New Century English Speaking Course (1) (1)

Author: Li Huadong
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Publish Date: 2002-04-01
Features: Each unit includes five sections:
Conversations (Conversations) - Provide one or more authentic cross-cultural dialogue samples that demonstrate the unit's functions, suitable for listening practice, imitation, and role-playing, preparing for the following functional device learning and practice.
Functional Devices (Functional Devices) - Provide commonly used functional expressions. Some functional "devices" are not complete sentences but words or phrases. As is well known, some functions can even be achieved through non-verbal methods such as expressions, gestures, postures, or silence.
Functional Practice (Functional Practice) - This exercise format is similar to the "pattern drills" commonly used in the "audio-lingual method." Although it may appear somewhat mechanical, it helps develop accuracy and serves as the foundation for flexible use of functional devices.
Communication Activities (Communication Activities) - Include highly flexible, contextually authentic cross-cultural communication activities. Students can flexibly use functional devices and unleash their creativity in language use to achieve communicative goals, thereby developing fluency.
Writing (Writing) - Combined with cross-cultural contexts, it emphasizes the communicative purpose of writing, consolidates learned content, cultivates logical thinking skills, and enhances oral coherence. Additionally, each unit selects some wisdom quotes (Words of Wisdom) to deepen the understanding of the unit's theme. Teachers can use them as appropriate, such as having students memorize them, incorporating them into communicative activities, or using them to organize discussions and debates.
Some units also include English songs (A Song for the Theme), which not only liven up the atmosphere and boost interest in language learning but also significantly improve pronunciation and intonation, especially the rhythm, assimilation, elision, and linking of intonation. The song lyrics are related to the unit's theme, and fill-in-the-blank exercises are designed to train listening skills and deepen understanding of the theme.
This textbook can be used as a required or elective oral English course material or for self-study.
Target Audience:
University students (including English majors, foreign trade majors) at undergraduate and junior college levels;
Master's and doctoral students;
Students preparing for the College English Oral Test;
English oral training participants for overseas study;
Various social English oral training participants and self-learners of English speaking.