Oxford Storyland. 5A: English Reading Series

Author: Paul McGuire/Rosemary Border Original / Chen Qixian / Deng Meixin Illustrations
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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 lively and interesting, closely related to daily life. The overall design is rich in illustrations and vivid, with a clear and intuitive presentation. Levels 1A to 3B focus primarily on dialogues, while levels 4A to 8B are mainly 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, with rich content, bright colors, and elegant text. 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 from levels 3 to 8. To effectively 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, aiming 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 focus primarily on dialogues, while levels 4A to 8B are mainly narrative-based. The selected stories are lively and interesting, closely related to students' daily lives. The story-driven plots and life-oriented content, combined with exquisite illustrations and real photographs, fully stimulate students' learning interest, 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 from the text, and develop their English thinking, association, judgment, and inference skills.
3. Improve Students' Cultural Literacy
While helping students acquire English knowledge, this English reading series 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 progressively from one level to the next. It can be used alongside "Oxford Primary English" or as supplementary reading material for extracurricular or classroom learning.