Advanced English Speaking

Author: Yang Shuchen
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Publish Date: 2003-07-01
Features: This textbook is developed based on the study of current international new oral English teaching theories, combined with teaching practices, and selected new materials for non-English majors at the university level. It fully reflects the new syllabus's philosophy of cultivating students' oral expression skills, eliminating the monotony and boredom of simple functional dialogues or skill training, making oral classroom content rich and lively, and enabling students to express themselves clearly, fluently, and effectively. The textbook follows a topic-based structure, with 18 units in total, each containing 4 sections. It demonstrates each topic's perspective through natural and authentic dialogue examples and scientifically and thought-provoking articles, and summarizes the content of each unit with relevant famous quotes and proverbs. Based on language input and the characteristics of each topic, the classroom exercises are designed to be innovative, engaging, and fun, including picture descriptions, group discussions, debates, drama performances, simulated scenarios, psychological tests, and games, among others. The instructions for these activities are detailed, making them highly operational and practical. Compared to other domestic textbooks, the language input section of this textbook has the following distinct features: , it increases the amount of language input. Advanced oral English not only requires students to master various language functions but also demands logical and thoughtful oral expression. To achieve this, students must have a deep understanding of the topics, so a certain amount of language input can broaden their horizons, helping them learn more cultural background knowledge to prepare for effective language output. Second, the selected materials are new and diverse in content, including TV interviews, radio programs, English songs, movie recordings, and English speeches, which helps students understand new ways of language expression and their contexts of use.