将下面文字翻译成英文：《英语听说2》课程是预科民族生非英语专业学生必修的主要文化基础课。本课程目的培养预科学生一定的视听的能力使他们能用英语进行简单交流信息同时打下扎实的语言基础其中听力课部分可分为听力基本技能训练和多媒体视听与《英语读写2》课程同步开设。口语教学的目的是培养学生在日常生活中和一般场景下运用英语交流信息的能力。《英语听说》课程的教学应有助于学生开阔视野扩大知识面加深对世界的了解提高

The "English Listening and Speaking 2" course is a mandatory cultural foundation course for non-English major ethnic minority students in preparatory school. The aim of this course is to cultivate the students' ability to listen and speak, so that they can communicate simple information in English and lay a solid language foundation. The listening part of the course can be divided into basic listening skills training and multimedia listening and is offered in sync with the "English Reading and Writing 2" course. The goal of the oral teaching is to develop the students' ability to communicate information in English in daily life and general scenarios. The teaching of the "English Listening and Speaking" course should help students broaden their horizons, expand their knowledge, deepen their understanding of the world, improve their cultural literacy, and promote their language application ability