《朗文當代英語教程》是一套在世界各地廣泛使用的英語教材，以其國際化的先材、綜合全面的語言技能培養(yǎng)、實用的教學大綱，以及豐富的教學資源受到各國英語學習者和教師的青睞。本套教材采用英式英語編寫，涉及英國及其他各國文化；其活動內容和形式既適合青少年，也適合成年學習者；其豐富的內容可以滿足各類英語學習者的個性需求。
本教程共有6個級別，難度分布如下：
1-2級為基礎人門級，適合具有初級英語水平的學習者
3-4級為完善鞏固級.適合具有初級至中級英語水平的學習者
5-6級為強化提高級，適合具有中級偏上英語水平的學習者
完成1-4級的學習，學習者的綜合語言能力可達到雅思考試5.5-6.0分的水平；完成全部6個級別的學習，可達到雅思考試6.5-7.5分的水平。
教材特點：
強調語法和詞匯基礎，豐富的語言文化信息
創(chuàng)造真實的交流環(huán)境，完善的自我評估體系
采用任務型教學方法，貼近社會生活的話題
培養(yǎng)獨立學習的能力，全面翔實的教學建議
1級產品組成：
學生用書（附贈詞匯手冊）。配有課堂用盤（2張CD）或課堂用帶（2盒）
練習冊，配有學生用盤（2張cD）或學生用帶（2盒）
教師用書
Module 1
Names and introductions
Vocabulary： jobs; a/an
He/she/his/her
I/my/you/your/his/her
Pronunciation
The alphabet; How do you spell?
Numbers 0-20
Improve your writing： full stops， question marks
Capital letters (1)
Listen and read： real names
Module 2
Vocabulary： countries
Be with I and you
Negative
Nationalities
Is/are/am
Questions
Numbers 21-100
Improve your writing： writing about yourself
Pronunciation
Ages
Capital letters (2)
Question words
Listen and read： Where in the world...?
Module 3
Vocabulary： nouns
Plural nouns
Be： plural
Opposites
Be with we and they
Were/theyre/our/their
Spelling
Food and drink vocabulary
This/that/these/those
Prepositions
Pronunciation
Listen and read： eating and drinking around the world
Improve your writing： a postcard
Module 4
Vocabulary： places in a town
Prepositions
There is/there are
Negative sentences
Questions
All forms
Some， any and a
Common adjectives
Listen and read： the World Showcase
Improve your writing： capital letters (revision) Is or are?
Pronunciation
Module 5
Family vocabulary
Possessives
s = is or possessive?
Verbs
Present Simple
Negative
Questions
Short answers
Question words： how， what， where， who
Personal possessions
Improve your writing： writing about your family
Prepositions
Articles
Pronunciation
Listen and read： facts and figures
Module 6
Vocabulary： likes and dislikes
Object pronouns
Vocabulary： useful nouns
Present Simple： he and she
Pronunciation
Present Simple
Questions
Negative
All forms
Improve your writing： using pronouns
Listen and read： famous couples
Module 7
Daily routines
Present Simple
Questions
All forms
Vocabulary： days of the week
Adverbs of frequency
Word order with adverbs
Verbs and nouns
Time expressions
Telling the time
Listen and read： life in Britain today
Improve your writing： personal descriptions
Spelling： double letters
Pronunciation
Module 8
Action verbs
Con and cant
Short answers
Vocabulary： parts of the body
Vocabulary： quantities
Questions
Question words
Forming questions
Big numbers
Listen and read： living in the Antarctic
Spelling： silent letters
Improve your writing： describing yourself
Pronunciation： Wh- questions
Module 9
Vocabulary： common adjectives
Past Simple of be
Was/were
Wasnt/werent
Questions
Was/were and wasnt/werent
Short answers
Improve your writing： writing about the past
Word order
Listen and read： when they were-young
Spelling and pronunciation： contractions
Pronunciation： years
Vocabulary revision
Module 10
Past Simple： irregular verbs
Past Simple： spelling of -ed endings
Past Simple： regular verbs
Vocabulary： life events
Sentences in the past
Improve your writing： a persona！ history
Spelling： months
Listen and read： the Kennedys-Americas first family
Prepositions
Spelling
Pronunciation
Module 11
Vocabulary： holiday expressions
Past Simple
Negative
Yes/no questions
Short answers
Wh-questions
Vocabulary： time phrases
Did， was and were
Past Simple of irregular verbs
And or but？
Spelling
Listen and read： holiday destinations
Improve your writing： write an email
Pronunciation： Past Simple questions
Module 12
Vocabulary： things you buy
Want to
Vocabulary
Colours
Sizes
Going to
Positive and negative sentences
Questions
Pronunciation： going to
Missing words
Listen and read： AIBO-the electronic pet
Improve your writing： punctuation and capital letters
Spelling
Pronunciation table
Answer key
Acknowledgements
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