《大学英语应用类课程》教学大纲

1、“大学英语应用类课程”教学大纲“英语高级口语”课程教学大纲“写作与翻译”课程教学大纲“中国地方文化英语导读”课程教学大纲“影视英语”课程教学大纲“跨文化交际”课程教学大纲“英语高级口语”课程教学大纲课程编号：04210208 课程类别：通识教育必修课程及学分制人文艺术类选修课程授课对象：全校非英语专业全日制本科生开课学期：第三学期（较高要求必修课程）及秋季（全校公选课程）学 分：2学分主讲教师：孙倚娜、黄婷、金琳、曹艳红、夏天、邢春等指定教材：英语口语交际，孙倚娜主编，苏州大学出版社，2009年。Course ObjectivesStudents should be able to hold

2、conversations in fairly fluent English. They should, by and large, be able to express their personal opinions, feelings and views, to state facts and reasons, and to describe events with clear articulation and basically correct pronunciation and intonation (College English Curriculum Requirements, 2

3、007). The course emphasizes conversations, discussion leading, presentations, and vocabulary building so students can speak English with confidence.The course provides practice in language use (fluency/accuracy/complexity); topic development (fluency and coherence); delivery (accurate pronunciation,

4、 stress and intonation patterns).The course encourages critical thinking, collaborative learning and independent practice. Learning the course, students will be able to carry out group projects. practice with on-line materials (recommended in related resources). speak in English socially (including

5、in the English Corner).ContentsSession 1: College Life and StudyTeaching Focuses and TasksGreetings and introductions; talking about oneself.Task 1: Get to know each other.Task 2: Share reading and discuss the qualities of a successful college student with the topical vocabulary.Task 3: Discuss and

6、work out a list of qualities that make a successful college student.Session 2: Food and HealthTeaching Focuses and Tasks Opening and closing a conversation; controlling a conversation.Task 1: Discuss in pair-My classmates eating habit.Task 2: Discuss in pair -The foods I like; Group work-The Top 10

7、Healthy Foods. Task 3: Discuss in group -My suggestions to the university canteen to provide healthy food.Session 3: FriendshipTeaching Focuses and Tasks Asking about or giving definitions; describing a friend and personalities.Task 1: Listen to a song, do the blank-filling exercises and briefly tal

8、k about the main idea of the song.Task 2: Talk about pictures, learning to describe friends and practicing words describing personalities.Task 3: Present a problem between friends and ask students to discuss how they will solve it. Session 4: HobbiesTeaching Focuses and TasksExpressing likes and dis

9、likes; talking about hobbies; talking about preferences.Task 1: Imitate the dialogues in the book and make up dialogues, talking about hobbies.Task 2: Do a role play, advertising a rock-climbing club.Task 3: Talk about pictures, describing certain hobbies and talking about their benefits. Session 5:

10、 Sports and Fitness Teaching Focuses and Tasks Asking for and giving opinions; describing ones favorite sport; questioning techniques.Task 1: Work in pairStudents are crazy about sports.Task 2: Work individually-The sports I like.Task 3: Work in groupMy favorite Olympic heroes and heroines; My ideas

11、 about sports spirit.Session 6: TravelingTeaching Focuses and Tasks Describing and giving information about places; justifying choices.Task 1: Match the pictures and the places.Task 2: Learn the topical words, expressions and the communicative functions, then work in pairs by talking about ones trav

12、el plans or describing your favorite tourist attraction. Task 3: Give reasons for your choice. Session 7: MusicTeaching Focuses and Tasks Describing styles of music; talking about musical instruments; discussing the role of music.Task 1: Demonstrate how to describe the music they like or dislike.Tas

13、k 2: Explore the role of music through group discussion and video clips.Task 3: Have group presentations on topics about music.Session 8: Volunteer Work Teaching Focuses and Tasks Asking for and giving permission; expressing satisfaction or dissatisfaction.Task 1: Listen to a song, Task 2: Learn the

14、 topical words, expressions and the communicative functions, then work in pairs by talking about ones plans of doing volunteer work or ones experiences of doing volunteer work. Task 3: Work in group: Picture description/ video-clip watching and discussion.Session 9: Love and MarriageTeaching Focuses

