New Century Primary School English -- Student Book (3B)

Author: [UK] Dallas
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Publish Date: 1999-11-01
Features: Currently, primary school teachers and students in China urgently need innovative, lively English teaching materials that align with the physical, mental, and cognitive development of Chinese children. New Century Primary English (Welcome to English) is a revised version by Longman Company, following its great success in Hong Kong primary schools. It is equally suitable for schools in China that offer primary English courses. Teachers and students who have tried this series of textbooks will find that it is richly illustrated, humorous, and highly engaging, making it excellent for stimulating and maintaining students' interest in learning. Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press and Hunan Children's Publishing House have jointly introduced this series of textbooks, based on the understanding that maintaining students' strong interest in English during the primary school stage is more important than teaching them hundreds of words. This series is divided into 6 levels, with each level further divided into two volumes (A and B). For this introduction, we have first brought in the student books for levels 1–3, along with (audio cassettes), (home workbooks), and test papers. Each level includes one listening textbook and its (audio cassettes), along with (teacher guides), suitable for fourth-grade students in six-year primary schools or third-grade students in five-year primary schools. Each unit in the textbook mainly includes the following content:
- ‘Talking about the picture’ (Picture talk) is designed to preview new words that appear in Fun Reading.
- ‘Learn these sentences’ (Learn sentences) introduces the main grammatical points of the unit.
- ‘Fun Reading’ (Fun reading) reviews learned words and grammar structures in an engaging context. At the same time, it guides students to develop the habit of reading English by using familiar comic strips, which is a crucial stage for improving reading skills and laying a foundation for future learning.
- ‘Dialogues’ (Dialogues) allows students to practice communicative dialogues by providing simple personal information to achieve communication goals.
- ‘Rhymes’ (Rhymes) fully reflects the edutainment (education through entertainment) feature of this series of textbooks.
- ‘Finish the sentences’ (Complete sentences) asks students to write the missing words to complete the sentences.
- ‘Tasks’ (Tasks) encourages students to practice exercises based on the language they have already learned, without requiring additional preparation.