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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《数字时代的商务英语写作》由对外经济贸易大学商务英语系主任冯海颖副教授与国际商务交流协会前主席、香港城市大学教授 Bertha Du-Babcock联袂主讲。课程从商务英语写作的基本特征入手，教授学生商务英语写作顺序、写作技巧，并针对四类商务写作常见领域：职场日常沟通类、求职求学类、社交类和新兴商务沟通类（如：微信、微博、电商）分别讲解写作方法和沟通策略，为学生日后步入职场从事对外商务沟通打下坚实的基础。
课程特色师资力量雄厚 教学形式新颖：两位教授均深耕跨文化商务沟通与二语写作，具有深厚的教学和科研背景，该课程是她们多年教学经验的积累和科研成果的总结；课程中的很多章节以两位老师对话形式开展，使教学具有互动性，更有助于学生在轻松的背景下理解知识。
教学内容全面 案例丰富真实：课程不仅讲解了商务写作的特点与基本写作技巧，亦涵盖了从传统到数字时代的四大类商务体裁。此外，课程带领学生分析真实的商业文本案例， 有助于学生为日后为职场的各类写作做好准备。培养体裁意识 增强自学能力：课程通过带领学员分析各类体裁的词汇语法、语用、修辞结构等特点，授人以渔，提高学员自身的分析能力、体裁意识与跨文化能力；同时，课程配备了讨论课时和单元测试，学生可以通过这些学习环节在检查自己学习效果的同时，深入思考学习内容，变被动输入为主动学习。
（* 因教学需要，本课程视频中有部分资料直接引自互联网，在此对相关资料所有方表示真诚感谢！若资料涉及版权问题，还请联系课程团队予以妥善解决。）
主讲介绍
冯海颖：副教授，毕业于加拿大英属哥伦比亚大学（硕士）与香港城市大学（博士，师从Vijay Bhatia)。现任对外经济贸易大学商务英语系主任、国际写作中心执行主任、国际期刊Asian ESP Journal 副主编。承担《商务英语写作》、《高级商务英语写作》、《研究方法与论文写作》、《学术交流英语》等课程的教学工作。2017年获校“教学标兵”称号，2018年获“王林生奖教金”。主要研究领域为：专门用途英语、二语写作、跨文化交际。冯老师目前已发表多篇国内外核心期刊论文、专著多部，根据谷歌学术搜索，冯老师的研究成果海外引用共计116次，研究论文H指数为5，i10指数为4，ResearchGate评分9.58。
Bertha Du-Babcock：现任职香港城市大学英文系，国际商务交流协会（Association for Business Communication）前主席，提名委员会与安德森研究基金会委员；SSCI期刊International Journal of Business Communication 副主编。其研究领域关注跨文化商务沟通的教学创新与理论建构，多年来学术成果丰硕。其2018年论文“Business Communication Research and Theory Development in Asia: Past, Present, and Future Prospects"为亚洲地区跨文化商务沟通的理论发展指明了方向。 此外，她主编的教材Essentials of Business Communication在亚洲地区也影响深远。
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Michael W. Knab (“Inside the TOEFL® Test” Host) is the host of “Inside the TOEFL® Test” video series and a frequent contributor to the ETS TOEFL® blog, “Study. Learn. Live.” He joined ETS in 2002, and has been part of the TOEFL® team in various roles since 2007. Before coming to ETS, he developed advanced teacher standards and was a middle-school English teacher. He holds a Master of Arts in Teaching from Trinity University (D.C.) and a Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, from Villanova University.
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Faye Weidner (Host) joined ETS in 2013 and has been working on the speaking section of the TOEFL® test ever since. She works on development of speaking items and also oversees online scoring activities. Prior to coming to ETS, she taught English to university students in Changsha, China, and to adult immigrants in Washington, D.C. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Linguistics and German from Dickinson College, as well as a Master of Education in Intercultural Communication from the University of Pennsylvania. She loves to study languages and explore the world—she speaks German and Spanish, and has lived in Spain, Germany, and China.
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