《朗文当代英语教程》是一套在世界各地广泛使用的英语教材，以其国际化的先材、综合全面的语言技能培养、实用的教学大纲，以及丰富的教学资源受到各国英语学习者和教师的青睐。本套教材采用英式英语编写，涉及英国及其他各国文化；其活动内容和形式既适合青少年，也适合成年学习者；其丰富的内容可以满足各类英语学习者的个性需求。
本教程共有6个级别，难度分布如下：
1-2级为基础人门级，适合具有初级英语水平的学习者
3-4级为完善巩固级.适合具有初级至中级英语水平的学习者
5-6级为强化提高级，适合具有中级偏上英语水平的学习者
完成1-4级的学习，学习者的综合语言能力可达到雅思考试5.5-6.0分的水平；完成全部6个级别的学习，可达到雅思考试6.5-7.5分的水平。
教材特点：
强调语法和词汇基础，丰富的语言文化信息
创造真实的交流环境，完善的自我评估体系
采用任务型教学方法，贴近社会生活的话题
培养独立学习的能力，全面翔实的教学建议
1级产品组成：
学生用书（附赠词汇手册）。配有课堂用盘（2张CD）或课堂用带（2盒）
练习册，配有学生用盘（2张cD）或学生用带（2盒）
教师用书
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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