
威廉•H•麥加菲 朗達•費茨帕特里克
呈現於讀者面前的這套《美國經典語文課本:McGuffey Readers》,亦名《麥加菲讀本》,其編者威廉•H•麥加菲曾先後任美國邁阿密大學語言學教授和俄亥俄大學校長。從移民時期以來,這套《美國經典語文課本:McGuffey Readers》影響了四五代美國人的成長,對奠定美國人的道德觀與價值觀起到了很大作用。本版《美國經典語文課本:McGuffey Readers》的突出特點是,在精彩的原文基礎上,增加了導學功能。這一功能包括兩個部分:一是課後訓練(STUDY GUIDE),這些練習由加拿大公立學校教師與英語教學者共同編寫,幫助讀者更好地掌握詞彙、學會閱讀、理解思考;二是朗讀製作,加拿大高中從事表演與視覺藝術教學的 Schwartz,利用工作之餘的時間,重新錄製和編輯配套朗讀。配套英文朗讀免費下載使用,詳見圖書封底博客信息。 《美國經典語文課本:McGuffey Readers》第1冊從字母表開始,主要側重於字母的發音與書寫、簡單的單詞與句型,同時強調英文書寫,課後附有不少書法練習,讓孩子們不僅將英語說得像外國人,而且寫得也跟外文書法一樣,這是國內英語教學所缺少的一個環節。 McGuffey Readers is a series of graded primers, including grade levels 1-6, widely used as textbooks in American schools from the mid-19th century to the mid-20th century, and are still used today in some private schools and in homeschooling. It is estimated that at least 125 million copies of McGuffey Readers were sold till the year of 1960, placing its sales in a category with the Bible and Webster's Dictionary . This first reader introduces children to McGuffey's ethical code. The child modeled in this book is prompt, good, kind, honest and truthful.
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