学术交流英语

课程概况

《学术交流英语》课程从培养学生跨学科的学术英语能力需求出发，突出其实用性、前瞻性和示范性。

《学术交流英语》课程内容丰富，具有较为宽阔的学术视野，除了提供微课视频外，学生还可以通过课后练习、线上讨论和其它师生和生生交互活动巩固所学知识。课程以学术交流为主线，围绕学术演讲、学术讨论和国际会议等学术交流活动展开技能训练，使知识点与技能点有机结合。

该课程实用性突出，强调学以致用，构建学术交流真实场景，营造语言应用的环境，力求使学生了解学术交流所需的知识。课程教学以任务教学法为主导，把相关的知识和技能分解为不同的任务板块，学生通过完成各项任务达到融会贯通所学知识的目的。课程难易适中，任务设计力求教学过程交际化，在教学中创造接近真实交际的多样情景，采用对话、交谈、讨论等多种小组活动的形式，通过大量语言交际活动来培养学生全面的学术交流能力。

课程英文简介：

Academic Communication English is open to participants who may use English in an academic context. It aims to help you develop and broaden your academic communication skills in English. The focus of this course is on appropriate speaking styles, effective procedures in preparing for an academic presentation, strategies to adopt on various academic communication occasions, and on building up fluency and confidence in public speaking.

To achieve this goal, lectures in video, follow-up exercises, on-line discussions and some other interactive activities will be provided for you. They are grouped into three parts. In the first part, we deal with academic communication in a general way. Several key issues in this field will be discussed, such as the Differences Between Daily Conversation and Academic Presentation, Strategies to Overcome Stage Fright and the Appropriate Academic Speaking Style. In part two, we focus on how to make an effective academic presentation. Systematic and detailed guidance will be given to you on how to plan, structure, rehearse and deliver your presentation. In part three, we introduce some specific academic occasions to you, such as thesis defense, seminar, tutorial and international conference. You will get to know what people usually do on these occasions, how to make preparation for them and what communicative strategies you should adopt for these occasions.

课程大纲

Week 1
Welcome to the Course
Unit 1 Key Issues
1. Differences Between Conversation and Presentation
2. Stage Fright
3. Academic Speaking Style
4. What Makes a Bad Presentation?
5. What Makes a Good Presentation?

Week 2
Unit 2 Planning a Presentation
1. The Importance of Planning a Presentation
2. Guidelines for Setting Objectives
3. Research Your Audience
4. Choose Your Topic
5. Presentation Venue and Seating Plan

Week 3
Unit 3 Outlining a Presentation
1. The Importance of Outlining a Presentation
2. How to Write a Presentation Outline
3. The Outline of the Informative Presentation
4. The Outline of the Persuasive Presentation

Week 4
Unit 4 Structuring a Presentation
1. Presentation Structure
2. How to Start a Presentation?
3. How to Grab the Audience’s Attention?
4. How to Close a Presentation?
5. Signposting
6. Q&A Session

Week 5
Unit 5 Visual Aids
1. The Importance of Using Visual Aids
2. Visual Aids in Academic Presentations
3. Guidelines for PPT Slides Design - Using Texts and Graphs
4. Guidelines for PPT Sides Design - Using Fonts, Colors, Animations and
Transitions
5. Practice What We Have Learned

Week 6
Unit 6 Non-verbal Language
1. Non-verbal Language
2. Eye contact
3. Gesture
4. Posture
5. Voice
6. Performance

Week 7
Unit 7 Seminar
1. Preparing for a Seminar
2. During a Seminar
2.1 Delivering a Seminar Presentation
2.2 Having Discussions
2.3 Asking and Dealing with Questions
3. Communication Strategies for a Chairperson
3.1 Why Do We Need a Chair?
3.2 How to Be a Good Chair?

Week 8
Unit 8 International Conference
1. Obtaining Conference Information
2. Different Meetings
3. Organizers and Committees
4. Session Modes
5. Conference Notice
6. Call for Conference Papers
7. Letter of Invitation
8. Curriculum Vitae

预备知识

完成大学英语基础阶段学习、并具有一定英语交流能力的本科生或研究生。

证书或学分

1. 完成全部课程的学习。
2. 完成各单元的测试题。
3. 完成布置的作业。
4. 参与教师在各单元发起的讨论。
5. 课程评估由以下几个部分构成：
作业 (20%)：完成所有主观题作业。
测验 (30%)：完成每个章节后的单元测验。
讨论 (10%)：讨论得分需要回答教师在课堂讨论区发起的开放性问题。
期末考试 (40%)：课程结束后按要求递交一个讲演稿及其PPT文档。
6. 证书分为电子证书和纸质证书两类。电子证书免费，纸质证书100元/份。
合格：60-84分，获得合格证书。
优秀：85 - 100分，获得优秀证书。总优秀率不超过20%。