English Listening Skills: Book 3 (Teacher's Edition)

Author: Zhang Minlun et al.
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Publish Date: 1984-08-01
Features: "Introduction to English Listening" was originally a teaching material for the English listening course of the Foreign Language Department at East China Normal University. After a period of practical use, it has been published in installments for trial use in English departments of higher education institutions and other relevant organizations. The entire textbook series consists of four volumes, serving as the basic teaching content for a four-semester (approximately 160 class hours) listening course. Each volume includes eight 60-minute cassette tapes of intensive listening materials, a student's book, and a teacher's book. The intensive listening materials and the student's book are the core of the textbook and must be used together. Students who complete the four volumes of the textbook and all the exercises should basically meet the requirements and standards for listening skills set by the teaching syllabus for the basic stage of English majors in Chinese universities, and they should also be able to pass the listening tests designed for intermediate English learners by English-speaking countries.
The third volume is fundamentally the same as the first two in terms of writing philosophy, selection principles, and format arrangement. The focus remains on strengthening listening skill training, improving students' ability to understand various types of authentic listening materials, expanding their knowledge, and developing their intelligence. To help students transition more naturally from the elementary stage of English listening proficiency to the intermediate stage, the material length gradually increases in this volume, and the topics shift from more concrete daily conversations to more abstract thematic introductions, discussions, and reports. The speaking speed in the recorded materials also gradually increases.
In the exercises, some of the practice forms from the first two volumes are still retained to continue cultivating students' ability to identify and select key content from the listening materials. At the same time, more exercises involving note-taking, summarization, and outlining are included to develop students' judgment and organizational skills.