课程概况
国防科技大学是国家“双一流”重点建设的国内一流综合性大学,享有“军中清华”的美誉,在现代教育技术和精品资源课程建设领域始终走在全国前列。
继成功推出《大学英语(口语)》和《大学英文写作》两门中国大学MOOC课程之后,国防科技大学外语团队重磅推出《大学英语综合课程》。本课程分为四个级别,分别为《大学英语综合课程(一)》、《大学英语综合课程(二)》、《大学英语综合课程(三)》和《大学英语综合课程(四)》,共40个单元120讲。每个单元均以主题为线索,在完成听、说、读、写、译等语言基本技能的综合训练过程中,注重对课文的整体理解、常用语言知识的讲解、关键词汇和句型的运用、文本特色和常用修辞的欣赏和分析;促进学习者对语言基础知识的掌握,培养学习者扎实的语言基本功,帮助学习者提高语言的综合应用能力;注重培养学习者的跨文化意识,提升和培养学习者的跨文化能力;注重锻炼学习者独立思考、提出问题与解决问题等自主学习能力和批判思维能力;注重学员的产出,特别是写作能力的培养,对每一个单元,都有针对性地对本单元所涉及的主要课文对象和写作任务进行了适度讲解,便于学习者领会写作任务,开展写作学习,完成相应的写作任务。
《大学英语综合课程》的每个单元分由三大讲构成。第一讲(Active Reading 1)和第二讲(Active Reading 2)包括课文分析、句型讲解、词汇学习、语言特色、修辞手法和文化小贴士等若干微视频,注重语言综合技能训练和文化意识提升;第三讲(Reading Across Cultures & Writing)包括课文阅读、文化拓展和写作训练三个微视频,侧重跨文化交际能力、思辨能力、以及写作技能的培养。
本课程的四册内容分别由两位主讲老师完成。《大学英语综合课程(一)》与《大学英语综合课程(二)》相对注重基础知识的学习和基础能力的培养,《大学英语综合课程(三)》与《大学英语综合课程(四)》则更加注重学习者的更高需求。课程在整体上体现了基础性、系统性、完整性、实用性,对于《大学英语》的各类学习者,都有较好的适用性。
《大学英语综合课程(二)》共10个单元,涉及大学文化、情感、犯罪、新闻、战争、体育运动、动物保护、休闲、就业、科幻等10个主题。
课程大纲
Week 1 Unit One College culture
Overview
Active Reading One: College just isn't special any more
Active Reading Two: The post-everything generation
Reading Across Cultures: Student power
Writing Strategy -- Supporting Claims with Evidence
Unit Test
Week 2 Unit Two Mixed feelings
Overveiw
Active Reading One: How empathy unfolds
Active Reading Two: This is Sandy
Reading Across Cultures: Keep smiling
Writing Strategy -- Process Writing
Unit Test
Week 3 Unit Three Crime watch
Overveiw
Active Reading One: Stolen identity
Active Reading Two: By the numbers
Reading Across Cultures: Us supreme court delares file-sharing illegal
Writing Strategy -- Problem-and-Solution Writing
Unit Test
Week 4 Unit Four News 24/7
Overveiw
Active Reading One: Making the headlines
Active Reading Two: The death of the newspaper?
Reading Across Cultures: The press across the world
Writing Strategy -- News Writing
Unit Test
Week 5 Unit Five The world at war
Overveiw
Active Reading One: Catch-22
Active Reading Two: The story of Anne Frank's Diary
Reading Across Cultures: Rememberance Day
Writing Strategy -- Writing a Book Review
Unit Test
Week 6 Unit Six Sporting life
Overveiw
Active Reading One: My dream comes true
Active Reading Two: Blowing the whistle on soccer
Reading Across Cultures: Games people play in the US
Writing Strategy -- Writing a Sports Narrative
Unit Test
Week 7 Unit Seven Animal planet
Overveiw
Active Reading One: Protection
Active Reading Two: Are animals smarter than we think?
Reading Across Cultures: Aesop's fables
Writing Strategy -- Grammatical Errors in Writing
Unit Test
Week 8 Unit Eight Time off
Overveiw
Active Reading One: Painting as a pastime
Active Reading Two: leisure inactivities--or how to relax and do nothing
Reading Across Cultures: A love of words
Writing Strategy -- Classification and Division
Unit Test
Week 9 Unit Nine Have you got what it takes?
Overveiw
Active Reading One: Are you the right person for the job?
Active Reading Two: Volunteer for peace
Reading Across Cultures: Red cross, red crescent
Writing Strategy -- Unity and Coherence
Unit Test
Week 10 Unit Ten Science fact or science fiction?
Overveiw
Active Reading One: Travelling through time
Active Reading Two: Science:fact or fiction?
Reading Across Cultures: Are boys more intelligent than girls?
Writing Strategy -- Constructing a Counter-argument
Unit Test
预备知识
学习起点:
能听懂一般性题材的音视频资料,读懂一般性题材的英语文章,能就常见话题用英语进行交流,能完成一般性写作任务。
参考资料
1. Simon Greenall & 文秋芳 (2009). 新标准大学英语综合教程 (1-4). 北京:外语教学与研究出版社.
2. Simon Greenall & 文秋芳 (2009). 新标准大学英语综合训练 (1-4). 北京:外语教学与研究出版社.
3. Simon Greenall & 文秋芳 (2010). 新标准大学英语同步测试(1-4). 北京:外语教学与研究出版社.
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