《大学英语》课程标准
(一)课程性质与任务
《大学英语》课程是必修的公共基础课之一,是帮助学生拓宽知识、了解世界的素质教育课程,因此该课程兼有工具性和人文性双重性质。就工具性而言,大学英语课承担着培养学生基本英语素养和发展学生思维能力的任务,即学生通过本课程的学习掌握基本的英语语言知识,发展基本的英语听说读写译的技能,初步形成用英语与他人沟通的能力,进一步促进思维能力的发展,为今后继续学习英语和用英语学习其他学科知识奠定坚实的基础;就人文性质而言,大学英语课程承担着提高学生综合人文素养的任务,即学生通过该课程的学习能够开拓视野,丰富生活经历,形成跨文化意识,增强爱国主义精神,发展创新能力,形成良好的品格和正确的人生观与价值观。大学英语课的双重性质有利于为学生的终身发展奠定基础。
《大学英语》课程是学生高中英语课程的延续,是后续行业英语或专业英语课程的基础和工具,在各专业人才培养体系中,起着承上启下的重要作用,是我院实施人文素质教育的重要组成部分。
(二)课程教学目标
1、知识目标
听:(1)理解所听材料的主旨或要点;
(2)理解具体信息;
(3)理解所听材料的背景、说话人之间的关系等;
(4)推断所听材料的含义。
说:(1)模拟或套用常用口头交际句型;
(2)交流有困难时能采取简单的应变措施。
读:(1)理解文章的主旨或要点;
(2)理解文章中的具体信息;
(3)根据上下文推断生词意思;
(4)根据上下文作出简单的判断和推理;
(5)理解文章的写作意图、作者的见解和态度等;
(6)就文章内容作出结论;
(7)快速查找有关信息。
写:(1)正确使用所学的词、词组和句型;
(2)语法及标点使用正确,句子结构完整;
(3)句子意思清楚,符合逻辑顺序;
(4)注意连贯性,正确使用连接手段。
译:(1)正确翻译一般语句,基本符合汉语习惯;
(2)正确掌握被动句式的译法;
(3)正确掌握倍数的译法;
(4)正确掌握定语从句的译法;
(5)正确掌握长句的译法。
2、能力目标
在教学过程中,注重因材施教。因此本课程的能力目标分为一般能力目标和较高能力目标两种:达到四级为基本能力目标;达到六级为较高能力目标。两个层次的能力目标见表2-3。
表2-3 《大学英语》能力目标
要求
内容 | 一般能力目标 | 较高能力目标 |
词汇 | 领会式掌握4500单词(其中复用式掌握的单词为2500),以及由这些构成的常用词组(中学所掌握的单词和词组包括在内),并具有按照基本构词法识别生词的能力。 | 领会式掌握6500单词(其中复用式掌握的单词为3000),以及由这些构成的常用词组(中学所掌握的单词和词组包括在内),并具有按照构词法识别生词的能力。 |
语法 | 掌握基本的英语语法,能较正确地运用所学语法知识 | 巩固和加深基本语法知识,提高在语篇水平上运用语法知识的能力。 |
听力理解 | 能听懂英语讲课,并能听懂题材熟悉、句子结构比较简单、基本上没有生词、语速为每分钟130-150词的简短会话、谈话、报道和讲座,掌握其中大意,抓住要点和有关细节,领会讲话者的观点和态度。 | 对题材熟悉、句子结构不太复杂、基本上没有生词、语速为每分钟150-170词的篇幅较长的会话、谈话、报道和讲座,能掌握其中大意,抓住要点和有关细节,领会讲话者的观点和态度,并能进行分析、推理和判断。 |
口头表达 | 能就教材内容和适当的听力材料进行问题和复述,能用英语进行一般的日常会话,能就所熟悉的话题经准备后作简短发言,表达思想比较清楚,语音、语调基本正确。 | 能就教材内容和一般的听力材料进行问答和讨论,能就一般的社会生活话题进行简单的交谈、讨论和发言,表达思想清楚,语音、语调基本正确。 |
阅读理解 | 能顺利阅读语言难度中等的一般性题材的文章,掌握中心大意思、以及说明中心大意的事实和细节,并能运行一定的分析、推理和判断,领会作者的观点和态度,阅读速度达到每分钟70词。在阅读篇幅较长、难度略低、生词不超过总词数3%的材料时,能掌握中心大意,抓住主要事实和有关细节,阅读速度达到每分钟100词。 | 能顺利阅读语言难度较高的一般性题材的文章,掌握中心大意以及说明中心大意的事实和细节,并能就文章的内容进行分析、推理、判断和综合概括,领会作者的观点和态度,阅读速度达到每分钟70词。在阅读篇幅较长、难度略低、生词不超过总词数3%的材料时,能正确理解中心大意,抓住主要事实和有关细节,阅读速度达到每分钟120词。 |
书面表达 | 能在阅读难度与课文相仿的书面材料时做笔记、回答问题、写提纲,能就一定的话题或提纲在半小时内写出120-150词的短文,能写短信和便条,表达意思清楚,无重大语言错误。 | 能在阅读难度与课文相仿的书面材料时做笔记、回答问题、写提纲和摘要,能就一定的话题、提纲、表格或图示在半小时内写出150-180词的短文,能写日常应用文(如信函、简历等),内容完整,条理清楚,文理通顺。 |
翻译 | 能借助词典将难度略低于课文的英语短文译成汉语,理解正确,译文达意,译速为每小时300英语单词。能借助词典将内容熟悉的汉语语文字材料译成英语,译文达意,无重大语言错误,译速为每小时250汉字。 | 能借助词典将难度略低与课文的英语短文译成汉语,理解正确,译文达意,译速为每小时350英语单词。能借助词典将内容熟悉的汉语文字材料译成英语,译文达意,无重大语言错误,译速为每小时300汉字。 |
3、素质目标
(1) 分工合作的职场团队能力
(2) 自主学习的能力
(3) 独立思考能力
(4) 正确的人生观和价值观
(5) 积极乐观的人生态度
(三)参考学时
分为四个学期,共计252学时。
(四)课程学分
16学分。
(五)课程内容和要求
《大学英语》课程内容与教学要求
序号 | 教学项目 | 教学内容与教学要求 | 参考课时 |
1 | Growing Up | 1.Grasp the main idea 2. Appreciate the narrative skills demonstrated in the text 3. Master the key language points and grammatical structures in the text 4. Conduct a series of reading, listening, speaking and writing activities | 8 |
2 | Friendship | 1. Grasp the main idea (never delay expressing your true feeling to a friend) and structure of the text 2. Appreciate that spoken English is much more informal than written English 3. Master key language points 4. Conduct reading, listening, etc | 8 |
3 | Understanding Science | 1. Understand the main idea ---to ensure the survival of human civilization, measures must be taken to help the public understand science 2. Appreciate the style differences between narrative writing and expository writing 3. Language points | 8 |
