What are the classic introductory books for learning English?

Many students who are beginning to learn English may be confused and don’t know how to choose textbooks that suit them. Let’s talk about some classic introductory books for understanding English. Don’t miss them.

1. Lai Shixiong Learns American English from the Ground Up

This series of books may be the best introduction to American English. This set of textbooks is divided into five volumes. As the name suggests, it means starting from scratch, starting from the most basic phonetic symbols, gradually getting started, and then moving to beginner, intermediate, and advanced levels.

Learning content includes: dialogues, articles, Chinese, English-Chinese translation, grammatical analysis, detailed notes and exercises, etc. "Lai Shixiong's Grammar" is also a supplementary book. Compared with the New Concept English we are familiar with, its content is more interesting and the explanations are more detailed.

The introductory chapter for learning American English from scratch explains the most basic uses of conversation based on real-life scenarios such as meetings, shopping, traveling, and interviews; the intermediate chapter adds interesting short essays on the basis of English conversations; the first half Part of the focus is on reading long and medium-length articles. The content of the articles is relatively in-depth, including knowledge of culture, literature and art in English-speaking countries.

2. New Concept English Volumes 1-4

It is a timeless set of textbooks jointly published by Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press and Pearson Education Publishing China Co., Ltd. Introductory textbook. Divided into four volumes, it focuses on the comprehensive application of knowledge. Our shared resources cover many areas: textbooks, lecture videos, notes, vocabulary and grammar.

3. Bookworm Oxford English Series (Audiobook)

I believe that the "Bookworm" series co-written by Foreign Language Research Press and Oxford University Press is no stranger to you. English graded reading is its biggest feature. It has seven levels and 102 books. The topics include celebrity biographies, adventure stories, and must-read classics, covering a wide range of content.

These seven levels, from a few hundred words to 2,300 words, can help beginners who don't know how to read English quickly find, evaluate, and choose a reading list that's right for them. Even if you don't know how to choose, reading the six levels of "Bookworm" from beginning to end is a good choice.