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广西师范学院初等教育学院小学教育专业英语方向 高级英语（一）、（二）课程教学大纲课程编号：311ZX0501C-502C课程名称：高级英语(Advanced English)（1）（2） 课程类别：专业选修课授课学时：122 学分 7课程的性质：本课程是普通高等师范院校小学教育专业英语方向的一门专业选修课程，融听、说、读、写、译为一体，其目的是通过不同话题的听说训练、不同体裁的英语作品的阅读、语言操练以及系统的语言知识传授，综合训练学生综合语言技能，提高语言实际运用能力；通过学习方法指导，提高学生的自主学习能力；通过综合语言实践活动，培养学生的观察、记忆、思维、想象能力和创新精神，帮助学生了解世界和中西方文化的差异，拓展视野， 提高文化意识，形成健康的人生观，综合提高学生从事中小学英语教育教学工作所需要的知识、能力、态度和意识等专业素质。课程目标： 知识： 语音: 学生应掌握正确的语音和语调，在朗读和听说中有基本的节奏感和语调感。 词汇: 认知词汇4,000个左右,熟练掌握2,000-3,000个及其基本搭配词汇，能在会话和写作中正确运用。 表达: 掌握交流时如何用不同句式表达功能意念。 语法: 掌握系统的英语语法，并能在综合运用中做到概念清楚，形式正确。 阅读: 掌握文章的主旨, 准确领会作者的写作意图, 读懂不同题材的文章,并保证一定的阅读速度。能力与技能： 学生能就某一社会问题、文化习俗或生活细节，进行从词汇、单句到语段等各个方面的综合训练，灵活地完成所规定的各种语言交际任务。 分析理解文章中出现的复杂句子的表层含义和深层含义，以及句子所用的不同的修饰方法。 能够借助工具书完成扩展性训练部分提供的各训练项目。 能领会文章所传达的思想，复述故事情节，还必须能够用自己的话来简明扼要地归纳课文大意。态度与情感：排除不敢开口，羞怯与害怕的心理。增强对英语各项语言技能使用的信心，进一步激发运用英语进行交际的兴趣，获得学英语，说英语的乐趣。先修后续课程：修读本课程前，先系统学习公共必修课程大学英语（一）、（二）、（三）。课程内容：Unit 1 My Father【目的要求】1. Familiarizing the students with basic vocabulary for this unit2. Understanding how brothers or sisters relate to each other and the ways to hurt and to improve relations.3. Giving the students an opportunity to develop people skills by practicing speaking based on the given cues in short discourse of two or three turns in conversation4. Learning to understand and talk about family relationships through reading, discussion, and task-based activities5. Learning the usage of the vocabulary and structures about the topic of this unit.【重点与难点】1. Developing people skills by practicing speaking based on the given cues in short discourse of two or three turns in conversation2. Learning to understand and talk about family relationships through reading, discussion, and task-based activities【主要内容】理论与实践教学内容（8学时）1. Listening activities: I have a brother2. Speaking activities: understanding different values and generation gap3. Reading comprehension: My father 【作业与思考】1. Reading: My Daughter2. Writing : Write a descriptive paragraph about your father or mother by giving your subjective judgement first to be followed by fragmented memories.Unit 2 Why My Great-uncle Gave Up the Ministry【目的要求】1. Familiarizing the students with basic vocabulary for describing general impressions of a person, someones emotional changes, behavior, social positions, titles and commenting on personalities2. Learning to understand the life of the grey-haired people and the ways to make them feel loved and cared for 3. Learning to describe people in the following aspects: a. address, b. facial expression, c. appearance, d. manner, e. language, f. special deeds and actions / behavior etc4. Learning to understand and talk about the humor in life through reading, discussion and task-based activities5. Learning expressions and grammatical items set forth in this unit【重点与难点】1. Learning to describe people in the following aspects: a. address, b. facial expression, c. appearance, d. manner, e. language, f. special deeds and actions / behavior etc2. Learning to understand and talk about the humor in life through reading, discussion and task-based activities3. Learning expressions and grammatical items set forth in the objectives of this unit【主要内容】理论与实践教学内容（8学时）1. Listening activities: Telling a story2. Speaking activities: Describing people3. Reading comprehension: Why my Great-uncle Gave Up the Ministry【作业与思考】Thinking and listing : List the follies that you have committed in your life. And then describe your feelings and emotions as afterthought. The follies that I committed once (a story)My feelings or emotions as afterthoughtGive your story here: Describe your feelings then and now: Unit 3 Saved by His Mistakes【目的要求】1. Familiarizing the students with words and expressions for describing difficult or problematic situations, fear, solving problems, and rescue work.2. Learning to understand ways to describe a critical situation and the feeling one has when a stated danger is near. Learning how to manage and solve the problems in the guided listening activity.3. Developing the ability to talk about survival skills and related expressions through bringing information gaps in pair work.4. Learning to describe peoples adventure by reading the story about the boys adventurous hunting trip and working on the related activities.5. Learning the vocabulary and grammar points in this unit.