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1、英语视听说III课程教学大纲一课程基本信息课程代码:课程名称:英语视听说III英文名称:Audio-Visual & Speaking English Course课程类别:专业课学时:32学分:2适用对象:英语专业考核方式:考试先修课程:综合英语、英国文学、美国文学、英语听力、中西方文化对比、英语 视听说1、英语视听说2、英语听力、英语口语等二 课程简介英语视听说III是为广东财经大学英语专业本科三年级翻译专业学生开设的一 门专业必修课,旨在通过丰富多样的视频音频资料,融合视、听、说、写等各项技能, 全面提高学生的英语听力理解和口语表述能力,通过有机灵活地融入中国国情的对比 分析,加深其对英
2、语国家和中国的政治、经济、文化等方面的认识。本课程选用外语 教学于研究出版社教材大学思辨英语教程视听说4:走进学术是高等学校英语类 专业国际规划教材,本册主题为“走进学术”,以史学、哲学、人类学、心理学、新 闻学等人文社科核心问题为视角,涵盖主题新颖,内容多样,不仅引导学生关注各学 科的基本概念、问题,还能引发学生对不同学科核心问题的思考。本课程旨在提高学 生用英文进行学术交流的能力,进一步培养学生跨文化思辨能力。The Audio-Visual & Speaking English Course III is intended for the English juniors majoring
3、 in translation in Guangdong University of Finance and Economics. It aims to reinforce students competence in English listening and comprehension through training with various visual, audial and speaking materials, and to enable students to have a better understanding of both Chinese and English pol
4、itics, economy and culture, etc. through contrastive analysis and discussion. The textbook for this course, Think in English, Listening Critically 4, with the theme of approaching research, covers a variety of topics including philosophy, economics, sociology, anthropology, psychology, etc. This cou
5、rse aims to enhance students competence of critical thinking and intercultural reflection on different research topics.in terms what should be done and what should be avoided. What is your position? Why?-A/r -H-*第一下1.主要内容Session Two International RelationsWarming-upPart One Introduction to Internati
6、onal Relations1) Lead-inListening Skills & Strategies4) Critical ListeningPart Two Theories of International Relations1) Lead-inListening Skills & Strategies2) Critical ListeningPart Three Intercultural Reflection2 .基本概念和知识点Concept of International Relations, theories of International Relations, rea
7、lism, liberalism. Major assumptions of the realist and liberal paradigms of IR.问题与应用(能力要求)Students are required to answer the following questions:1) When it comes to war and peace, are you a pessimist who sees more conflict among states than integration or are you and optimist who sees more internat
8、ional cooperation than conflicts? Why? Which is more justifiable: the optimistic or the pessimistic view?2) The ultimate aim of China s foreign policy is to build a community with a shared future for mankind. Does this belong to a realist or a liberal worldview? Why?(三)思考与实践Students are required to
9、discuss the following topics:1. In his well-known inaugural address, former American president John F. Kennedy made this inspiring remark for American, “Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country. Do you think this slogan is equally applicableto China? Why or why
10、not? Has the now President Xi Jinping made similar remarks on the role of the communist party and the communist party members?2. Ask students to watch the movie All the President7 s Men. Work with a small group to discuss your views on the influence of media reports on political events and politicia
11、ns both in China and in the United States.3. Watch the video clip of a TED talk by British political commentator Martin Jacques about the rise of China. To what extent do you agree with Mr. Jacques? Discuss in small groups and prepare a 10-minute group presentation to give your opinions on the rise
12、of China.4. Watch the movie The Iron Lady and share your views on the prospects of a female president in China with your classmates. (四)教学方法与手段课堂实施多媒体教学,学生课堂讨论、分组讨论、学生观点展示和 课堂讲授相结合。Unit 5 Sociology(一)目的与要求Students are expected to:1. Grasp the main idea of a listening passageFigure out a word? s mean
13、ing according to its context or the root word2. Familiarize yourself with the accents of non-native English speakersExplain certain social phenomena from a sociological perspective3. Explain a principle with examplesInterpret the sociological significance of photography4. Generate solutions to a com
14、mon Internet-age problemExplain the status quo of Chinese women and China, s role in cultural globalization(二)教学内容第一节1.主要内容Session One Sociology as a Discipline Warming-upPart One Introducing Sociology5. Lead-inListening Skills & Strategies6. Critical ListeningPart Two Humanae1) Lead-inListening Ski
15、lls & Strategies2) Critical ListeningPart Three Intercultural Reflection2.基本概念和知识点Definition of sociology, origins of sociology, framework of sociological theory, purpose of photography, Project Humanae 3.问题与应用(能力要求)Students are required to discuss the following question in small groups:1) Given the
16、 criticism of symbolic interactionism, how can we modify symbolic interaction theory so as to make it more effective in our interpretation of human behaviors? Explain with examples.2) If you were a social scientist, an educator or any other professionals interested in race issues, how would you use
