With the continuous development and progress of education, English textbooks are constantly being revised and updated. In 2024, new Year 7 students will start using the new English textbooks, which is undoubtedly a new challenge and opportunity for parents and students. Here, I would like to give a few suggestions to parents of prospective junior high school students to help them better cope with the revision of English textbooks.
First of all, parents need to understand a few key points of the textbook revision. The new edition of the textbook has improved vocabulary difficulty, grammatical content, phonetic knowledge, topic breadth and reading ability. There are only 239 words in the vocabulary list A-Z of the newcomer education version, which is less than that of the old people's education version, because the vocabulary required to be mastered by the new curriculum standards for primary schools has been eliminated. For example, "country" used to appear in Unit 7 of the second volume of Grade 7, but now it has been advanced to Unit 1 of the new version of Grade 7, "information" and "hobby" have been advanced from Units 3 and 6 of the first volume of Grade 8 to Unit - of Grade 7, respectively, and "discovery" and "ability" have been advanced from Unit 1 of Grade 9 to Unit 5 of the new version of Grade 7. In addition, IT (information technology) and other terms that are closely related to modern life have been added. This means that children need to put in more effort to adapt to the requirements of the new textbook.
The emphasis on reading ability in the new curriculum standard is reflected in a number of aspects, the most notable of which is the increase in the amount of reading outside the classroom. The cumulative reading volume has increased to 150,000 words in junior high school and 350,000 words in high school, which intuitively shows the importance of reading in English learning.
This is also reflected in the design of the new textbook. In addition to the increase in the length of the articles, a new Reading plus section has been added to focus on improving students' reading skills. This section is mainly based on non-fiction articles, and the word count is controlled at about 200 words, which is similar to the length of the reading articles in the high school entrance examination, which helps students gradually adapt to the requirements of the exam in their daily studies.
In addition, the new textbook also focuses on the training of reading ability and thinking, which further meets the requirements of the new curriculum standards. In terms of comprehension ability, the new textbook proposes higher standards, including understanding explicit or implicit logical relationships in discourse, understanding discourse meaning based on repetition, explanation, and pause in discourse, and understanding the meaning expressed by non-verbal resources. These exercises are designed to help students understand texts more deeply and improve their reading and thinking skills. Reading Commonly Used Conjunctions in Writing:
Both the new curriculum standards and new textbooks emphasize the importance of reading in English language learning, and promote the all-round development of students by increasing the amount of extracurricular reading and improving reading comprehension skills. Therefore, parents should encourage their children to read more, listen to more English, speak more English, and actively cultivate their English sense and expression skills.
Secondly, personalized English reading is an effective way to improve children's English ability. Reading in English allows children to be exposed to the latest English information, understand different areas of knowledge, and improve their reading skills and vocabulary. Cai Zhangbing's English current reading applet/APP, updated every day, self-selected difficulty, listening, speaking, reading and writing. The 20,000 original essays are divided into 3 parts:
(1) Contemporary reading (reading the source of the proposition);
(2) American reading (gestalt source);
(3) Traditional culture (hot and compulsory categories).
Different from books: (1) 200 books and 20,000 articles, (2) novel content, updated every day, (3) optional difficulty: 5 difficulties in the same grade, (4) listening, speaking, reading and writing, (5) big data analysis, personalized push, and accurate improvement. Children can choose their own current reading materials with one click, so that they can feel the charm and fun of English in reading.
In addition, it is also a very good habit to read a current article every day. Through reading texts, children can understand social dynamics, broaden their horizons, and consolidate their knowledge of English. Parents can accompany their children to read together, and they can also exchange their feelings with each other in the Cai Zhangbing English Reading Mini Program check-in group, so as to enhance the parent-child relationship and improve the children's interest in English learning.
Finally, I would like to say that learning English is a long-term process that requires the patience of parents and the persistence of children. In the face of the challenges of the new teaching materials, we must actively respond to them and encourage children to face difficulties bravely and continuously improve their English skills. At the same time, we should also pay attention to the mental health of children, so that they can learn happily and grow up healthily.
Hopefully, these tips will be helpful to parents of prospective middle school students. If you need relevant information, follow the homepage and reply to "English learning" in the comment area, let's cheer for the children's learning and growth!