills, achieving the goal of balancing quality development and exam preparation. The "College English" series is an innovative, multi-dimensional supplementary textbook composed of books, audiovisual materials, CDs, and online resources. Since its release in 2001, it has been widely welcomed and praised by schools in use. Due to its full compliance with the basic requirements for college foreign language teaching proposed by the Ministry of Education, it was selected as the "National Planning Textbook for General Higher Education in the 15th Five-Year Plan" and the "Ministry of Education Recommended College Foreign Language Teaching Materials." The series includes one volume each of "Comprehensive Textbook," "Listening and Speaking Textbook," "Reading Textbook," "Fast Reading Textbook" (from 1 to 6), and one "Grammar Handbook." Given the vast territory of China, teaching resources, faculty teams, and student needs vary across regions and institutions. Therefore, it is necessary to implement classified guidance and tiered teaching. To maximize the "College English" series' ability to meet the needs of students at different levels, with varying proficiency and learning objectives, we specifically organized and compiled the preparatory-level series. It includes one volume each of the "Comprehensive Textbook" and "Listening and Speaking Textbook," written by British experts familiar with college English teaching in China. This textbook is strictly compiled according to the actual needs of college English teaching in China, with a difficulty level lower than that of the first level of "College English" but seamlessly with it. Each unit in this textbook is organized thematically, enabling students to comprehensively and deeply master rich language knowledge, acquire cultural information, and develop their listening, speaking, reading, writing, and translation skills. The after-class exercises are designed to be diverse, targeted, engaging, and challenging. In terms of material selection, emphasis is placed on the comparison of Chinese and Western cultures to cultivate students' cultural literacy and awaken their local and cross-cultural awareness.