Cambridge International English Course (2) (Student's Book) (with CD-ROM)

Author: Richards et al. (USA)
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Publication Date: 2002-06-01
Features: Cambridge International English, a large-scale English textbook designed for learners in non-English-speaking countries. The content covers the four skills of listening, speaking, reading, and writing, while also providing phonetic training and vocabulary expansion, with a particular emphasis on developing listening and speaking skills. The primary goal of this book is to cultivate English communicative competence—i.e., the ability to flexibly use English based on communicative contexts, purposes, and audiences. The book primarily uses American English, but its content is not limited to any single country, region, or culture; instead, it reflects the richness and diversity of English as an international language of communication. This textbook is divided into four levels:
Level 1: For "true" beginners with no English foundation, it explains basic grammar structures, vocabulary, and language functions.
Level 2: For learners with a beginner-intermediate level of English, it aims to further develop grammar, vocabulary, and pragmatic skills, enabling learners to reach an intermediate level.
Level 3: For learners with an intermediate level of English, it aims to further develop grammar, vocabulary, and pragmatic skills, enabling learners to reach an upper-intermediate level.
Level 4: For learners with an upper-intermediate level of English, it focuses on cultivating the ability to communicate in relatively fluent and accurate English.
Through a variety of thought-provoking and challenging exercises, the textbook helps students further consolidate and develop their ability to communicate in English. In addition to applied skills exercises, the material also includes advanced discourse comprehension exercises. Listening exercises include: listening to narratives, advertisements, discussions, and interviews. Reading activities include: authentic reading passages on cross-cultural communication, lifestyle themes, and themes of different values, among others.