College English Course (1) Teacher's Book

Author: Huang Bikang
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Publish Date: 2005-06-01
Features: This series of teaching materials is guided by the guiding principles of the 2003 National College English Teaching Requirements issued by the Ministry of Education, focusing on the reform of college English teaching across the country. It emphasizes English language knowledge, applied skills, learning strategies, and cross-cultural communication. The materials segmentally train students' strong listening and speaking abilities, as well as their comprehensive English application skills in reading, writing, translation, and professional English. This series adheres to the principles of classified guidance and teaching according to aptitude, while integrating various language skills into a unified difficulty level. Each unit is organized around a central theme, with overlapping language content in the skill training, achieving an organic combination of listening, speaking, reading, writing, and translation. This promotes the formation and consolidation of students' comprehensive English application skills.
Basic Design Principles of the Book:
Theme-based Recurrence Principle: The theme of the text serves as the core for unit learning. Listening, speaking, reading, writing, and translation materials are coordinated under the same theme, with recurring theme vocabulary and language expressions. Special emphasis is placed on reinforcing memory and retention, fostering long-term memory, and cultivating students' comprehensive application skills in listening, speaking, reading, writing, and translation.
Lead-in and Authenticity Principle for Listening and Speaking Training: Listening and speaking activities are prioritized, with authentic dialogues compiled for university students in English-speaking countries, tailored to each unit's theme. These dialogues are natural and idiomatic, offering strong interest and relevance for Chinese university students' listening and speaking training. The listening and speaking materials are closely related to the main text, achieving a theme-based recurrence principle.
Autonomy Exercise Design Principle: Emphasis is placed on the diversity of students' autonomous processing of language information, with subjective question types designed to encourage students to generate their own language expressions. The teacher's reference book includes reference lesson plans, teaching suggestions, and explanations for each unit, along with as many detailed reference materials as possible.
Cognitive Selection Principle for Student Materials: The selection of materials fully considers the development of students' cognitive levels and learning psychology. The topics are ( means "close to" or "relevant to" in this context), with cultural influence and intellectual depth. The content is contemporary, novel, and engaging, while the language forms are diverse and accurate. The thematic content of each unit and sub-book is systematic and coherent. The difficulty progression of the material aligns with the current national College English Test Band 4 and Band 6 level requirements, as well as the future reforms of these exams, which emphasize strengthening listening and speaking tests.