【重点与难点】1. Learning to understand ways to describe a critical situation and the feeling one has when a stated danger is near. Learning how to manage and solve the problems in the guided listening activity.2. Learning to describe peoples adventure by reading the story about the boys adventurous hunting trip and working on the related activities.【主要内容】理论与实践教学内容（8学时）1. Listening activities: An Unforgettable Experience2. Speaking activities: Dealing with difficult or dangerous situations3. Reading comprehension: Saved by His Mistakes【作业与思考】Discussion: what would you do if you were in the following situations?1. The house was on fire.2. You were robbed in a crowded street.3. Suddenly you felt terribly ill.4. You found out you did not bring your photo ID with you when you were checking into a flight. Unit 4 Glue【目的要求】1. Familiarizing the students with the basic vocabulary in this unit to handle small gadgets in every day life.2. Having the students work out the function of various small stationery objects. such as a stapler, paper clips, an eraser, file folders, etc.3. Learning to understand and talk about exaggerated and false advertisements through reading, discussion, and task-based activities.4. Learning the usage of the vocabulary and structures set forth in the objectives of this unit. 【重点与难点】1. Having the students work out the function of various small stationery objects.2. Learning to understand and talk about exaggerated and false advertisements through reading, discussion, and task-based activities.3. Learning the usage of the vocabulary and structures set forth in the objectives of this unit.【主要内容】 理论与实践教学内容（8学时）1. Listening activities: Invisible Writing2. Speaking activities: Explaining technology3. Reading comprehension: Glue【作业与思考】Observing and thinking:1. Ask the students to observe their lives by finding out the following examples:a. Exaggerated role of the computerb. Exaggerated role of certain methods of teaching English c. Exaggerated role of certain machines to help you learn English overnightd. Exaggerated role of certain medicines in life “Cure-all medicine - Panacea” etc. 2. Have the students choose one of the examples mentioned above and then ask them to write a composition about 300 words including the following points:a. Where and when did the example take place?b. How did the manufacturer or the media “blow the balloon”?c. What is the truth? Did you try it and what was the result?d. Analyze why people fell prey to the exaggerations? (No need to be too hostile to this phenomenon. It may be a chance for a good laugh.) Unit 5 Learning a Language【目的要求】1. Familiarizing the students with basic vocabulary for this unit.2. Understanding that learning language is not easy work through listening and discussion activities.3. Practicing talking about language learning in conversation.4. Learning to understand and talk about language learning through reading, discussion and the task-based activity.5. Learning the vocabulary and expressions in the unit.【重点与难点】1. Understanding that learning language is not easy work through listening and discussion activities.2. Learning to understand and talk about language learning through reading, discussion and the task-based activity.【主要内容】理论与实践教学内容（8学时）1. Listening activities: An Interview on Language Learning 2. Speaking activities: Language learning3. Reading comprehension: Learning a Language【作业与思考】Discussion: Why is it important to learn English well in todays society? Unit 6 Bargains【目的要求】1. Familiarizing the students with basic vocabulary for this unit.2. Learning to use appropriate language forms to talk about shopping.3. Practicing talking about shopping and shopping experiences.4. Learning to understand and talk about the concept of bargaining through discussing, reading, summarizing the reading passage.5. Learning the vocabulary and phrases in this unit.