中英合编的SEFC教材承接JEFC，吸收了“交际法”理论的优点，融“功能———意念”于一体，旨在培养学生运用外语进行初步交际的能力。教材中语言材料的选编不再是传统的以语法项目为主脉络，而是从现代语言教育教学理论的角度，围绕从中外文化传统、卫生体育到能源交通等内容 SEFC textbooks compiled by China and the United Kingdom undertook JEFC, absorbing the advantages of the “communicative approach” theory and integrating “functionality — ideas” into one, aiming to develop students’ ability to use the foreign language to conduct initial communication. The selection of language materials in textbooks is no longer the traditional context of grammar projects, but from the perspective of modern language education and teaching theory, focusing on cultural traditions from the Chinese and foreign countries, health sports, energy transportation and so on.