spContent=本课程旨在为学生提供系统的学术英语阅读学习与训练。课程主讲教师具有多年从事学术英语教学与研究的经验,多次获得省级和国家级教学成果奖,主持多个省和教育部教学改革项目,包括国家级精品课程和国家级精品资源共享课。本课程于2018年获评国家精品在线开放课程。课程主持人基于本课程获得2019年度线上线下混合式国级一流课程。
本课程旨在为学生提供系统的学术英语阅读学习与训练。课程主讲教师具有多年从事学术英语教学与研究的经验,多次获得省级和国家级教学成果奖,主持多个省和教育部教学改革项目,包括国家级精品课程和国家级精品资源共享课。本课程于2018年获评国家精品在线开放课程。课程主持人基于本课程获得2019年度线上线下混合式国级一流课程。
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课程概述
This course is intended for students who have acquired the basic competency in English communication and who are in the process of learning to apply what they have learned in the general English courses to their academic studies and research in the university or in the work place. The course focuses on the training of students' academic reading skills that are often used in college students' subject studies or research.
The course consists of a series of lessons that introduce various academic reading strategies, plus exercises that provide opportunities for students to apply what they have learned to real practice.
课程大纲
Lesson 1
课时目标:This lesson discusses three topics: 1. Introduction to the course; 2. The Reading process; 3. Academic reading.
1.1 Micro-lectures Introducing the Course
1.2 Critical Reading Strategies
1.3 Reference Materials
Lesson 2
课时目标:This lesson discusses three topics: 1. Skimming; 2. Scanning; 3. Identifying the main ideas.
2.1 Micro-lectures on Reading Skills
2.2 English for Academic Study—Reading: Text 1-1
2.3 Reference Materials
Lesson 3
课时目标:This lesson discusses three topics: 1. Distinguishing main ideas and details; 2. Referencing; 3. Dealing with unfamiliar words.
3.1 Micro-lectures on Reading Skills
3.2 English for Academic Study—Reading: Text 2-1
3.3 Reference Materials
Lesson 4
课时目标:This lesson discusses three topics: 1. Higher order reading strategies; 2. Identifying author's purpose; 3. Predicting.
4.1 Micro-lectures on Reading Skills
4.2 English for Academic Study—Reading: Text 3-1
4.3 Reference Materials
Lesson 5
课时目标:This lesson discusses two topics: 1. Using prior knowledge; 2. Making inferences.
5.1 Micro-lectures on Reading Skills
5.2 English for Academic Study—Reading: Text 4-1
5.3 Reference Materials
Lesson 6
课时目标:This lesson discusses three topics: 1. Rhetorical patterns-1 (description, narration & process); 2. Checking predictions; 3. Global understanding.
6.1 Micro-lectures on Reading Skills
6.2 English for Academic Study—Reading: Text 5-2, 3
6.3 Reference Materials
Lesson 7
课时目标:This lesson discusses three topics: 1. Rhetorical patterns-2 (enumeration & exemplification); 2. Distinguishing facts from opinions; 3. Drawing conclusions.
7.1 Micro-lectures on Reading Skills
7.2 English for Academic Study—Reading: Text 6-3, 4
7.3 Reference Materials
Lesson 8
课时目标:This lesson discusses three topics: 1. Rhetorical patterns-3 (comparison & contrast); 2. Evaluating arguments; 3. Reading with questions.
8.1 Micro-lectures on Reading Skills
8.2 English for Academic Study—Reading: Text 7-1, 4
8.3 Reference Materials
Lesson 9
课时目标:This lesson discusses three topics: 1. Rhetorical patterns-4 (cause & effect); 2. Determining audience, purpose & tone; 3. Recognizing & making generalizations.
9.1 Micro-lectures on Reading Skills
9.2 English for Academic Study—Reading: Text 8-1
9.3 Reference Materials
Lesson 10
课时目标:This lesson discusses two topics: 1. Rhetorical patterns-5 (definition & classification); 2. Outlining.
10.1 Micro-lectures on Reading Skills
10.2 Reference Materials
Lesson 11
课时目标:This lesson discusses two topics: 1. Working with tables, graphs and figures; 2. Academic words.
11.1 Micro-lectures on Reading Skills
11.2 Reference Materials
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预备知识
学习起点:

修读本课程的学生起点英语能力应达到《大学英语教学指南》基础目标要求水平。