专业英语课程教学大纲

1、?专业英语?课程教学大纲课程名称中文/英文：专业英语课程编码：12024019课程性质：专业课学分数：2学时数：36考核方式：考查/ Professional English课程类型：专业选修课适用范围：05地理信息系统先修课程：?大学英语?地理信息系统?其中：实验/实践学时：0 制订日期：2005年课外学时：0制订单位：广州大学地理科学学院审核者：夏丽华执笔者：冯艳芬一、教学大纲说明一课程的地位、作用和任务该课程属于地理信息系统专业根底课之一, 通过该课程的学习, 学生根本能掌握常用的 地理信息系统专业词汇, 能查阅相关的外文资料, 阅读简单的外文文献, 能进行简单的英文 摘要撰写.本课程的

2、任务主要为：（1） 增加学生专业词汇量（2） 介绍专业文献阅读的技巧（3） 增强对英文长句译的练习（4） 介绍论文英文摘要的写法（5） 介绍专业在国际上的开展趋势二课程教学的目的和要求能让学生在学完二年?大学英语?的根底上,增加专业方面的词汇,同时了解本专业在 英文上的表达方式,通过本课程的学习,学生能掌握较多的专业词汇,能根据教学的要求查 阅简单的外文专业文献,根本能够读懂文献中的主要方法与主要内容,同时能为四年级论文的撰写打下根底,介绍论文英文摘要的写法.要求：掌握500个专业词汇,能根本完成对专业长句中译英或英译中的译,根本能读懂专业文献.三课程教学方法与手段该课程采用多媒体结合传统教学

3、的方式进行授课,多媒体的使用主要是结合专业的需 要,演示多种系统,加深学生对专业软件中专业词汇的熟悉与应用,传统教学方面主是结合词汇的记忆、句子的译、范文的讲解等方面进行.四课程与其它课程的联系学习该课程需要学生有一定的根底英语水平,最好能到达大学英语四级,同时已学完?地理信息系统?课程.此课程对以后专业主干课程的学习尤其是专业软件的使用打好了根底,学生能利用本课程的技能进行相关文献的查阅,并进行论文英文摘要的撰写.五教材与教学参考书教材：?地理信息系统专业英语教程?自编 教学参考书：1 .地理信息系统名词审定委员会.?地理信息系统名词?.北京：科学出版社,20022 .中国人民解放军总装备部

4、军事练习教材编辑工作委员会.?科技英语译实用教程?.北京：国防工业出版社,20033 .郑福裕.?科技论文摘要编写指南?.北京：清华大学出版社,20034 .夏宗国,李京,李小文等.?英汉地球空间信息科学与技术词汇?.北京：科学出版社,20005.王秉钧,郭正行.?科技英汉、汉英译技巧?.天津：天津大学出版社,1999二、课程的教学内容、重点与难点Lesson one WHAT IS GIS?(1) What do you need to use GIS?(2) How to use GIS?(3) Why use GIS?(4) How to do GIS analysis(5) Data

5、for you GISKey points:1 .why use GIS2 .data for GISDifficult points1.How to do GIS analysisLesson two Spatial data infrastructure : on the road to twenty-first century economic successKey points:1.What is SDI and NSDIDifficult points(1) he relationship between SDI and GISLesson three Geomatics and d

6、igital earth(2) geo-spatial informationscience(3) the digital earth(4) geomatics is the mathematical foundation of digital earth(5) NSDI is fundamental construction of the digital earth(6) ConclusionsKey points:1 .The conception of geomatics2 .NSDI and digital earthDifficult points1 .The mathematica

7、l foundation of digital earth2 .The fundamental construction of the digital earthLesson four Abstract learning(1) The paper s title(2) the author(3) the department of author(4) abstract(5) key words(6) referenceKey points:1.title2.abstract3.referenceDifficult points1.title2.abstractLesson five OpenG

8、IS(1) the problem: Geoprocessing non-interoperability(2) the openGIS specification(3) what will the openGIS specification do(4) how will the openGIS specification benefit developers, managers ,and usersKey points:1 .non-interoperability2 .the openGIS specificationDifficult points1. how will the open

9、GIS Specification benefit the usersLesson six GIS data models(1) the fundamentals of a GIS(2) the diverse application of GIS(3) three representations of the world(4) modeling surfaces(5) modeling imaged or sampled data(6) modeling discrete featuresKey points:1 .the fundamentals of GIS2 .three repres

10、entations of the worldDifficult points1. modeling surfacesLesson seven: The structure of geographic data(1) the catalog and connection to data(2) the geodatabase,dataset, and feature class(3) ArcInfo workspaces and coverage(4) Maps and layers(5) Comparing the structure of vector datasets(6) Comparin

11、g feature geometry in vector datasetsKey points:1 .the geodatabase,dataset, and feature class2 .Maps and layers3 .Comparing the structure of vector datasetsDifficult points1. ArcInfo workspaces and coverage三、学时分配教学内容各教学环节学时分配米用何 种 多媒体 教学手 段章节主要内容讲 授实 验讨 论习 题课 外其 它小 计Lesson oneWHAT IS GIS?(1) What do

12、 you need to use GIS?(2) How to use GIS?22Lesson oneWHAT IS GIS?(3) Why use GIS?(4) How to do GIS analysis(5) Data for you GIS44Lesson twoSpatial data infrastructure:on the road to twenty-first century economic success44Lessoe G threeieomatics and digital earth (1)geo-spatial information science(2)t

13、he digital earth44多媒体 授课Lesson threeGeomatics and digital earth: (3)geomatics is the mathematical foundation of digital earth (4)NSDI is fundamental construction of the digital earth (5)Conclusions44与传统 教学方式相 结合Lesson fourAbstract learning(1) The paper s title(2) the author(3)the department of autho

14、r22Lesson fourAbstract learning (4)abstract (5)key words (6)reference22Lesso n fiveOpenGIS(1) The problem: Geoprocessing non-interoperability(2) the openGIS specification (3)what will the openGIS specification do(4)whow will the openGIS specification benefit developers, managers ,and users44多媒体 授课与传

15、统 教学方式相 结合Lesson sixGIS data models(1) the fundamentals of a GIS(2) the diverse application ofGIS22Lesson sixGIS data models (3)three representations of the world (4)modeling surfaces22Lesson sixGIS data models (5)modeling imaged or sampled data (6)modeling discrete features22Lesson sevenThe structure of geographic data(1)the catalog and connection to data(2)t