(All-New Edition) College English Reading Course 3 (General Version) Student Book

Author: Bai Yongquan
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Publish Date: 2003-08-01
Features: This tutorial provides systematic and diverse extracurricular reading materials for non-English majors, aiming to cultivate students' proficiency in applying reading skills, accurately understanding passages, expanding their knowledge and cultural horizons, and enhancing their reading comprehension and appreciation. The College English series is an innovative, multi-dimensional supplementary textbook composed of books, audio-visual materials, CDs, and online resources. Since its release in 2001, it has been widely welcomed and praised by schools in use. As this series fully aligns with the basic requirements for college foreign language teaching proposed by the Ministry of Education, it was selected as the "National-Level Planning Textbook for General Higher Education 'Fifteenth Five-Year Plan'" and the "Ministry of Education Recommended College Foreign Language Textbook." The series includes one volume each of Comprehensive Course, Listening and Speaking Course, Reading Course (1-6), and Fast Reading (1-6), as well as a Grammar Handbook. Due to 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 needs of students at different levels, with varying proficiency and learning objectives, we specifically organized, planned, and wrote the preparatory level of the series, which includes one volume each of Comprehensive Course and Listening and Speaking Course, authored 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 College English Level 1 while maintaining a logical connection with it. Each unit in this textbook is organized thematically, enabling students to comprehensively and deeply master rich linguistic knowledge, acquire cultural information, and develop their integrated abilities in listening, speaking, reading, writing, and translation. 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.