17、Humanae in your work? Share your ideas, describing the context you have imagined for your project.第二节.主要内容Session Two Application of Sociological TheoriesWarming-upPart One HomophilyLead-in1) Listening Skills & StrategiesCritical ListeningPart Two A Radical Experiment in EmpathyLead-in1) Listening S
18、kills & StrategiesCritical ListeningPart Three Intercultural Reflection.基本概念和知识点Definition of homophily, definition of empathy.问题与应用(能力要求)Students are required to discuss the following question in small groups:1) As users of social media, how can we solve the problem of our online data being exploit
19、ed?2) Sociologist Sam Richards suggests that, in order to see the world differently, we need to put ourselves into someone else s shoes, but that very often involves challenging our current values and beliefs. If so, do you still think it is worth the effort? Support your point with specific evidenc
20、e.(三)思考与实践1. Students are required to search online for information about the concept of cultural globalization and prepare a 10-minute group presentation interpreting China s role in cultural globalization over the past two decades.2. Watch the movie Crazy Rich Asians, a 2018 production celebrated
21、as a milestone after The Joy Luck Club (1993). Compare this movie with a classic Hollywood romantic comedy. How do the two resemble or differ from each other?3. Do some research into feminist theory, which is one of the major contemporary sociological theories, and prepare a report about the status
22、quo of Chinese women.(四)教学方法与手段课堂实施多媒体教学,学生课堂讨论、分组讨论、学生观点展示和 课堂讲授相结合。Unit 6 Anthropology(一)目的与要求Students are expected to:1. Retain chunks of language of different lengths in short-termmemoryIdentify the thesis of a lecture2. Distinguish between literal and implied meanings of statementsDefine a conc
23、ept and support an argument3. Analyze cultural biasesExplore cultural differences, such as taboo and attitudes toward life and death4. Locate factors that condition and generalize civilization5. Compare the Chinese civilization with other great civilizations (二)教学内容第一节1 .主要内容Session One What Do Anth
24、ropologists Do?Warming-upPart One Defining Anthropology1) lead-inListening Skills & Strategies2) Critical ListeningPart Two Rites of Life and Death3) Lead-inListening Skills & Strategies4) Critical ListeningPart Three Intercultural Reflection2 .基本概念和知识点Definition of anthropology, basics about anthro
25、pology, rites and rituals3 .问题与应用(能力要求)Students are required to discuss the following question in small groups:1) Cultural diversity may be understood as the idea that different cultures respect each other, s differences. But in the increasingly globalized world, this idea is facing big challenges.
26、Do you agree that maintaining cultural diversity in the world is of vital importance?2) China is a multi-ethnic nation and each ethnic minority has their different cultures. What has been done to maintain cultural diversity in our country? What suggestions can you propose in order to better achieve
27、this goal?3) How many different rituals of life and death do you know? What can you learn from these different customs?第一下1.主要内容Session Two How Did Civilizations Begin?Warming-upPart One Humanity s Origins1) Lead-in2) Listening Skills & Strategies3) Critical ListeningPart Two The Conditions of Civil
28、ization1) Lead-in2) Listening Skills & Strategies3) Critical ListeningPart Three Intercultural Reflection2 .基本概念和知识点Origin of human beings, cultural relics, conditions of civilization3 .问题与应用(能力要求)Students are required to discuss the following question in small groups:1) Spencer Wells mentions the i
29、mpact of climate on human life during the last Ice Age. Do you know about any other cases of climate dramatically changing people s way of life? Explain your case with facts.2) The speaker in the video clip concludes the lecture with the statement that “The disappearance of these conditions - someti
30、mes of even one of them 一 may destroy a civilization. Can you name a few cases of civilization destruction in human history to illustrate the critical role of such conditions?(三)思考与实践1. Students are required to search online for information about different burial rituals around the world and the cul
31、tural concepts embodied in them and compare them with those in China.2. Research into the origins of the four great civilizations including Egypt, Assyria, Greece and China and compare their distinctive features.3. All civilizations rise and fall. Sometimes all they leave behind is their art. Watch
32、the second episode of Civilizations series: How Do We Look?” in which historians and scholars explore the different ways humans see the sculpted body and how people use it as a measure to see and judge people from cultures other than their own. Choose sculptures from two different cultures and illus
33、trate how the sculptures embody the features and outlooks of the two cultures.(四)教学方法与手段课堂实施多媒体教学,学生课堂讨论、分组讨论、学生观点展示和 课堂讲授相结合。Unit 7 Education(一)目的与要求Students are expected to:1. Listen for statistics in a lectureIdentify the logical structure of a lecture2. Summarize the changes and challenges facin