4 | American Dream | 1.Understand the main idea --- Tony realized his American Dream through his own efforts 2. Learn to describe a person by his/her characteristic feature. 3. Language points | 8 |
5 | Work to live or live to work | 1. Grasp the main idea (the author tries to define a typical workaholic in the American corporate world with story of Phil) and the structure of Text A; 2. Appreciate the writing strategy and style demonstrated in Text A (to set the tone of irony by choice of words, selection of details, use of quotation marks, etc.); 3. Master the key language points and learn how to use them in context; 4. Understand the cultural background related to the content; 5. Express themselves more freely on the theme of Work to Live or Live to Work after doing a series of theme-related reading, listening, speaking and writing activities; 6. Write a letter of sympathy or condolence in an appropriate way. | 8 |
6 | Romance | 1.Grasp the main idea --- the nature of a heart is seen in its response to the unattractive. 2.Appreciate the narrative skills demonstrated in the text 3.Language points | 8 |
7 | Animal Intelligence | 1.Understand the main idea --- some animals seem capable of thinking when it is in their own interests to do so. 2.Appreciate the importance of examples in exposition 3.language points | 8 |
8 | Educational Problems | 1.Understand the main idea --- teenagers’ idleness and ignorance will seriously affect . 2.Learn the way to write a cause-and-effect analysis 3.Language study 4.The new armies coming | 8 |
9 | Ways Of Learning | 1.Grasp the main idea (that it would be ideal if we can strike a balance between the Chinese and Western learning styles) and structure of the text (introduction of the topic by an anecdote-elaboration by comparison and contrast—conclusion by a suggestion); 2.Appreciate the difference between comparison and contrast, as well as different ways to compare and contrast (point-by-point method or one-side-at-a-time method); 3.Master the key language points and grammatical structures in the text | 8 |
10 | Values | 1.Understand the main idea (despite his wealth, Sam Walton remains down-home and devoted to his team) and structure of the text; 2.Appreciate the use of indirect description in portraying a person; 3.Grasp the key language points and grammatical structures in the text; 4.Conduct a series of reading, listening, speaking, and writing activities related to the theme of the unit. | 8 |
11 | The Generation Gap | 1. 1.Understand the main idea (Father meddled in children’s affairs with good intentions, but only to find his efforts unwelcome) and structure (three settings, three scenes) of the text; 2. 2.Appreciate the basic elements of a play; 3. 3.Grasp the key language points and grammatical structures in the text; 4. 4.Conduct a series of reading, listening, speaking, and writing activities related to the theme of the unit. | 8 |
12 | The Virtual World | 1.Understand the main idea (despite the many negative effects of virtual life, the author prefers it to real life) and structure of the text (contrast between virtual life and real life); 2.Learn some rules of interpreting new vocabulary and usage related to computers and the Internet in English 3. Grasp the key language points and grammatical structures in the text; 4. conduct a series of reading, listening, speaking and writing activities related to the theme of the unit | 8 |
