SBS？ The whole book for students is full of color pages, with many clear pictures, which have strong correspondence with words, sentences and even paragraphs. It is very suitable for covering words and looking at pictures for oral practice. The whole book is like an easy-to-understand picture book, which is beneficial to graphic association. Many back word apps such as "Hundred Words" use this method.
In contrast, new concept English is dwarfed in this respect. The pictures are all black and white, and the composition is old. From the aesthetic point of view, it may have a unique flavor, but from the perspective of language learning, it is often unsatisfactory.
New Concept English is standard British English, and the supporting tapes are full of British sounds, elegant and charming. If you go to London now, you won't even recognize this accent, just like those "old Koehler" Shanghainese. Then there are American music tapes, but I love the former more.
SBS authentic American accent, clear and easy to imitate. Pronunciation at the end of each lesson covers the basic knowledge of pronunciation such as rising tone, falling tone, re-tone, linking and light tone.
Grammar rap in exercise books is to string together key grammars, make rap and read along, and experience the rhythm of language, which is not involved in school textbooks. It is very important to improve the speed and naturalness of oral English and even listening after intermediate level.
Grammatical content covered:
New Concept English is divided into four volumes. The author of the first three volumes is Alexander, and the fourth volume is taken from classic articles, magazines and newspapers. It is said that when Alexander came to China for the first time, when he met with the editor, it was enough to mention the pre-school three volumes. I'm impressed.
The first volume *** 144 is almost all dialogues, and the short essays are no more than 10. The simple past tense is formally introduced from lesson 70, and the present perfect tense is introduced in lesson 84, which also involves indirect speech, comparative degree, past continuous tense, past perfect tense, clauses, passive voice and so on.
SBS？ I think the starting point of the four volumes of 50 lessons is higher than that of New Concept English (although all training institutions recommend learning SBS 1 first), but the development is relatively smooth, and the level of the four volumes tends to be close to the first two volumes of New Concept English.
Book 1 *** 17 lesson, each lesson has vocabulary, grammar dialogue, deep reading, listening and pronunciation. Plus there is an announcement every three classes. Covering grammatical content: the present continuous tense, the simple present tense and the simple future tense are going to do, and the simple past tense (regular and irregular verbs) is introduced in lesson 15.