新世纪英语口语教程2：差异与理解

    每个单元包括6大板块：
预热（Warm-up）：提供简短的文化注释（cultural notes），探讨文化冲突，配有是非判断题和讨论题，用来激活学生的知识储存、增加跨文化交际意识和联系学生生活实际。
听力（Listening）：提供一段或几段与本单元主题和后面的功能句型相关的对话，大多配备填空练习以训练听力和增进功能句型的掌握。
阅读（Reading）：提供一篇主课文，围绕单元主题，增加语言输入。
功能句型（Functional devices）：用于复习、拓宽和加深第一册出现的功能表示法。
交际活动（Communication activities）：包含自由度高、语境真实和激发创造性的跨文化交际活动。学生可以灵活地运用功能句型，融汇所学知识和语言，并且发挥语言使用的创造性，达到交际目的，以培养流利性。
写作（Writing）：结合跨文化语境，强调写作的交际目的，巩固所学内容，培养逻辑思维能力，增进口语连贯性。
此外，每单元精选了部分名言（Words of wisdom），用于加深对单元主题的理解。教师可以酌情选用，如可以让学生背诵，在交际活动中使用，或用来组织讨论和辩论等。部分单元选配了英文歌曲（A song for the theme），不仅可以活跃气氛、提高语言学习兴趣，而且可以显著改进语音语流，尤其是语流的节奏、同化、省音和连音。歌曲内容与本单元主题相关，并设计了填空练习，用以训练听力并加深对主题的理解。
本套教材可以作为必修、选修口语课堂教材，也可用于自学。
适用对象为：在校本、专科（包括英语专业、外经贸专业）大学生；在读硕士、博士研究生；准备参加大学英语口试学生；出国英语口语培训学员；各类社会英语口语受训人员和英语口语自学者等。

    

    

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