13 | Overcoming Obstacles | 1.Grasp the main idea and the structure of the text 2.Appreciate the narrative skills (using details to bring out a character; a surprising ending; use of puns) 3.Master the key language points and grammatical structures in the text | 8 |
14 | Women, Half The Sky | 1.Understand the main idea and structure of the text. 2.Learn to describe a person by characteristic features, together with supporting details which demonstrate the features. 3.Learn to use some important words, expressions and sentence patterns. 4.Practice listening, speaking, reading and writing. 5.Learn some translation skills | 8 |
15 | Learning About English | 1.Appreciate the advantages of specific words over general words. 2.Learn to use some important words, expressions and sentence patterns. 3.Practice listening, speaking, reading and writing. 4.Learn some translation skills. 5.Learn to write in time sequence. | 8 |
16 | Protecting Our Environment | 1.Appreciate the text to know something about environmental protection. 2.Learn to use some important words, expressions and sentence patterns. 3.Practice listening, speaking, reading and writing. 4.Learn some translation skills 5. Learn how to write a persuasive essay. | 8 |
17 | Changes In The Way We Live | 1.Grasp the main idea ( tolerance for solitude and energy made it possible for the writer’s family to enjoy their pleasant but sometimes harsh country life); 2.Appreciate the various techniques employed by the writer (comparison and contrast, topic sentences followed by detail sentences, use of transitional devices, etc.); 3.Master the key language points and grammatical structures in the text; 4.Conduct a series of reading, listening, speaking and writing activities related to the theme of the unit | 8 |
18 | Civil-Rights Heroes | 1.Understand the main idea (early civil-rights struggles in the U.S., esp. the Underground Railroad); 2.Learn to use library resources and other resources for information; 3.Grasp the key language points and grammatical structures in the text; 4.Conduct a series of reading, listening, speaking and writing activities related to the theme of the unit | 8 |
19 | Security | 1.Grasp the main idea (America is deteriorating into ―the most insecure nation‖) and the structure of the text (opening – body – conclusion); 2.Learn to use comparison and contrast in writing more effectively and to use keywords for more efficient reading; 3.Master the key language points and grammatical structures in the text; 4.Conduct a series of reading, listening, speaking and writing activities related to the theme of the unit | 8 |
20 | Extra-Terrestrials | 1.Understand the main idea (to be found in Part I) and structure of the text (narration in time sequence) 2. Appreciate the difference between formal speech and informal speech; 3.Grasp the key language points and grammatical structures in the text; 4.Conduct a series of reading, listening, speaking, and writing activities related to the theme of the unit | 8 |
21 | How To Celebrate Holidays | 1.Understand the main idea and the structure of the text; 2.Learn to memorize words in association; 3. Grasp the key language points and grammatical structures in the text; 4.Conduct a series of reading, listening, speaking and writing activities related to the theme of the unit | 8 |
