New Horizons College English 1 (Comprehensive Training)

Author: Zheng Shutang
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Publish Date: 2001-12-01
Features:
· This textbook is one of the key projects under the "21st Century Revitalization Plan" approved by the State Council and the "New Century Network Course Construction Project" initiated by the Ministry of Education. Professor Zheng Shutang served as the overall project director and chief editor of the textbook. Experts and professors from more than ten key universities across the country participated in its writing, with Hu Wenzhong and other domestic and international experts serving as consultants.
· The textbook is developed with a human-centered approach, centered on teaching, guided by the "Teaching Requirements for College English Courses (Trial)," and focuses on reforming teaching methods. It guarantees quality, seeks development through features, and strives for continuous improvement to actively address the new challenges brought by the rapid development of higher education and the internationalization of education.
· The textbook is meticulously compiled, reflecting a high degree of scientificity, rationality, and practicality. It fully considers the needs of both the main and secondary subjects of foreign language teaching, actively promotes reforms in teaching methods, and aligns with the global trend of informatization. The selection emphasizes informativeness, interest, and forward-thinking, covering a wide range of topics such as cultural customs, ethics, information technology, science education, and social issues.
· It provides three different media—textbook (Textbook), CD-ROM, and online course (Online Course)—to serve the teaching and learning of college English in multiple layers and channels.
· It offers a question bank and testing tools for each level of the textbook, with functions for selecting and editing questions, supporting both traditional classroom testing and paperless testing.
· The online course features a large-scale corpus, which not only provides a foundation for the sustainable development of discipline construction but also offers convenience for college English teachers engaged in theoretical learning and research.