15、 and Tasks Making and declining invitations; sharing ones feelings; canceling or changing appointments.Task 1: Listen to a song. Task 2: Read the dialogue and practice role play. Task 3: Watch the video and do a simulated activity. Task 4: Have group discussions and home assignment. Session 10: Scie

16、nce and TechnologyTeaching Focuses and Tasks Making inquiries and comparisons; generally speaking.Task 1: Listen to a song. Task 2: Read the dialogue and practice role play. Task 3: Watch the video and do a simulated activity.Task 4: Have group discussions and home assignment. Session 11 Career and

17、JobsTeaching Focus and Task Describing and comparing jobs; Giving opinions about jobs, using vocabulary related to career and jobs.Task 1: Listen to the talk on the Hopes and Dreams for the future Task 2: Describe the job the students want to do in the futureTask 3: Watch the video and do a simulate

18、d activityTask 4: Have group discussions and home assignment“写作与翻译”课程教学大纲课程代码：04210205课程类别：通识教育课程授课对象：非英语专业本科生开课学期：秋季学期学 分：2 学分主讲教师：朱全明，王依超，张卓，张玲，王德春等指定教材：朱全明主编，大学英语写作与翻译：生成及其转换，苏州大学出版社，2009年。 孙倚娜主编，写作教程2，上海外语教育出版社，2007年。Course ObjectivesIntegrating translation and college English writing, the cours

19、e aims to help students to understand the difference between Chinese and Western modes of thinking and find out how it interferes with their writing in terms of text organization, word order and word selection. grasp the strategies used in Chinese-English translation through demonstration, practice

20、and appreciation. collect materials for writing by critical reading, organize an essay through brainstorming and mind-mapping, outline an essay, and revise an essay after drafting. apply strategies of writing opening and ending paragraphs through demonstrating model essays. master the principles and

21、 strategies of writing a narrative essay, an expository essay, and an argumentative essay. do self-revision, self-evaluation, peer evaluation for a narrative essay, an expository essay, and an argumentative essay. ContentsLecture 1: Chinese and Western Modes of ThinkingTeaching Focuses and Tasks Und

22、erstanding the difference between Chinese and Western modes of thinking and their interference in writing in terms of text organization, word order and word selection.Task 1: Introduce terms of different thinking patterns. Task 2: Discuss with partners how different thinking modes influence our way

23、of life or interpersonal relationship.Task 3: Draw a comparison between Chinese and English thinking modes and find out their influence upon language and culture.Task 4: Discuss how skills in translation and writing can get improved due to enhanced awareness of the different thinking modes.Lecture 2

24、: Writing through TranslationTeaching Focuses and Tasks Grasping the strategies used in Chinese-English translation through demonstration, practice and appreciation; promoting an awareness of reading for writing through translation.Task 1: Bring home the importance of reading in learning to write.Ta

25、sk 2: Narrow down to the intensive reading of some texts (examples) to illustrate its use for the improvement of ones writing;Lecture 3: Writing ProcessTeaching Focuses and Tasks Understanding the importance of breaking a writing task into separate activities; being able to collect materials for wri

26、ting by critical reading, organize an essay through brainstorming and mind-mapping, outline an essay, and revise an essay after drafting.Task 1: Learn to collect materials for a topic by critical reading.Task 2: Learn to use brain storm and mind map in organizing details.Task 3: Learn to outline an

27、essay.Task 4: Learn to know the importance of self-revision after drafting.Lecture 4: Write a Narrative Essay Teaching Focuses and Tasks Finding out the principles of writing a narrative essay through demonstrating model essays: choose a strong story; explore significance (delve into the deeper mean

28、ing of the story); create an outline; use descriptive language; review and revise; evaluating and improving a narrative essay.Task 1: Read and learn the principles of writing a narrative essay from model essays. Task 2: Evaluate students essays in group discussion.Task 3: Practice self-evaluation an

29、d peer-evaluation, and improve ones own essay.Lecture 5: Write Opening and Ending ParagraphsTeaching Focuses and Tasks Finding out the strategies of writing opening and ending paragraphs through demonstrating model essays; writing an opening paragraph with a clear and concise thesis statement; writi