【重点与难点】1. Learning to use appropriate language forms to talk about shopping.2. Learning to understand and talk about the concept of bargaining through discussing, reading, summarizing the reading passage.【主要内容】理论与实践教学内容（8学时）1. Listening activities: I Bought a Chair2. Speaking activities: shopping3. Reading comprehension: Bargains【作业与思考】Writing: Developing a paragraph through an example.Unit 7 Out of Mists【目的要求】1. Familiarizing the students with the basic vocabulary for this unit.2. Learning to understand the description of childhood experience.3. Practicing talking about childhood experiences in guided speaking.4. Learning to understand the story of Annes childhood through reading, and discussion.5. Learning the vocabulary and grammar points this unit.【重点与难点】1. Practicing talking about childhood experiences in guided speaking.2. Learning to understand the story of Annes childhood through reading, and discussion.【主要内容】理论与实践教学内容（8学时）1. Listening activities: I Wish I Had a Room to Myself2. Speaking activities:Once upon a time3. Reading comprehension: Out of The Mists【作业与思考】Talking and writing: Practicing talking and writing about childhood experience with depth and width.Unit 8 Genius Sacrificed for Failure【目的要求】1. Familiarizing the students with basic vocabulary for this unit.2. Understanding the sexual inequalities in human society.3. Raising awareness of social equality by learning to make observations of social discrimination.4. Practicing reading comprehension through discussing, reading, summarizing the reading passage.5. Understanding that the social inequalities have had long and deep roots in human history by learning the story about the life of the Brontes.6. Learning the vocabulary in the reading passage.【重点与难点】1. Giving students opportunities to use the language for talking about social inequalities in guided presentations.2. Understanding that the social inequalities have had long and deep roots in human history by learning the story about the life of the Brontes.【主要内容】理论与实践教学内容（8学时）1. Listening activities: Women and Society2. Speaking activities:Social inequalities3. Reading comprehension: Genius Sacrified for Failure 【作业与思考】Reading: When Grateful Begins to GrateUnit 9 Biotechnology【目的要求】1. Familiarizing the students with the basic vocabulary for this unit.2. Learning to understand the modern science and technology.3. Learning to understand the three branches of biotechnology through reading, and discussion.4. Learning the vocabulary and grammar points in this unit.【重点与难点】Understanding the three branches of biotechnology through reading, and discussion.【主要内容】理论与实践教学内容（7学时）1. Listening activities: A Visit to the Science Museum2. Speaking activities:Science and technology3. Reading comprehension: Biotechnology【作业与思考】1. Reading ：Two Welsh Lambs Cloned From a Single Embryo2. Discussion: Have the students name a few museums they have visited and try to describe their major features.Unit 10 A Horse and Two Goats【目的要求】1. Familiarizing the students with the basic vocabulary for this unit.2. Understanding the relationship between body language and culture.3. Learning to understand the story through reading, and discussion.4. Understanding the comic of the communication between the American tourist and the old Indian man.5. Learning the vocabulary and grammar points in this unit.【重点与难点】1. Understanding the comic of the communication between The American tourist and the old Indian man.2. Understanding the relationship between body language and culture.【主要内容】理论与实践教学内容（6学时）1. Listening activities: An Unusual Medium of Communication2. Speaking activities: Non-verbal communication3. Reading comprehension: A Horse and Two Goats【作业与思考】Discussion: Have the students discuss the factors that contribute to the clarity and attractiveness of the beginning of a story. Unit 11 The Two Roads【目的要求】1. Familiarizing the students with basic vocabulary for this unit.2. Understanding the foreign students life in China and her plan for the future.3. Learning to use appropriate language forms to talk about the future.4. Practicing reading comprehension through discussing, reading, and summarizing the reading passage.5. Understanding the two roads in a persons life.