New English Communication Textbook for Students 1

Author: (American) Shomrat et al.
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Publish Date: 2002-07-01
Features: UpClose is a four-level, progressive series designed for English learners from beginner to advanced levels. The content is concise and focused, with clear objectives for each unit and stage. This textbook provides a comprehensive teaching syllabus for English language usage, grammar, and vocabulary at different stages to support students' English learning. UpClose integrates the four fundamental English skills—listening, speaking, reading, and writing—while also incorporating practical grammar application. Through a step-by-step approach, it enables students to fully master all aspects of English proficiency. UpClose is an American English textbook specifically designed for English learners in non-English-speaking countries. It is a preferred choice for intermediate and advanced learners in the early 21st century.
UpClose addresses the characteristics of modern English learners, guided by "task-based learning" and "communicative teaching methods." It employs a "spiral progression" approach—teaching, reinforcing, and expanding—to combine listening, speaking, reading, and writing in a progressive manner, enabling students to fully master English skills. The series follows the life story of a multicultural group living in an apartment in Los Angeles, offering a wide range of fresh and timely themes. This immerses learners in authentic American English while deepening their understanding of foreign cultures.
UpClose provides a variety of exercise formats. Communicative listening and speaking activities, closely aligned with communicative teaching methods, aim to train students in fluent and accurate English use. Reading and writing exercises, based on the principles of task-based learning, focus on developing students' practical English application skills.