30、ng an ending paragraph: restate the main idea; summarize and synthesize the body paragraphs; leave the reader with an idea to ponder.Task 1: Learn from model essays to see how those strategies are used.Task 2: Practice different techniques in writing opening part.Task 3: Practice different technique

31、s in writing ending part.Lecture 6: Write an Expository Essay Teaching Focuses and Tasks Finding out the principles and strategies of writing an expository essay through demonstrating model essays; learning different ways to organize an expository essay: development by example, definition, compariso

32、n and contrast, classification and division, process analysis, and causal analysis; doing self-revision, self-evaluation, peer evaluation for an expository essay.Task 1: Learn from model essays to see how those strategies are used.Task 2: Practice different ways of essay development.Task 3: Practice

33、 team work and self-revision.Task 4: Practice self-evaluation and peer-evaluation.Lecture 7: Write an Argumentative Essay Teaching Focuses and Tasks Finding out the principles and strategies of writing an argumentative essay through demonstrating model essays; organizing an argumentative essay; doin

34、g self-revision, self-evaluation, and peer-evaluation for an argumentative essay.Task 1: Distinguish an exposition from an argumentation by reading typical essays.Task 2: Practice setting an appropriate thesis statement.Task 3: Practice writing an effective argumentation.Task 4: Practice team work a

35、nd self-revision.Task 5: Practice self-evaluation and peer-evaluation.“中国地方文化英语导读”课程教学大纲课程代码：00041010课程类别：通识教育课程授课对象：非英语专业本科生开课学期：秋季学期学 分：2学分主讲教师：顾卫星，叶建敏，王德春，冷洁，郝吉环，申沁，左步雷，刘仪等指定教材：顾卫星，叶建敏主编，中华文明与地方文化英文导读，苏州大学出版社，2009年Course ObjectivesAs a general course in college English education to develop studen

36、ts English application and cross-cultural communication abilities, the course aims to introduce Chinese civilization into its teaching process to provide rich, real and understandable contents to train students application abilities to listen, speak, read and write. teach traditional and regional Ch

37、inese cultures to help students properly introduce in English to the world Chinese civilizations and cultures, promoting cross-cultural communication. improve students cultural qualities and humanistic cultivation, arousing students national identity and pride. upgrade students social adaptation abi

38、lities and increase employment opportunities in the competitive regional development.ContentsLecture 1: Approach to the Course Teaching Focuses and Tasks Introducing course objectives, contents and evaluations; helping students understand the importance of the course in improving English application

39、, promoting cross-cultural communication and experiencing unique local culture.Task 1: Understand the difference between the terms of civilization and culture. Task 2: Get to know the contributions made by the Chinese culture and civilization to the world development.Task 3: Make classroom presentat

40、ion to enhance the understanding of culture. Lecture 2: Beautiful China Teaching Focuses and Tasks Understanding the origin and development of the Chinese civilization; introducing unique folk beliefs, customs and habits of the Chinese nationalities; appreciating beautiful Chinese sceneries of water

41、s and mountains.Task 1: Watch videos about China and explore the cultural elements they reflect.Task 2: Understand and appreciate Chinas beauty in geography and history that contributes to the unique diversity of the Chinese civilization.Task 3: Watch promotion English videos and learn to find out f

42、easible means to introduce local cultures to the world.Lecture 3: Power of Chinese CharactersTeaching Focuses and Tasks Understanding the origin, development, features and cultural implications of Chinese characters and those of Chinese calligraphy and paintings; Realizing the contributions made by

43、Chinese characters to the world civilizations; Understanding the differences between Chinese and English languages. Task 1: Watch Charms of Chinese Characters. Task 2: Have some idea of the origin and development of Chinese characters, the written styles, and structural features.Task 3: Explore the

44、cultural aspects relevant to Chinese characters and their values to be spread.Lecture 4: Ancient Chinese EducationTeaching Focuses and Tasks Understanding the different educational developments, features and their relationships with the Chinese culture and social development; Comparing Chinese and w

45、estern educational ideologies; Realizing the contributions made by ancient Chinese educational traditions to the current educational development.Task 1: Watch video clips of Joy Luck Club to know the different educational ideas in China and the west.Task 2: Know the key terms such as the imperial ci

