Practical Social English: Quick and Easy. Beginner's Guide

Author: Li Chunyao
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Publish Date: 2005-02-01
Features: With China's entry into the World Trade Organization, our international exchanges have become increasingly frequent, making oral English expression and communication skills more important than ever. English is no longer just a business mantra for white-collar workers but has become a survival skill in the open China. The author has been engaged in English teaching at universities for many years and deeply understands that improving oral proficiency lies not only in speaking and practicing more but also in mastering the ways of oral expression. Therefore, to meet the needs of in learning spoken English, we have specially compiled this set of "Practical Social English: Short, Fast, and Easy," divided into two volumes: the Beginner's Guide and the Improvement Guide. This book emphasizes the learning of common functional notional expressions, breaking down the entire conversation process step by step to teach beginners, achieving the goal of easy memorization and learning. The book consists of 20 units, each including Introduction (Introduction), Model Dialogues 1, 2, and 3 (Three Conversational Examples), and Notes (Notes), Background Information (Background Information), Common Expressions (Common Phrases), and Practice (Practice). The Practice (Practice) is divided into Controlled Practice (Controlled Practice) and Work in Pairs, Discussion (Free Practice and Discussion) parts, with reference answers for Controlled Practice (Controlled Practice) provided at the back of the book. Each line of English in the dialogues has a Chinese translation, and the main sentence patterns in the text are highlighted in bold to help readers remember and master them. The content of this book is extensive, the language environment is realistic, the language examples are standard, and the scenarios are vivid and interesting. It pays attention to the communication process in different settings, including conversational examples on topics such as applying for overseas study, using computers, and organizing group tours abroad. The author sincerely hopes that the day readers finish this book will be the day they master fluent and appropriate spoken English; and hopes that readers will provide valuable feedback on this book.