New Oriental Situational English New Oriental Series

Author: None
Publisher: Dahan Electronic and Audiovisual Press
Publish Date: 2006-02-01
Features: The course adopts the situational comedy Crossroads Cafe, recommended by the U.S. Department of Education and Immigration, which is vivid and humorous, accompanied by powerful multimedia interactive learning functions. Crossroads Cafe primarily features a restaurant setting, weaving together 12 hilarious and exaggerated situational comedies. From a perspective close to real daily life, it describes the frustrations, challenges, and struggles of ordinary Americans, presented in a humorous and witty manner. The series showcases scenes of people from different races and cultural backgrounds living and working together, reflecting many real social and cultural issues. Another video segment—Culture Clips—takes the form of documentaries to reflect the social and cultural content dramatized in the storyline. This software includes 12 stories, each divided into 5 lessons. To facilitate your learning, all scripts are accompanied by Chinese translations. Additionally, the software provides over 1,000 practice questions targeting various language points, enabling users to gain a deeper understanding of these points. Through the six-step process design provided by the software—Preview → Answer Questions → Dictation → Comprehension → Imitation → Test—users can systematically improve their listening and speaking skills. Among these steps, users can also freely set the dictation, comprehension, and other sections according to their own needs.