張艷等編著的《新聞英語聽讀教程》編寫采用了任務教學法、交際法、主題教學法等有效**的教學理念，使學習者能夠在主題內容、教材活動和教師的**下，主動探索、積極互動協作和有效產出。
《新聞英語聽讀教程》中每單元都有明顯的主題，而且每個主題都貼近學生的學習、生活和興趣，任務和練習設計都圍繞該主題進行，使學習者在了解信息、增長知識和習得大量主題詞彙的同時能進行語言輸出，學以致用。
本書共10個單元，每個單元都由三部分構成，包括閱讀、聽力、練習，而且每個單元之間有序銜接，練習設計也是循序漸進的，讓學習者逐漸熟識英語新聞報道的特點。另外，在完成10個單元的基礎上，還附加了12篇新聞聽力，給學有餘力的學生課外加強練習。教師也可以在課堂上適當地使用這些補充聽力材料，豐富課程內容。

Unit 1 Famous People
Part Ⅰ News Reading
Part Ⅱ Listening
Part Ⅲ Exercises
Unit 2 Family Education
Part Ⅰ News Reading
Part Ⅱ Listening
Part Ⅲ Exercises
Unit 3 Health
Part Ⅰ News Reading
Part Ⅱ Listening
Part Ⅲ Exercises
Unit 4 Teaching and Learning in School
Part Ⅰ News Reading
Part Ⅱ Listening
Part Ⅲ Exercises
Unit 5 Natural Disaster
Part Ⅰ News Reading
Part Ⅱ Listening
Part Ⅲ Exercises
Unit 6 Love and Marriage
Part Ⅰ News Reading
Part Ⅱ Listening
Part Ⅲ Exercises
Unit 7 Technology
Part Ⅰ News Reading
Part Ⅱ Listening
Part Ⅲ Exercises
Unit 8 Environmental Protection
Part Ⅰ News Reading
Part Ⅱ Listening
Part Ⅲ Exercises
Unit 9 Violence and Crimes
Part Ⅰ News Reading
Part Ⅱ Listening
Part Ⅲ Exercises
Unit 10 Graduation and Career
Part Ⅰ News Reading
Part Ⅱ Listening
Part m Exercises
Additional Listening
Passage 1 Superstorm
Passage 2 Ban on Smoking
Passage 3 Educational Technology
Passage 4 School Uniform
Passage 5 Solar Power
Passage 6 International Students
Passage 7 Learning Mandarin
Passage 8 Weight and Risk
Passage 9 Gun Policy
Passage 10 Steve Jobs
Passage 11 Driving with GPS
Passage 12 Food Safety
Key to the Exercises and Transcripts