New Century University French 1 Student Book

Author: Li Zhiqing, Editor-in-Chief
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Publish Date: 2003-02-01
Features: With the deepening exchanges between China and France in fields such as economy, culture, and education, the existing university French teaching materials can no longer meet societal needs. New Century University French is meticulously compiled for learners of public French and second foreign language French, emphasizing the teaching philosophy of improving students' language communicative abilities, particularly listening and speaking skills. With the deepening development of reform and opening-up and China's entry into the World Trade Organization, the necessity of directly using foreign languages for international exchanges has become increasingly prominent. The University French (Foreign Language) curriculum promulgated in 1992 has brought significant progress to university French teaching in China. However, as the times progress, the original training objectives stipulated in the curriculum—"to cultivate students' certain reading abilities, preliminary listening, writing, speaking, and translation skills, enabling them to use French as a tool to obtain professional information and lay a solid foundation for further improvement of their French proficiency"—clearly no longer meet societal needs.