Oxford Storyland. 5B: English Reading Series

Author: Paul McGuire
Illustrated by: He Zong, Li Haoliang
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Publish Date: 2004-04-01
Features: "Oxford Storyland English Reading Series" is a children's English reading series. The complete set consists of sixteen books, each containing two to four stories. The selected stories are vivid and interesting, closely related to daily life. The overall design is rich in illustrations, visually intuitive. Levels 1A to 3B are primarily dialogue-based, while levels 4A to 8B are primarily narrative-based. To assist readers, each story is followed by "Vocabulary and Phrases" and "Sentence Pattern Notes"; each book also includes "Answer Key" at the end for easy reference. The entire series is thoughtfully organized, rich in content, colorful, and features elegant writing. Reading is an extremely important part of English learning. The National Ministry of Education's "English Curriculum Standards" places great emphasis on students' reading training, providing detailed goal descriptions for the nine levels of reading skills and setting clear requirements for extracurricular reading volume for levels 3 to 8. To better implement the curriculum standards and meet the reading needs of primary and secondary school students, we have revised the original "Oxford Storyland." The new "Oxford Storyland English Reading Series" is tailored to the cognitive characteristics of primary and secondary school students and aims to achieve the following goals:
1. Stimulate Students' Learning Interest. This English reading series consists of sixteen books, each containing two to four stories. It is organized based on the psychological characteristics of students at different age groups. Levels 1A to 3B are primarily dialogue-based, while levels 4A to 8B are primarily narrative-based. The selected stories are vivid and interesting, closely related to students' daily lives. The story-driven plot and life-oriented content, combined with exquisite illustrations and real photos, can fully stimulate students' interest in learning, cultivate a positive learning attitude, and allow them to deeply experience the joy of learning English.
2. Enhance Students' Reading Skills. The themes, genres, and content of this English reading series are diverse, with a high volume of English information, integrating knowledge, fun, science, and a sense of the times. To effectively help students improve their reading skills, each story is followed by exercises and tests on the text content, as well as annotations on vocabulary and sentence patterns used in the stories. Through reading, students can analyze and understand the language material, capture and process information in the text, and develop their English thinking, association, judgment, and inference skills.
3. Improve Students' Cultural Literacy. While helping students acquire English knowledge, this reading series also maximally broadens their cultural horizons, allowing them to naturally absorb rich cultural influences. To some extent, it deepens their understanding of foreign customs and culture, gradually fostering cross-cultural awareness, which is crucial for their future English learning. Each book in this series is self-contained, with difficulty progressing gradually from one level to the next. It can be used alongside "Oxford Primary English" or as supplementary extracurricular reading or classroom learning material.