Understanding and Practicing International Standardization Activities - English Tutorial

Author: Wang Zhongmin, edited by Zheng Weihua
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Publish Date: 2007-01-01
Features: This textbook has the following characteristics:
1. The pre-class activities include "warm-up" questions related to the text content, which can encourage learners to speak and prepare them for studying the text.
2. The listening section is related to the text, which not only trains learners' listening skills but also serves as an introduction to the text. The exercises in the listening section are diverse, including true/false questions, fill-in-the-blanks, multiple-choice questions, and short-answer questions.
3. The text content is up-to-date, with each lesson selected from the latest information on international standardization. Each lesson is accompanied by a vocabulary list and annotations to expand learners' vocabulary and background knowledge in international standardization.
4. After each lesson, there are various exercises related to the text content, including: true/false, multiple choice, matching, English-Chinese translation, oral discussion, and short writing.
5. Each unit focuses on listening, speaking, reading, writing, and translation, with exercises designed to emphasize different aspects while all revolving around the same theme, forming an integrated whole. This approach aims to cultivate learners' strong reading skills and a certain level of listening, speaking, writing, and translation abilities, enabling them to use English as a communication tool to participate in international standardization work and activities.
This textbook is suitable for the following individuals in non-English-speaking countries with beginner to intermediate English proficiency:
- Members and technical experts of national professional standardization technical committees;
- Staff of the secretariats of national professional standardization technical committees;
- Other individuals from enterprises and society who are interested in international standardization work.