本教材内容丰富,形式多样。编写了选择、判断、听力填空、问答、模仿、角色扮演等多种形式;注重创造良好的语言环境,培养学生的基本听说能力。
本教材视听内容丰富,教师可以根据实际情况选择全部内容或挑选感兴趣、易操作的内容。教材可供一个学期使用,每个单元一般可以安排2~4个学时。通过使用本教材培养了学生基本的英语听说技能后,可以选择《英语实训教程——视听说(进阶篇)》,进一步提高学生的英语实用技能。
本教程既可供高职高专非英语专业学生选修课使用,也可供英语专业学生必修课使用。《基础篇》要求学生掌握高中以上的词汇量,初步具备一定的听说能力。

UNIT1 卡通
Warm-up
Movie One: The Muppets' Wizard of Oz
Movie Two: Finding Nemo
After-class Appreciation
Rhythm and Intonation
UNIT2 **力
Warm-up
Movie One: Enchanted
Movie Two: Next
After-class Appreciation
Rhythm and Intonation
UNIT3 女孩故事
Warm-up
Movie One: Legally Blonde
Movie Two: The Parent Trap
After-class Appreciation
Rhythm and Intonation
UNIT4 音乐情怀
Warm-up
Movie One: August Rush
Movie Two: High School Musical
After-class Appreciation
Rhythm and Intonation
UNIT5 爱
Warm-up
Movie One: Sweet Nothing in My Ear
Movie Two: 50 First Dates
After-class Appreciation
Rhythm and Intonation
UNIT6 住宿与用餐
Warm-up
Movie One: Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
Movie Two: Pretty Woman
After-class Appreciation
Rhythm and Intonation
UNIT7 职业
Warm-up
Movie One: Good Will Hunting
Movie Two: Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium
After-class Appreciation
Rhythm and Intonation
UNIT8 保护地球
Warm-up
Movie One: The Simpsons
Movie Two: An Inconvenient Truth
After-class Appreciation
Rhythm and Intonation
UNIT9 节日
Warm-up
Movie One: The Polar Express
Movie Two: Friends--The One with the Halloween Party
After-class Appreciation
Rhythm and Intonation
UNIT10 家庭与财富
Warm-up
Movie One:The Family Man
Movie Two:The Bucket List
After-class Appreciation
Rhythm and Intonation