后续课程

后续课程

【英语新闻精听精炼】教学大纲

发布时间:2016年04月20日 作者: 点击:[]

任课教师:王丽娜

课程编号:17001025

课程名称:英语新闻精听精炼

课程类别:《大学英语》后续课程

开课时间:第4学期

总学时:32

总学分:2

一、教学对象

本课程适用于非英语专业文理等本科二年级的学生,特别是希望在四级英语听力以及新闻听力方面得到进一步提升的学生。

二、教学目的

《英语新闻精听精炼》主要是针对非英语专业文理等本科二年级的学生而开设的后续课程。本课程旨在通过系统的泛听、精听VOA、BBC、CNN新闻报道中的热点新闻,以“国际热点秀”、“科技最前沿”、“财经最视点”等专题形式呈献给学生,帮助学生掌握听前预测、辨认特定信息、准确理解以及推理等听力技巧,进一步提高学生的听力水平;此外,本课程还着重通过培养学生自主学习能力、合作学习能力,使他们学会品鉴外国文化精华,开拓国际视野,提高自身人文素养和跨文化意识,形成正确的情感和认知态度,适应社会发展和经济建设的需要。

三、教学内容

本课程精心挑选了VOA、BBC、CNN英语新闻近期的各类热点新闻,内容包罗万象,涵盖政治、经济、科学、健康、军事、时事、文化及生活等各方面。

Chapter 1国际热点秀

VOA News 1 President Obama Wins Second Term

VOA News 2 Obama,inMideastSpeech, Supports Palestinian Demand

VOA News 3 What Now for Al-Qaida After Death of Bin Laden

VOA News 4 What next with the Military Campaign inlibya?

Chapter 2财经最视点

VOA News 1 A Stock Market Big Enough to Stretch Across theAtlantic

VOA News 2 World Economic Forum Releases Global Risks for 2013

VOA News 3 E- Commerce Challenges Traditional Stores

VOA News 4 IMF: the Global Financial Crisis Has Eased Substantially

Chapter 3科技最前沿

VOA News 1MobileDevices’Location Tracking Raises Privacy Concerns

VOA News 2 Scientists Develop Smartphone APP for Eye Exams

VOA News 3 Airport Security Could Go to Electronic Sniffer Dogs

VOA News 4 TheIslandsof Tokelau Is Totally Powered by the Sun

Chapter 4教育风景线

VOA News 1 The Difficulties of Rebuilding Higher Education inSouth Sudan

VOA News 2 Comparing American and Chinese parents in the Differences of Children’s Education

VOA News 3 Peace Corps Volunteers Are Teaching in Africa andAsia

VOA News 4 The Number of International Students Attending American

Colleges

Chapter 5健康最关注

VOA News 1 What Do You Know About the Common Cold?

VOA News 2 Early Treatment Can limit the Spread of HIV

VOA News 3 Chronic Diseases Are Impending Disasters for Some Nations

VOA News 4 World Health Organization Says Alcohol Abuse Is an International Problem

Chapter 6文化风景线

BBC News 1 Archeologists Say They’ve Unearthed Remains of Elizabethan Theater

BBC News 2 An Art Historian Says HE’s on Trail of a Lost Masterpieceby Leonardo da Vinci

BBC News 3 The US Protests Against the Controversial Anti-Islam fil

BBC News 4 Palmer d’Or Awarded to FilmAmour

Chapter 7英伦最广角

BBC News 1 Britain Celebrates Diamond Jubilee of Queen’s Reign

BBC News 2 UK Prime Minister Comcerns AboutScotland’s Future

BBC News 3 Queen Elizabeth’s Husband has been Admitted to Hospital

BBC News 4 The British Government’s Aid Tackle the Cholera Epidemic inSierra leone

Chapter 8生活万花筒

CNN News 1 Valuable Coins

CNN News 2 From Little Tiny Thing to Giant of Woman

CNN News 3 Kony 2012

CNN News 4 Americans Will be faced with Severe Obesity

四、教学方法

课程主要采用以下教学方法:

1)精听和泛听相结合:根据课堂上新闻英语和影视英语中不同的听力任务和听力材料,采用不同的听力方法。

2)课堂讨论并实践:引导学生根据所学音频或视频内容做积极、有效的讨论,并在课堂上加以展示。

3)文化教学法和情感教学法:课堂上教师有意识的输入文化,在学生在了解文化的基础上提高语言的综合运用能力;并努力创造生动、活泼的英语学习环境。

五、考核方法

本课程的考核包括以下内容:

课堂出勤情况及表现(主要指课堂小组讨论、小组对话以及个人发言情况)、期末听力测试。考核采用百分制形式,具体分值如下:

1)课堂到课率及表现30分;

2)小组讨论30分;

3)听力测试40分。

六、参考书目

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2.杨世登.英语新闻听力教程[M].北京:外语教学与研究出版社,2011.

3.张丽等.高级媒体英语视听说[M].北京:外语教学与研究出版社,2014.

4.方振宇.英语新闻精听精炼[M].北京:中国国际出版社,2014.