(All-New Edition) College English Reading Course 4 (General)

Author: Zhang Yongxian, Editor-in-Chief
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Publish Date: 2004-02-01
Features: This tutorial provides non-English major students with systematic and diverse extracurricular reading materials, aiming to cultivate their proficiency in reading skills, accurate comprehension of passages, broaden their knowledge and cultural horizons, and enhance their reading comprehension and appreciation. College English is a novel, multi-dimensional supplementary teaching material composed of books, audio-visual materials, CDs, and online resources. Since its launch 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 has been 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 Tutorial, Listening and Speaking Tutorial, Reading Tutorial (1-6 levels), and 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 diverse needs of students at different levels, with varying proficiency and learning objectives, we have specifically organized and compiled a preparatory level for the series, which includes one volume each of Comprehensive Tutorial and Listening and Speaking Tutorial, written by British experts familiar with college English teaching in China. This textbook is meticulously designed according to the actual needs of college English teaching in China, with a difficulty level lower than 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 comprehensive application skills 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.