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Course Introduction
综合英语三
Comprehensive English 3/4
《新视野大学英语(读写)第三版》Book2
Ellen TONG
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I: Teaching Plan
1. Textbook:(《新视野大学英语（读写）》Book 2)
6 units–1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8 (See the official teaching plan)
-Vocabulary ,Grammar, etc. (the basic, but not everything)
-Reading comprehension, Writing, Translation, Listening, Speaking, etc.(language proficiency)
-Information, critical thinking, etc.(spirit of language)
2. CET: (optional)
-skills incorporated in this course (esp. W&T)
-your independent training plan to make
What are tested inCET?
3. The world: issues; culture; Discoveries; people
-your presentation and my introduction
Requirements:
A Dictation for each unit
Quizzes(Writing & Translation)
Assignments (esp. listening; writing; translation; textbook exercises)
Presentation: in pairs
Projects: in groups
Always be prepared for and engaged in classroom activities
Extra independent speeches & reports & other activities are encouraged (+)
NO lateness or absenteeism, Nor disruptions in classes (+/-)
Always prepare paper, notebooks and pen/pencils
Presentation:
Topic: Theworld
Subtopics:(you must choose one of the 5 subtopics)
1. acultural difference between Chinese culture and the Culture of an English speaking country [not too general]
2. a particular cultural phenomenon in Chinese culture and your analysis withcritical thinking [not too general]
3. a recent event / issue and your analysis
[e.g.Nobel Prize 2017; election; economic phenomenon]
4.people [Someone special but not well known to us, e.g. Nikola Tesla; Nobelprize winners]
5. a discovery in a certain field
[e.g.inspirations from a Tedtalk and further research]
Rules: (10%)
3~5minutes (it will be stopped when exceeding 5 minutes)
Englishonly
Content:information + ideas + interaction*
Relevance(irrelevant topics or contents lose marks)
Speakand interact; No reading scripts or PPT (you get no more than 60% of the total score if you read the scripts or lines on the PPT)
Independent thinking; no copied thoughts or ideas (you get no more than 60% of the totalscore if there is no ingenious ideas)
Suggestions:
UsePPT or word documents
Send them to the teachers days before the presentation and seek advice to improve them
Be cautious in using punctuation and choosing sizes of words
Flowery or Flaring PPT backgrounds are NOT wise choices
II: Grading
40% for performance（平时分）
60% for final（期末分）
平时分组成：
i: Quizzes: 35%
1) Dictation (Ave): 15%one dictation for each unit
2) Writing quiz: 10%
3) Translation quiz: 10%
ii: Tasks: 35%
1) Assignments:10%
textbook exercises [-1% for not finishing assigned exercises]
Online writing or translation [-1% for each unfinished task]
group work [each gets the same score]
other assignments
2) Presentation:10%
group reports; formal speeches [each gets the same score]
3) Project:15%
one or two large projects
iii: Class participation: 20%口头作业/课堂提问/课堂任务
12%+/-
1) Plus（加分）:
主动发言/发言良好: +1~2%/次
个人的独立演讲或报告: +1~3%/次
2) Minus（扣分）:
口头作业：抽到却未准备或胡说敷衍：-1%/次
课堂提问：属于态度问题的拒答或不参与讨论：-1%/次
iv: Attendance and Discipline: 10%
-2% for each skipped class (2 periods)
-0.5~1% for lateness
-1%for each warning again serious classroom disturbance or terrible attitude
III: Grouping and pairing
Grouping
Please form 6groups in the class, with 6-7 people in each.
Each group shouldhave a group leader.
Bring the group name lists next week.
(also mark the name of the group leaders and write down their phone numbers)
Pairing
Find a partner for the presentation
Begin the presentation with the smallest
number and his/her partner
IV: How to be a successful learner?
Stay focused
Make your own plan
Do homework: written or oral form or in groups
Being prepared
Read (loudly) alot and memorize a lot of words before and after classes
Ask questions and think independently
V: Recommendation- Resources
For Listening and Speaking:
1) TedTalk:
https://www.ted.com/talks[some talks accessible on youku.com]
2) CNNStudents Newshttp://www.listeningexpress.com/cnn/cnnstudentnews
3) Any other accessible news videos: e.g. BBC, Fox news, NPR.org, …
4) VOA Learning English:
https://learningenglish.voanews.com/
5) 听力课堂 www.tingclass.net
6) American
Accent Training《美语发音秘诀》
[accessible in (online) bookstores; copy the e-versionfrom Ellen]
7) EnglishTV Shows or Movies [Please recommend each other some]
For Reading and Writing:
8) Newspapers on line (The Times, The New York Time, NPR, …)
9) 句酷批改网 https://www.pigai.org/
10) EnglishNews Sources: NPR; BBC; New York Times; The Times