34、g teachers and students in a globalized worldEvaluate the positive and negative effects of technology on education3. Visualize the future of education reshaped by ITRecognize similarities and differences in children, s education across cultures4. Get to know about the development of Chinese educatio
35、n and some major decisions and changes in educational policies since 1970s (二)教学内容第一节1.主要内容Session One Education around the Globe: Where Is It Going? Warming-upPart One The Future of Learning1) Lead-inListening Skills & Strategies2) Critical ListeningPart Two The Global Transformation in Education1)
36、 Lead-inListening Skills & Strategies2) Critical ListeningPart Three Intercultural Reflection2 .基本概念和知识点New models of learning, the dreaming, dreading and designing approaches to the challenges facing education, the six Cs in education3 .问题与应用(能力要求)Students are required to discuss the following ques
37、tion in small groups:1) What are the two powerful ways of learning that the speaker refers to in the lecture? What do you think of their importance?2) If we agree to reform education by implementing the two new Cs, what particular measures should we take to reshape the current learning model?第二节.主要内
38、容Session Two How Is IT Transforming Education?Warming-upPart One Technology and E-learning1) Lead-inListening Skills & Strategies2) Critical ListeningPart Two Technology Transforming Education1) Lead-inListening Skills & Strategies2) Critical ListeningPart Three Intercultural Reflection.基本概念和知识点E-le
39、arning, flipped classroom, use of technology in education.问题与应用(能力要求)Students are required to discuss the following question in small groups:1) The information technology (IT) has great benefits for schools; however, the negative effects of IT on education cannot be ignored. What can we do to deal w
40、ith the negative effects of technology on education?2) According to the speaker, “Education is something that happens to me whereas learning is something that we do for ourselves. Do you agree or disagree? Why?(三)思考与实践Listen to an audio clip about the rising number of Chinese students in US high sch
41、ools. Why do you think a growing number of parents decide to send their children to US high schools? What are the advantages and disadvantages?1. In the film Wonder, the boy Auggie with facial deformity manages to fit in a regular school. He is finally accepted by his classmates after making efforts
42、 and struggles. While in China, children with physical deformity would usually enter into special needs schools. What are the advantages and disadvantages of these two ways os schooling for children with special needs? What do you think is the best mode of special needs education?2. Do some research
43、 to find out some major changes in the Chinese educational system and policies since 1970s.(四)教学方法与手段课堂实施多媒体教学,学生课堂讨论、分组讨论、学生观点展示和 课堂讲授相结合。Unit 8 Psychology(-)目的与要求Students are expected to:1. Take notes while listening to academic lecturesGain a basic understanding of research methodology in psychol
44、ogy2. Identify both the benefits and limitations of the disciplines of psychologyInfer the assumptions or presuppositions behind some empirical studies3. Distinguish between traditional psychology and positive psychologyAnalyze real-life events and relationships from a psychological perspective4. Co
45、mpare parenting styles between Chinese culture and Western culture(二)教学内容第一节.主要内容Session One Positive PsychologyWarming-upPart One What Is Love?1) Lead-inListening Skills & Strategies2) Critical ListeningPart Two Positive Psychology1) Lead-inListening Skills & Strategies2) Critical ListeningPart Thr
46、ee Intercultural Reflection2 .基本概念和知识点Famous psychologists and main theories, major subareas of psychology, psychological theory of love, traditional psychology, definition of positive psychology3 .问题与应用(能力要求)Students are required to discuss the following question in small groups:1) What do you thin
47、k of Sternberg s three components of love? Do you think they are exhaustive? If not, what other elements三、课程性质与教学目的英语视听说III注重听力理解过程的认知规律,将语言技能训练、思辨能力 培养、知识习得和跨文化能力提升有机地融合在一起,其教学目的是全面提高学生有 效交流的能力,适应新时代的要求。本课程倡导过程法,即注重听者进入角色的过程、 练习微技能和策略的过程、管理认知的过程、思辨的过程、交流互动的过程和自主学 习的过程。通过视、听、说、写的结合,在训练学生感知和理解等基础技能的同
48、时, 着重对学生进行阐释、分析、评价、推理和自我调节等高层次的思维训练,使学生在 提高有效交流能力的同时,语言和思维得到共同发展。通过音频和视频材料的学习和 跨文化反思训练,让学生了解人文社科各学科的基本概念和问题,引发学生对不同学 科核心问题的思考,学会从不同视角看待世界多元文化,反思中国文化传统。在教学 过程中,适时结合社会主义核心价值观的内容,让此核心价值体系在该课程中发挥指 引教学活动和提升教学内容质量的作用,适时有机结合中国国情进行对比分析讨论, 以促进学生对本课程内容更深入的理解与掌握。在提高学生听说水平的同时,帮助学 生培养明辨是非的能力,增强学生民族自豪感和爱国主义精神。四、教学内容及要求Unit 1 Philosophy()目的与要求Students are expected to:1. Listen to detailed information while taking notes2. Compare the philosophical and non-philosophical way of thinking 3. Evaluate the validity of argumentsDistinguish between two types of moral r