Graduate English Listening and Speaking Course · Advanced Teacher's Book

Author: He Fusheng
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Publish Date: 2004-04-01
Features: "The Graduate English Listening and Speaking Course" (Intermediate/Advanced Level, 2nd Edition) is an intermediate-to-advanced English listening and speaking course. It is designed around common language functions, frequently discussed topics, and academic themes, with the aim of developing students' practical listening and speaking skills. The textbook consists of 16 units, each containing 4 listening exercises and 5 speaking communication tasks, generally requiring more than 2 class periods. Teachers can adjust the class time based on students' specific needs and selectively use the content of this course. The guiding principles for developing "The Graduate English Listening and Speaking Course" are primarily based on the listening requirements set forth in "The Graduate English Listening and Speaking Course" and the "Examination Syllabus." It emphasizes practical listening training, highlights the integration of listening and speaking, focuses on the practicality and of the course, and strives to meet the current needs of speaking instruction while adapting to the development of graduate English teaching in the 21st century.
Each unit in "The Graduate English Listening and Speaking Course" is divided into three main sections: 1. Listening Training; 2. Speaking Practice; 3. Listening Test. The entire book covers 16 units and requires approximately 32 class hours, suitable for use over one semester. Schools can flexibly select units based on the arrangement of their listening courses. "The Graduate English Listening and Speaking Course" emphasizes training in listening skills at the discourse level, strengthening the ability to accurately obtain necessary information and improving comprehension of listening materials with higher linguistic authenticity.
During the development of "The Graduate English Listening and Speaking Course," the following points were taken into consideration:
1. The selection of materials focuses on linguistic core elements, primarily featuring daily-life themes, with an emphasis on novelty, thoughtfulness,, and knowledge.
2. Diverse exercise formats are adopted, including note-taking, question-and-answer, filling out tables, creating tables, filling in diagrams, and true/false judgment, to cultivate students' ability to analyze and summarize while improving their practical language use skills.
3. A combination of listening and speaking, with listening as the primary focus and speaking as a supplement. After each unit's listening training, an appropriate amount of speaking exercises are provided.
4. Progression from easy to difficult, with a gradual learning curve.
5. Each unit includes listening simulation test questions.
6. The length and difficulty of the listening materials are moderate, with language that is standardized.
"The Graduate English Listening and Speaking Course" pays attention to the speaking practice training of graduate students, providing a certain amount of speaking exercises in each unit. Additionally, it includes corresponding listening simulation exercises tailored to the needs of graduate English degree course exams, enabling students to better adapt to degree course exams. "The Graduate English Listening and Speaking Course" places great importance on recording quality, speaking speed, and the clarity of tapes, ensuring effective listening instruction.