“英语国家概况”考核大纲

英语国家概况考核大纲单位：江苏师范大学外国语学院教师：李晗“英语国家概况”课程考核大纲课程代号：课时数：36适用专业：研究生公共英语选修课一、本课程的性质、目的和任务本课程的性质本课程为集英语国家背景知识和英语语言知识为一体的研究生公共英语选修课程。该课程在向学生传授语言知识的同时，更让学生了解了目的语国家的地理、社会、经济、政治、宗教等综合文化背景知识，为深化英语语言基础和提高交流能力打下坚实的基础。本课程的目的开设本课程的目的是通过学习使学生了解英美发展简史和简单的英语背景知识，进而提高学生对英语语言的理解能力和文化素养，增强学生对英美文化的了解，培养学生的跨文化交际能力以及对文化的敏感性、宽容性以及处理文化差异的灵活性以适应国际交流的需要，帮助学生开阔视野和知识面。3、本课程的任务通过本课程的学习学生应该了解掌握英美国家的自然地理、发展简史、社会文化、风俗习惯、政治体制等，通过了解这些英语背景知识，能对不同语言文化背景下的产生的交际差异有所辨别和宽容，并能进行简单的跨文化交际处理．二、本课程的考核内容和要求考核内容PartOneTheUnitedKingdomUnit1ThecountryI.BritishIslesandBritainII.NorthernIrelandandIrelandIII.TheUnitedKingdomIV.RestorationV.GloriousRevolutionSectionSeven:TheIndustrialRevolutionandtheChartistMovementI.TheindustrialrevolutionII.TheChartistMovement(1836-1848)III.QueenVictoriaandhertime(1837-1901)SectionEight:TheRiseandFalloftheBritishEmpireI.TheformationofBritishEmpire(omitted)II.DeclineoftheEmpireIII.TheBritishCommonwealthIV.Britain’smembership(omitted)Unit4GovernmentandPoliticsI.TheBritishGovernmentII.PoliticsandlawUnit8ReligionI.ReligionHistoryII.ReligionsandPoliticsUnit9EducationI.DifferentlevelsofeducationinstitutionsII.OverseasstudentsUnit10WayofLifeI.EducationII.SocialWelfare(omitted)III.Religion(omitted)IV.WayofLife(omitted)V.ThePress,RadioandTelevisionVI.FestivalsandcustomPartTwoTheUnitedStatesofAmericaUnit1TheCountryI.Lead-inII.TheGeographicalpositionoftheUnitedStatesIII.PhysicaldescriptionIV.TheUSclimate:V.The8geographicalregionsandtheirmajorfeaturesVI.ThecontrastsbetweenAlaskaandHawaiiVII．10typicalriskyareasintheUSAUnit2HistorySectionOne:TheThirteenEnglish-AmericanColoniesI.ThefirstsuccessfulEnglishcolony:JamestowninVirginia.II.Thesecondcolony:PlymouthinMassachusetts.SectionTwo:TheWarofIndependenceI.ConflictsleadingtoarmedrevolutionII.BostonMassacre(1770)III.BostonTeaParty(1773)IV.ThefirstContinentalCongressV.ThefirstarmedclashVI.ThesecondContinentalCongressVII.TheDeclarationofIndependenceVIII.ProcessoftheWarSectionThree:AppearanceoftheAmericanConstitutionandtheWashingtonAdministrationI.TheConstitutionalConventionII.BillofRightsIII.ThefirstUSPresident:GeorgeWashington.SectionFour:DuringtheFirstHalfofthe19thCentury---anEraofExpansionI.JeffersonandhiseraII.VirginiaDynastyIII.AndrewJacksonIV.TheMexicanWar(1846-48)SectionFive:TheCivilWarI.AsurveyofUSslaveryII.AbrahamLincolnIII.TheCivilWarSectionSix:AftertheCivilWar---DevelopmentandForeignAggressionI.AftertheCivilWarSectionSeven:DuringandafterWorldWarII.IntheWorldWarIII.AftertheWarSectionEight:DuringandaftertheWorldWarIII.IntheWorldWarIIII.Afterthewar(omitted)Unit4PoliticalInstitutionsI.Lead-inII.thepoliticalmechanismofUnitedStatesUnit8EducationI.Lead-inII.Theimportanceattachedtoeducation;amatchlessschoolsystem;the4functionsIII．CharacteristicsoftheUSeducation:IV．ElementaryandsecondaryeducationV．Highereducation:VI．TheadulteducationUnit9ReligioninAmericanLifeI.ReligionsinAmericanLifeIIUnit10PrivateLifeinAmericaI.Lead-inII.AmericansocialsecuritysystemIII.HeadachesinAmericansocietyIV．MajorholidaysandtheirsignificancePartThreeCanadaUnit1ThelandandthepeopleI.Lead-inII.TheCanadiangeographyIII．TheCanadianpeopleIV．TheCanadiangovernment:type;constitutionV．TheCanadianeconomy:naturalresources;exports;majortradingpartnersVI．Canada’shistory,politicsandculture:VII．TheQuebecQuestion:VIII．ComparisonandcontrastbetweenCanadaandtheUSAPartFourAustraliaUnit1ThelandandthepeopleI.Australia:anoverallintroductionII．AustralianpopulationpoliciesIII．ArgumentsoverrepublicanisminAustralia;IV．Australia:ayouthfulstatePartFiveNewZealandUnit1ThelandandthepeopleI.Lead-inII.AnoverallintroductionIII.CharacteristicsofNewZealandandNewZealandersIV.ComparisonandcontrastbetweenAustraliaandNewZealand考核的基本要求通过考核检查和了解学生熟悉英语国家的地理、历史、现状、文化、传统、习惯等知识的基本情况，了解学生是否具备一定的对文化的敏感性、宽容性以及处理文化差异的灵活性。三、考核方法和成绩评定1、考核方法：闭卷2、出题方法：A.B.卷3、时数：2小时4、成绩评定：百分制，平时40%，期终60%四．教学参考书王恩铭主编，《英语国