46、vil service examination, the academies of classical learning, eight-legged essays, etc. and their specific implications.Task 3: Watch video clips of Exploration into the Ancient Chinese Civilization, the Great Qin Empire, or Archives of National Treasures to get to know ancient education system.Task

47、 4: Discuss the imperial civil service examination, its advantages and disadvantages. Lecture 5: Chinese PhilosophyTeaching Focuses and Tasks Understanding the role in the development of Chinese civilization and the influence in the world civilization that Chinese philosophies had; Remembering the d

48、ifferent developments of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism, including their representative figures and works. Task 1: Watch video clips concerning Buddhism and its influence on the Chinese Civilization.Task 2: Watch video clips concerning Chinese architectural buildings and their uniqueness resultin

49、g from the Chinese philosophical ideas.Task 3: Discuss the significance of Confucianism in the current social development.Lecture 6: Harmony in Traditional Chinese FestivalsTeaching Focuses and Tasks Understanding the cultural implications of major traditional festivals, such as the Spring Festival,

50、 the Dragon Boat Festival and the Mid-autumn Festival; Getting to know the major folk art, such as paper-cut, Chinese knots, Duilian, Lion Dance, etc. and their cultural connotations and conceptions of harmony. Task 1: Learn about the origins of important Chinese festivals.Task 2: Watch video clips

51、about Chinese Folk Art and be able to express in English one of thelocal folk art works.Task 3: Know the three aspects of folk cultures, symbols, imagery folk tales and the cultural values of different Chinese festivals.Task 4: Explore the possibilities to have a Chinese Mothers Day.Lecture 7: A Gat

52、eway to SuzhouTeaching Focuses and Tasks Understanding the geography, history, economy and culture of the ancient city of Suzhou; Knowing the construction features of ancient Suzhou city, with running rivers and bustling streets forming 井 style.Task 1: Watch video clips about Suzhou, its past and pr

53、esent, geography and landscape, culture and education.Task 2: Watch video clips of State Wu, South China Culture to discuss about economic and cultural features of Suzhou and its future development.Task 3: Watch video clips of Suzhou City Walls to discuss how to protect the historical sites and how

54、to integrate scenic views with natural geography and historical culture.Task 4: Have a cultural experience of a representative Suzhou feature, classical gardens, city walls, or ancient bridges and wells. Lecture 8: Classical Suzhou GardensTeaching Focuses and Tasks Understanding the architectural st

55、yles of ancient temples; Appreciating the architectural features of classical gardens which integrate architecture, water and mountain, tree and flower, carving, calligraphy and painting. Task 1: Watch video clips to understand Suzhou gardens, their representative histories, architectural features,

56、and construction classifications. Task 2: Explore into the aesthetic features of Suzhou gardens in the World Heritage List.Task 3: Discuss how Suzhou gardens integrate history and culture.Lecture 9: Refined Suzhou Culture and Folk LifeTeaching Focuses and Tasks Understanding the dialect, folk art, c

57、ustoms, festivals, traditional industries, unique performing art of Suzhou people; Knowing the importance of protecting and inheriting folk life.Task 1: Watch video clips to have a general understanding of unique local folk life.Task 2: Understand the cultural implications in the unique local cultur

58、e and folk life.Task 3: Discuss the importance and ways to protect and inherit the local culture, and Suzhou dialect in particular.Lecture 10: Performing Art: Kunqun OperaTeaching Focuses and Tasks Understanding the origin, development, features, performing techniques, and historical position of Kun

59、qu Opera; Appreciating simple Kunqu Opera pieces artistically. Task 1: Watch video clips about Kunqu Opera.Task 2: Discuss the important role Kunqu Opera plays in the Chinese operas.Task 3: Suggest effective ways to preserve and popularize Kunqu Opera among young people.“影视英语”课程教学大纲课程代码：00041009课程类别

60、：通识教育课程授课对象：非英语专业本科生开课学期：秋季学期学 分：2 学分主讲教师：卫岭、张立蓉、张辰毅、丁红云、朱彦指定教材：卫岭主编，英语影视欣赏，苏州大学出版社，2010年。Course ObjectivesAs one of the general education courses of college English application, the English Film Appreciation targets at the following: Using English movies as the tools and contexts, teachers can invo