CourseSchedule(英语专业2011春).doc

Introduction to English Speaking CountriesAmerican Culture and SocietyI. On Culture - Basic Concepts II. Basic Facts about the U.S. A.III. American Values and CharacteristicsIV. The Economy Overview and Historical Perspectives V. Corporation, Big BusinessVI. EducationVII. Religion (Christian Colleges in China)VIII. Mass Media IX. Leisure Time: Organized Sports, Recreation, and TelevisionX. Science, Technology and SocietyBritish Cultural IdentitiesI. Geographic introduction The British Isles II. Village protectionIII. Cultural heritage protection IV. English language V. Cambridge University Textbooks常俊跃, 李莉莉，赵永青。英国社会与文化。 北京：北京大学出版社，2010。邓炎昌。 现代美国社会与文化 （上册）。 北京：高等教育出版社， 1991年。ReferencesDatesman, Maryanne Kearny, JoAnn Crandall, Edward N. Kearny. American Ways: An Introduction to American Culture. 3nd ed. London: Prentice Hall Regents, 2005.Deng, Yanchang and Runqing Liu. Language and Culture. Beijing: Foreign Languages Teaching and Research Press, 1989.Storry, Mike and Peter Childs, eds. British Cultural Identities. 2nd ed. London ; New York : Routledge, 2002.Course EvaluationAttendance: 10% (Valid note must be available if absence is required)Presentation (Group Representative: 6 groups total）: 30% (15 minutes). Note: The whole class with 44 students is divided into 6 groups, 2 groups with 8 students and 4 with 7 students.Topics: I. (American Cultural and Society) Red colored topics from the course schedule (6 topics). II. (British Cultural Identities) Six subjects from the textbook Introduction to British Society and Culture: The English Character, the British Ways and Manners, the British Media, Family Life in the U.K., The British Literature.(Works cited / consulted list must be attached.)Miniature Essay Exam: 60% Directions: Write two 500 word essays, according to the topics given. The content of one essay must be based on your own understanding of American Society and Culture and the other of British Cultural Identities. All references must be clearly documented (Note: The cited part should not exceed one third of the essay itself). Your score will be largely deducted when doing copy and paste of the original resources without giving proper indication. Examples of In-Text Citation and Works Cited List:Book by a single author In-text citation: (Saferstein 98) Works Cited list examples for 1st edition and later edition: Saferstein, Richard. Criminalistics: An Introduction to Forensic Science. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1977. Saferstein, Richard. Criminalistics: An Introduction to Forensic Science. 8th ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson, 2004. An article in a reference book In-text citation: (Genuth 902) Works Cited list example: Genuth, Saul. “Metabolism.” The New Encyclopedia Britannica. Vol 23. Chicago: Encyclopedia Britannica, 2002. 893-928. An article in an online scholarly journal In-text citation: (Gopinath) Works Cited list example: Gopinath, Sumanth. “Ringtones, or the Auditory Logic of Globalization.” First Monday: Peer Reviewed Journal on the Internet 10.12 (2005)