College English Reading Course 1 (General Edition Student Book) (New Edition)

Author: Wang Xiuzhen, Fan Weiwei
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Publish Date: 2003-05-01
Features: The "College English" series is a novel, multi-dimensional supplementary teaching material composed of books, audio-visual materials, CDs, and online resources. Since its gradual release in 2001, it has been widely welcomed and praised by schools in use. Due to its comprehensive adherence to the basic requirements for college foreign language teaching proposed by the Ministry of Education, the series was 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 Course," "Listening and Speaking Course," "Reading Course," "Fast Reading" from 1 to 6, and one "Grammar Handbook." Given 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 series' ability to meet the diverse needs of students at different levels, with varying proficiency levels and learning objectives, we specifically organized, planned, and compiled a preparatory level for the series, which includes one volume each of "Comprehensive Course" and "Listening and Speaking Course," written 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 the first level of "College English" but seamlessly connected to it. Each unit in the textbook is organized thematically, enabling students to comprehensively and deeply master rich language 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 different Chinese and Western cultures to cultivate students' cultural literacy and awaken their awareness of their local and cross-cultural identities.