Peak English Listening - Junior High Version

Author: Kang Ming
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Publish Date: July 1, 2002
Features: A modern English listening toolbook for middle school students! Based on the standard teaching syllabus, it serves as the foundation for beginners in English learning. Written by experienced teachers, it provides skill explanations and guiding principles. This book is meticulously compiled based on the current new textbooks, catering to the characteristics of junior high English teaching in China and the listening test requirements specified in the new teaching syllabus. It emphasizes communication and practicality. With common topics in daily life of native English speakers as the main focus, it presents common and authentic spoken English expressions and situational dialogues. Through imitation and practice, readers can overcome the drawbacks of their mother tongue influence when learning a second language, thereby improving their ability to use English flexibly in real-life communication. The training formats are diverse. According to the learning and thinking characteristics of Chinese middle school students, this book includes columns such as "Focusing on Common Phrases," "Vocabulary Expressway," "Listening Online," and "Cultural Snacks," offering strong practicality and fun, providing a good self-study model for English enthusiasts. The pronunciation is primarily based on the currently popular American accent, with clear, authentic, and natural intonation, immersing readers in a real English environment and rapidly improving their English listening and speaking skills.
Listening is an indispensable skill in language learning and a fundamental communicative ability when interacting with foreigners. The new junior high English teaching syllabus requires students to "understand spoken materials with a speed of about 120 words per minute, close to their daily life, and with minimal unfamiliar words," and to "understand spoken English materials from radio, television, audio, and video that match their learning level, with a total extensive listening time of no less than 40 hours." Starting from 2002, listening has officially become a mandatory component of the English college entrance examination, accounting for approximately 20% of the total exam score. These facts fully demonstrate that both English teaching and testing in China have recognized the importance of listening, highlighting its crucial role in English learning.
Currently, many students struggle with listening and are helpless even with simple listening tasks, especially when trying to understand dialogues and passages. They face issues such as insufficient understanding of listening, lack of essential listening skills, limited knowledge of cultural backgrounds of English-speaking countries, poor listening habits, and poor psychological preparation. To help junior high students familiarize themselves with the characteristics of listening learning, master skills and techniques to improve their listening, boost their confidence, and perform at their best in the junior high English listening test, while also facilitating the transition from junior to senior high school English learning, this book incorporates the following features during its compilation:
1. This book is primarily based on the current new junior high textbooks, carefully compiled according to the characteristics of junior high English teaching and the listening test requirements specified in the new teaching syllabus.
2. It emphasizes the principles of communication and practicality. With common topics in daily life of native English speakers as the main focus, it presents common and authentic spoken English expressions and situational dialogues. Through repeated listening, imitation, and practice, readers can learn genuine English and overcome the drawbacks of mother tongue influence in second language learning, thereby improving their ability to use English flexibly in real-life communication.
3. The training formats are diverse. According to the learning and thinking characteristics of Chinese middle school students, this book includes columns such as "Focusing on Common Phrases," "Vocabulary Expressway," "Listening Online," and "Cultural Snacks," along with various exercises such as fill-in-the-blanks, answering questions, multiple-choice, drawing, filling out tables, finding errors, judging true or false, retelling, and dictation. These exercises are highly practical and engaging, providing an excellent self-study model for English enthusiasts with beginner-level skills.
4. The listening content is fresh and diverse, covering daily life, culture and education, characters, news, fairy tales, and local customs. The materials are selected from English-speaking magazines and books, with necessary historical and cultural background provided for each unit. This not only helps improve students' skills but also broadens their knowledge and lays a foundation for higher-level English learning.
5. The pronunciation is primarily based on the currently popular American accent, with clear, authentic, and natural intonation, immersing readers in a real English environment and rapidly improving their English speaking and practical English application skills.