课程特色
▪ 课程设计合理,多角度剖析课文内容,帮助学生从各个维度深化对课文的理解,扩宽思路;
▪ 课程内容丰富,既可以帮助学习者掌握语言基础知识,更注重培养学生的跨文化交际意识和自主学习能力及思维品质;
▪ 学习流程完整,学练测结合,除了视频学习,还包括课间弹题,单元小测,及期末测试,帮助学生在各环节检测知识的掌握程度。
主讲专家介绍
周晓玲 ,广西师范大学教授、外国语学院副院长,硕士生导师。多年来,周晓玲教授主抓大学英语教学工作,她是“全国大学英语教学改革示范点单位”的主要建设者、省级“大学英语精品课程”主讲人、省级“大学英语优秀教学团队”的主要成员,也是国家级“大学素质教育优秀通选课”的主讲成员。曾获广西师范大学校级“教学名师”、“教学能手”和“巾帼十佳”称号。周老师从事大学英语教学30余年,在外语教师心理学、学生学习心理学、智慧教学、翻转课堂以及课堂内涵建设方面建树颇丰。曾两次校级教学成果特等奖、三次主持省级教改重点课题,两次荣获省级教学成果二等奖、荣获“广西高校信息化教学论文竞赛”一等奖及“全国多媒体教学软件比赛”一等奖等。
课程目录
Unit 1
1.1 An Impressive English Lesson
1.2 English, out of date?
1.3 Emotions in Phrases
1.4 Analogy
1.5 Hypotaxis VS Parataxis
1.6 To be a walking dictionary
1.7 How to write an essay?
1.8 Discussion
1.9 Unit Test
Unit 2
2.1 Humanities and Famous People Who Studied the Humanities
2.2 How Should We Treat the Humanities?
2.3 Calculating the Value of the Humanities
2.4 Reading for Major Details
2.5 Contrasting the Differences
2.6 How to Write an Advantage-Disadvantage Essay?
2.7 What Should We Consider When Choosing Courses?
2.8 Discussion
2.9 Unit Test
Unit 3
3.1 The Attitude Toward Marriage of College Students in China and the USA
3.2 Campus love
3.3 Functions of Adverbs
3.4 动词ing做非谓语动词
3.5 Writing a Narrative Essay
3.6 How to Translate Attributive Clause?
3.7 Do you long for mature love?
3.8 Discussion
3.9 Unit Test
Unit 4
4.1 Comparison and Contrast
4.2 Spend or Save
4.3 Functions of Adverbs
4.4 Denotation and Connotation
4.5 Where does your money come from?
4.6 Paradox
4.7 Imperatives
4.8 Discussion
4.9 Unit Test
Unit 5
5.1 Dan Ariely and "Predictably Irrational"
5.2 English Words in figure of Speech
5.3 Door closer, are you?
5.4 Writing a Cause-Effect Essay
5.5 Zen and Tea
5.6 Difficult Sentences in the Text
5.7 Reading between the Lines
5.8 Discussion
5.9 Unit Test
Unit 6
6.1 To Be a Better Self
6.2 Words Related to People's Attitudes towards the Topic
6.3 A Brief Review of Feminist Movement
6.4 Obstacles that Stop Us from Understanding a Sentence
6.5 A Feature on Female Bosses
6.6 Gender Roles
6.7 How to Write a CV?
6.8 Discussion
6.9 Unit Test
外语专业的学生不仅要精通外国语言,还需深入理解外国文化,才能在不同文化之间搭建起沟通的桥梁。广东外语外贸大学英文学院的《当代美国社会与文化》课程是英语专业的核心必修课程,为想了解美国社会和文化的学生提供全面而深入的介绍,并旨在提升学生对文化现象的分析和研究能力。
课程共十五个单元,内容涵盖美国政治、经济、和社会的各个方面。政治方面主要着重于美国宪法、修正案、政府架构、两大政党、利益集团、司法和社会福利等话题。经济方面包括国内经济、金融、外贸和工作就业等。社会方面较为广泛,包括教育、移民、种族、家庭、媒体、娱乐、犯罪和警察等话题。每一个话题都将提供一个审视美国社会的独特视角,使学生获取对美国文化的多维度、全方位的深刻理解。
课程的独特之处在于它不停留于简单的文化介绍层面,而是注重对美国社会深层架构的探索,提升学生透过现象看本质的分析能力。课程积累了二十多年的教学经验,采用全英教学,教学团队国际化,跨文化的视角尤其适用于想了解美国社会文化的中国学习者。
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