New Ideas Single Skill Textbook. Reading. Level I

Author: Zhang Xin's Editor-in-Chief
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Publishing Time: 2002-01-01
Features: The "New Ideas Single Skill Textbooks" are specifically written by the PETS research team for the "National Public English Test (PETS)." The entire set consists of 20 volumes (each volume approximately 200,000 words), providing targeted training and guidance in listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills for PETS levels 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 candidates. This set of textbooks has the following four features:
Novelty: The entire textbook series follows a test/student-centered teaching philosophy, combining the communicative principles of the PETS exam to improve candidates' language communication skills through training. This series breaks away from the traditional model of language structure, placing special emphasis on the practicality of language communication. Its novelty lies in the unity of communicative functions and candidates' communicative needs, specifically: oral communicative functions meet candidates' spoken communication needs, writing techniques meet candidates' written expression needs, and reading and listening comprehension methods meet candidates' information acquisition needs.
Authority: The PETS research team is highly familiar with all aspects of the PETS exam, including the syllabus, question setting, and scoring criteria, and has conducted specialized research. Therefore, the entire textbook series closely aligns with the syllabi of PETS exams at all levels, accurately grasping the exam principles and requirements for language skills at each level. The main authors have all undergone training abroad and possess in-depth research in foreign language teaching and testing. They are responsible for the design and writing of language skills at each level, ensuring the authority of the textbooks.
Applicability: The textbook is tailored to the specific needs of PETS candidates, considering their self-study habits. It not only teaches knowledge but also includes skill expansion exercises, vocabulary notes, practice questions, and answers. Except for the oral component, which is designed for two-person group training, the listening, reading, and writing components are aimed at individual learners. Therefore, the explanations and exercises in each volume are tailored to the specific needs of the target readers.
Engaging: The textbooks strive to use humorous English stories, cartoons, games, and interesting anecdotes as teaching materials, making them lively, visually appealing, and enjoyable, thereby effectively stimulating learners' interest and improving learning outcomes.
According to the requirements of the Level 3 exam syllabus, the overall goal of this reading textbook is to cultivate and train students in various reading skills, broaden their reading scope, and ultimately meet the reading ability requirements of the PETS Level 3 exam.