College English Listening, Speaking and Viewing Tutorial 1 (Teacher's Book) ( )

Author: Liu Hongzhong
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Publish Date: 2005-10-01
Features: College English: A Listening and Speaking Course is designed for non-English majors in universities, based on the New Curriculum Requirements for College English Teaching formulated and issued by the Ministry of Education of China and the National Advisory Committee on Foreign Language Teaching in Higher Education. The main objective is to cultivate students' English listening and speaking abilities while enhancing their autonomous learning skills and improving their comprehensive cultural literacy. The key focus of this course is to emphasize the organic integration of each part within a unit, with the content of each unit structured as a vivid classroom example, where various language materials in the same unit are primarily centered around a single theme. It pays attention to the characteristics of spoken language, emphasizing authenticity and naturalness in language use. It introduces English idioms, with all language materials provided by foreign experts from EducationServicesExchangewithChina. It ensures a certain amount of imitation exercises and dictation exercises to lay a solid language foundation for rapidly improving listening skills, and gradually enhances listening and speaking abilities. It focuses on cultivating oral expression skills, using speaking to enhance listening. At the same time, it emphasizes the interaction between listening and speaking. It explains cultural customs, fostering comprehensive cultural literacy and cross-cultural communication skills. The exercise formats are diverse, prioritizing practical needs in communication, with a focus on subjective question types. Listening materials use normal speaking speed recordings, with difficulty levels determined by the subject matter, the vocabulary involved, and the complexity of sentence structures. It emphasizes the cultivation of confidence and learning methods.