【重点与难点】1. Understanding the foreign students life in China and her plan for the future.2. Learning to use appropriate language forms to talk about the future.3. Understanding the two roads in a persons life【主要内容】 理论与实践教学内容（6学时）1. Listening activities: Talking About the Future2. Speaking activities: Looking towards the future3. Reading comprehension: The Two Roads【作业与思考】Thinking : In your life, when have you chosen a road which later seemed to be the wrong one, and when have you chosen one which was right?Unit 12 The Danger of Market Forces【目的要求】1. Familiarizing the students with the basic vocabulary of this unit.2. Learning to understand discussions about environmental protection issues in China.3. Learning to use appropriate language forms to talk about environmental problems. 4. Learning to understand environmental issues through reading, discussing and task-based activities.5. Learning the vocabulary and expressions in this unit.【重点与难点】1. Learning to use appropriate language forms to talk about environmental problems.2. Learning to understand environmental issues through reading, discussing and task-based activities.【主要内容】理论与实践教学内容（6学时）1. Listening activities: An Interview With an Official From the Environmental Protection Organization2. Speaking activities: Talking about environmental issues3. Reading comprehension: The Danger of Market Forces【作业与思考】Information collecting: An assignment to find out more information about the following terms using an Internet search: Acid rain, El Nino, greenhouse effect, global warmingUnit 13 Creating a Caribbean Spring Festival【目的要求】1. Familiarizing the students with the basic vocabulary for describing celebrations during these festivals.2. Understanding Chinese minority festival culture and learning to describe the activities during celebrations in a guided listening activity.3. Learning to talk about the Spring Festival celebrations through reading, discussion and task-based activities.4. Learning to understand the role of the Spring Festival in the lives of Chinese people.5. Learning the expressions and grammatical items set forth in the objectives of this unit.【重点与难点】1. Understanding Chinese minority festival culture and learning to describe the activities during celebrations in a guided listening activity2. Learning to understand the role of the Spring Festival in the lives of Chinese people【主要内容】 理论与实践教学内容（6学时）1. Listening activities: The Torch Festival2. Speaking activities: Festivals and celebrations3. Reading comprehension: Creating a Caribbean Spring Festival【作业与思考】Information collecting: Getting information about some important traditional Chinese festivals and the festivals in English speaking countriesUnit 14 My First Class【目的要求】1. Familiarizing the students with the vocabulary about education and educational institutions and preparing them for speaking activities.2. Practicing the basic expressions and patterns to describe school life.3. Practicing speaking skills by discussion, story-telling and presentation.4. Learning to talk about ones school life through reading, discussion and the task-based activity.5. Learning the vocabulary and expressions set forth in the objectives of the unit.【重点与难点】1. Practicing the basic expressions and patterns to describe school life2. Learning to talk about ones school life through reading, discussion and the task-based activity【主要内容】理论与实践教学内容（6学时）1. Listening activities: Firday Afternoon2. Speaking activities: Education/school matters3. Reading comprehension: My First Class【作业与思考】Thinking: What makes a good or bad teacher?Unit 15 Are You a Workaholic?【目的要求】1. Familiarizing the students with basic vocabulary for describing places of work, of entertainment and the expressions for people at work and their physical and psychological states.2. Understanding the lives of “workaholics”, different kinds of “workaholics” and the reasons for the difference.3. Learning to understand the talk about work in the guided listening activity.4. Learning the work-related expressions in reading, listening, and speaking.5. Understanding “workaholics” and the importanc