基础英语IV教学大纲.doc

陇东学院英语本科专业课程大纲说明1、课程性质本课程是英语教育本科专业基础课，教学对象是二年级学生。2、教学目的全面发展听、说、读、写四项语言能力，本册侧重读写能力。并采用一定的翻译练习，以引起学生对两种语言对比的注意。3、教学内容 本课程以课文为中心，侧重阅读和写作技能训练，同时兼顾听说训练，不断加强学生创造力的发挥。4、总学时 周学时：6 总学时：108 开设学期：2 学分：4 5、教学方法：讲授法，小组讨论法， 对比分析法内容Book IV (108 hours)Unit 1 (6 hours)Text IThis Year Its Going to Be DifferentText II My Financial CareerOral WorkRole-play: Asking about Bank AccountsInteraction Activities: My ResolutionsGuided WritingBasic Writing Techniques - Expansion of Ideas (1)Composition Writing - NarrationLetter Writing - Introducing SomeoneUnit 2 (6 hours)Text IA Englishes B Stop Being CoyText II Two Languages or One?Oral WorkRole-play: Showing an American Tourist Round the CityInteraction Activities: The Differences Between British English and American EnglishGuided WritingBasic Writing Techniques - Expansion of Ideas (2)Composition Writing - ExpositionLetter Writing - Letter Accompanying a PresentUnit 3 (6 hours)Text ISalvationText II The RumorOral WorkRole-play: What a Relief!Interaction Activities: Rumor Is a Fearful ThingGuided WritingBasic Writing Techniques - The Parallel ConstructionComposition Writing - NarrationLetter Writing - Answering a Letter Accompanying a PresentUnit 4 (6 hours)Text IWriting Between the LinesText II Handling the Knowledge ExplosionOral WorkRole-play: Buying a DictionaryInteraction Activities: The Way I Do My ReadingGuided WritingBasic Writing Techniques - Comparison, Simile, and Metaphor Composition Writing - ArgumentationUnit 5 (6 hours)Text INetwork Designer - Tim Berners-LeeText II Angels on the InternetOral Work1. Role-play: Discussing Plans after Graduation2. Interaction Activities: Parents and ChildGuided Writing1. Basic Writing Techniques - Contrast2. Composition Writing - Narration3. Letter Writing - Asking after a Friends HealthUnit 6 (6 hours)Text IPredators, Parasites and Other RelationshipsText II Slaughter of the ElephantsOral WorkRole-play: For or Against?Interaction Activities: Parasites in Human SocietyGuided WritingBasic Writing Techniques - Expansion of Words (1)Composition Writing - ExpositionLetter Writing - Answering a Letter Asking After the Writers HealthUnit 7 (6hours)Text IA Sunrise on the VeldText II Tiny Killers on the MarchOral WorkRole-play: Telling a Story about InsectsInteraction Activities: A Discussion on the Psychology of the Boy in “A Sunrise on the Veld”Guided WritingBasic Writing Techniques - Expansion of Words (2)Composition Writing - NarrationLetter Writing - Letters of CondolencesUnit 8 (6 hours)Text IAntarcticaText II The underworldOral WorkRole-play: Back from an Antarctic ExpeditionInteraction Activities: A Report on an Antarctic ExpeditionGuided WritingBasic Writing Techniques - Expansion of NounsComposition Writing - Exposition and Expansion of NounsLetter Writing - Confirming a Previous Verbal ArrangementUnit 9 (6hours)Text IThe pearlText II GoldOral WorkRole-play: Borrowing a BookInteraction Activities: Snobbishness in Human RelationshipsGuided WritingComposition Writing - Narration and DescriptionLetter Writing - Answering a Letter Confirming a Verbal ArrangementUnit 10 (6 hours)Text IFrom Composer to Interpreter to ListenerText II The Jazz SceneOral WorkRole-play: What a Pity!Interaction Activities: Music I like and DislikeGuided WritingBasic Writing Techniques - Expansion of the Sentence BaseComposition Writing - ExpositionLetter Writing - Describing the Changes in Ones Own TownUnit 11 (6 hours)Text IA Friend in NeedText II The Dinner PartyOral WorkRole-play: A Conversation Between Octavian and His MotherInteraction Activities: Comparing Jimmy Wells in “After Twenty Years” with Edward Hyde Burton in “A Friend in Need”Guided WritingBasic Writing Techniques - Normal and Inverted Order of sentences (1)Composition Writing - Story-TellingLetter Writing - Welcoming a Friend to Ones Town / City for a VisitUnit 12 (6 hours)Text IUniversity DaysText II The Aim of a University EducationOral WorkRole-play: An Interview by a Foreign Newspaper Reporter with a Chinese University StudentGuided WritingBasic Writing Techniques - Normal and Inverted Order of sentences (2)Composition Writing - Narration and ExpositionLetter Writing - Answering a Friends Letter, Suggesting Places to VisitUnit 13 (6 hours)Text IDollys False LegacyText II The Biotech CenturyOral WorkRole-play: Whatever You LikeInteraction Activities: Cloning and Its Moral and Medical ConsequencesGuided WritingBasic Writing Techniques - Improving Your sentences (1)Letter Writing - Describing Ones Life on CampusUnit 14 (6 hours)Text IWater, Water EverywhereText II A Near-Disaster In SpaceOral WorkRole-play: Going on HolidayInteraction Activities: A Discussion on “How Space Stations Serve mankind”Guided WritingBasic Writing Techniques - Improving Your sentences (2)Composition Writing - NarrationLetter Writing - Letter of ComplaintUnit 15 (6 hours)Text IGettysburg AddressesText II Abraham Lincoln and the American Civil WarOral WorkRole-play: An Argument about the Two Addresses at GettysburgInteraction Activities: The Text I Like Be