BBC News Listening Course

Author: Pan Peizhong
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Publish Date: 2003-10-01
Features: Through listening practice with BBC News, learners can familiarize themselves with its pronunciation and intonation, master its linguistic features, expand their background knowledge, and lay a solid foundation for understanding BBC News content. The book covers various aspects such as politics, economics, military, science, sports, culture, and climate, with diverse exercise formats. English listening comprehension is a crucial component of English learning. The new Teaching Syllabus for English Majors in Higher Education (Basic Stage) and Teaching Syllabus for English Majors in Higher Education (Advanced Stage) place high demands on listening skills, particularly emphasizing the ability to understand the main content of international news from Voice of America and BBC. Faculty and students across the country urgently seek more and better listening textbooks. BBC News Listening Course was developed in accordance with the requirements of the Ministry of Education's syllabus. The guiding principle of this book is: through listening practice with BBC News, learners can familiarize themselves with its pronunciation and intonation, master its linguistic features, expand their background knowledge, and lay a solid foundation for understanding BBC News content. The book covers various aspects such as politics, economics, military, science, sports, culture, and climate, with diverse exercise formats (including multiple-choice, fill-in-the-blanks, answer questions, true-or-false questions, etc.). This book is suitable for English major students in colleges and universities, as well as students in various English training programs, overseas-bound individuals, and self-learners of English.