New Edition College English Listening and Speaking Student Book 4 (with CD-ROM)

Author: Yu Sumei
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Publish Date: 2003-01-13
Features: The University Listening and Speaking Course consists of six volumes, each accompanied by a teacher's book and corresponding audio tapes. This is the fourth volume, containing sixteen units, each divided into four parts.
Preparation Activities: These revolve around the lesson topics, encouraging students to speak and warm them up for the following listening and speaking exercises.
Listening and Speaking Practice: This section includes two listening materials and two speaking activities, designed to develop students' listening and speaking skills. It contains two exercises:
1. Listening Tasks: These cultivate students' ability to understand the main idea of the text and extract specific information, enabling them to grasp the core message and the author's emotions.
Speaking Tasks: These focus on developing students' coherent expression skills, requiring them to share their thoughts and feelings about the text. Students are guided to discuss topics based on provided sample short essays, which include both interesting and contrasting perspectives.
Part C Additional Listening: Listening exercises at the end of the lesson, featuring dialogues, short passages, or dictation practice related to the theme. Some lessons include mini-dialogues similar in format to the CET-4 and CET-6 exams.
Extra-Class Listening: Provides an extra-class listening passage or a compound dictation exercise.
To enhance the course's engagement, odd-numbered lessons include elements such as songs, proverbs, humor, or quotes from famous figures.
Additionally, two sets of comprehensive tests are provided at the end of the book to assess students' listening proficiency.