New Horizon Hu Min's Speaking Practice and Vocabulary Building for High School English (MP3)

Author: Hu Min, Editor-in-Chief
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Publish Date: 2006-09-01
Features: The series of books dedicated to readers can be considered an innovation in English vocabulary learning. It has the following characteristics:
1. Innovative Concept: Each entry in this series appears in the form of everyday life dialogues. Since spoken dialogue is also a context, readers can memorize words through dialogue scenarios, using context to help association and recall. Memorizing words is not a mechanical process of simple spelling and rote memorization. Readers can use the accompanying audio cassettes to improve listening and speaking skills while memorizing words, breaking free from the traditional methods of memorization.
2. Three in One: "Opening the ears, activating the tongue, and strengthening vocabulary" are the three goals of Practice Speaking and Memorize Words. "Opening the ears" refers to improving listening skills by dictating the dialogues in the accompanying audio cassettes while memorizing words. "Activating the tongue" means imitating the pronunciation and intonation of the dialogues in the audio cassettes. Memorizing each word also means remembering everyday spoken scenarios, thereby improving speaking skills subconsciously. Memorizing words is also completed unknowingly through dictation and imitation of dialogues. At the same time, with the help of scenarios, readers not only firmly memorize words but also become proficient in their use in specific contexts.
3. Step-by-Step Progression: This is a tiered vocabulary series. Junior high vocabulary includes 1,323 entries, senior high vocabulary includes 1,998 entries, CET-4 vocabulary includes 2,473 entries, and CET-6 vocabulary includes 2,368 entries. Readers can advance step by step according to different learning stages, ultimately mastering over 8,000 basic English vocabulary words. Since this is a tiered vocabulary series, why does it stop at CET-6? This is also based on linguistic background. Above CET-6, vocabulary like IELTS and GRE words mostly belong to written English and rarely appear in everyday spoken language. These written English words will be addressed in another series of books.
4. Original Team: All dialogues in this series are originally created by language experts from English-speaking countries. The reason for choosing authors from English-speaking countries is that they not only use authentic English but also reflect the characteristics of English culture in the dialogues. Additionally, all foreign authors in the series have studied Chinese or other foreign languages and have personal experience in learning foreign languages. This allows them to truly approach the creation from the perspective of learners, ensuring that the language in the series is lively and authentic.