College English: Listening (2) (Revised Edition) (With CD-ROM)

Author: Yu Sumei, Li Huiqin
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Publish Date: 2003-09-01
Features: Based on the characteristics of listening teaching in College English and the English proficiency of the target learners, this textbook has been revised according to the following principles:
1. The revised edition still emphasizes the training of basic listening skills. The initial stage focuses on life-related topics, with gradually increasing difficulty, information volume, and topic diversity, as well as progressively faster and more challenging answer speeds.
2. The selected materials cover all entries in the syllabus's functional-notional table and the requirements for listening skills and some speaking skills specified in the micro-skill table.
3. While cultivating students' ability to understand basic linguistic units, the textbook gradually enhances their comprehension and proficiency at the discourse level, improving their ability to analyze, summarize, synthesize, and infer the content they hear.
4. To ensure the listening speeds meet the syllabus requirements at each level, the training speeds in the textbook are slightly higher than the syllabus's specifications, while the speeds for quizzes and review tests align with the syllabus's standards.
5. The textbook's exercises are diverse in format, including new question types from the National College English Tests (CET-4 and CET-6), aiming to comprehensively train and improve students' listening comprehension skills.
6. The revised edition adds an oral practice section, allowing students, under the guidance of their teachers, to conduct basic training in oral expression using the language and content provided in the textbook.
7. The textbook's content strives to be fresh, lively, and engaging, with well- retained and adjusted passages, as well as gradually increasing content reflecting new information. The language is designed to be authentic, vivid, and standardized. This is the second revised edition of the listening textbook for students. The entire book consists of 20 lessons, designed for College English Level 2 students. Each unit covers a major listening skill and includes a set of quizzes. After the 20 lessons, a comprehensive review test is provided, which can be used as a simulation exam for the Level 2 listening test.