Middle School English_In-Class Story (Grade 8)

Author: Xu Xueming, Editor-in-Chief
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Publish Date: 2005-04-01
Features: The full-time compulsory English curriculum standards require active engagement in language practice activities such as performing short plays, playing games, and telling stories in English teaching. Dear students, we hope you have the courage to showcase your English in the classroom, at parties, or during school cultural and art festivals. Even a single performance can lead to a qualitative breakthrough and leap in your understanding of English, benefiting you for a lifetime. — Du Xiaoming
English is an important tool for accessing global science, technology, and cultural information, enhancing national scientific and cultural literacy, and strengthening international exchanges and cooperation. The National English Curriculum Standards emphasize: "In English teaching, it is appropriate to expand the input of listening and reading, and through extensive language practice activities, effectively improve students' comprehensive ability to use English." Encouraging students to actively and proactively participate in language practice activities and creatively use language promotes the development of language skills, gradually enabling them to acquire the ability to communicate comprehensively using language knowledge and skills.
Based on the grading requirements for primary and secondary school English teaching in the new National English Curriculum Standards, and considering the difficulty level of texts in current corresponding textbooks, we have compiled this series of "English Classroom Stories." This series consists of 7 volumes, each accompanied by audio cassettes. Written by frontline teachers and curriculum developers, the selected stories are rich in content, covering various genres such as humor, idioms, allusions, fairy tales, and myths. They are suitable for students to engage in fun reading and listening exercises, helping them improve their English reading and listening skills.