(All-New Edition) College English Reading Course 1-2 Teacher's Book (General Version)

Author: Wang Xiuzhen
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Publish Date: 2003-06-01
Features: The "College English" series is a novel, multi-dimensional supplementary teaching material composed of books, audio-visual materials, CDs, and online resources. Since its gradual release in 2001, it has been widely welcomed and praised by schools in use. Due to its comprehensive alignment with the basic requirements for college foreign language teaching proposed by the Ministry of Education, this series was selected as the "National Planning Textbook for General Higher Education in the 15th Five-Year Plan" and the "Ministry of Education Recommended College Foreign Language Teaching Material." The series includes one volume each of "Comprehensive Course," "Listening and Speaking Course," "Reading Course," "Reading Course," "Fast Reading" (from 1 to 6), and one "Grammar Handbook."
Given China's vast territory, teaching resources, faculty, and student needs vary across regions and institutions. Therefore, it is necessary to implement classified guidance and tiered teaching. To maximize the "College English" series' ability to meet the diverse needs of students at different levels, with varying proficiency and learning objectives, we specifically organized and planned the preparatory level of the series. It includes one volume each of "Comprehensive Course" and "Listening and Speaking Course," written by British experts familiar with college English teaching in China. This textbook is meticulously compiled based on the actual needs of college English teaching in China, with a difficulty level lower than that of the first level of "College English" but seamlessly connected to it.
Each unit in this textbook follows a theme-based structure, enabling students to comprehensively and deeply master rich language knowledge, acquire cultural information, and develop their listening, speaking, reading, writing, and translation skills. The after-class exercises are designed to be diverse, targeted, engaging, and challenging. In terms of material selection, emphasis is placed on the comparison of Chinese and Western cultures to cultivate students' cultural literacy and awaken their awareness of their local and cross-cultural identities.