22 | The Human Touch | 1.Understand the main idea (Old Behrman saved Johnsy’s life at the expense of his own) and structure of the text; 2.Appreciate how the repeated use of clues helps weave a piece of narration together; 3.Grasp the key language points and grammatical structures in the text; 4.Conduct a series of reading, listening, speaking and writing activities related to the theme of the unit | 8 |
23 | Making A Living | 1.Understand the main idea ( Bill Porter the salesman will never give in) and structure of the text (4 parts, 2 flashbacks); 2.Appreciate the characteristics of journalistic writing; 3.Grasp the key language points and grammatical structures in the text; 4.Conduct a series of reading, listening, speaking, and writing activities related to the theme of the unit. | 8 |
24 | Cloning | 1.Understand the main idea (cloning is a two-edged sword) and structure of the text; 2.Appreciate the writing strategies employed by the author; 3.Master the key language points and grammatical structures in the text; 4.Conduct a series of reading, listening, speaking and writing activities related to the theme of the unit | 8 |
25 | Fighting With The Forces Of Nature | 1.Grasp the main idea and structure of the text; 2.Do a comparison and contrast between Napoleon’s invasion of Russia and Hitler’s invasion of the soviet Union’ 3.Master the key language points and grammatical structures in the text; 5.Conduct a series of reading, listening, speaking and writing 6.activities related to the theme of the unit | 8 |
26 | Smart Cars | 1.Understand the main idea and structure of the text; 2.Learn some techniques in expository writing (definition, quotes, a mixture of facts and opinions, etc.); 3.Grasp the key language points and grammatical structures in the text; 4.Conduct a series of reading, listening, speaking, and writing activities related to the theme of the unit. | 8 |
27 | Job Interview | 1.Grasp the main idea and structure of the text; 2.Realize the importance of examples in illustrating one’s points; 3.Master the key language points and grammatical structures in the text; 4.Conduct a series of reading, listening, speaking and writing activities related to the theme of the unit | 8 |
28 | The Multi- Culture Society | 1.Grasp the main idea and structure of the text; 2.Practice their critical thinking ability through in-depth discussions on issues mentioned in the text; 3.Master the key language points and grammatical structures in the text; 4.Conduct a series of reading ,listening, speaking and writing activities related to the theme of the unit | 8 |
29 | Cruelty | 1.Grasp the main idea and structure of the text; 2.Give reasons when they do the ranking activities and make predictions; 3.Master the key language points and grammatical structures in the text; 4.Conduct a series of reading, listening, speaking and writing activities related to the theme of the unit | 8 |
30 | The Pace Of Life | 1.Grasp the main idea and the structure of the text 2.Learn to distinguish supporting facts from opinions, and to use both in their own writings; 3.Master the key language points and grammatical structures in the text; 4.Conduct a series of reading,listening, speaking and writing activities related to the theme of the unit | 8 |
31 | Terrorism | 1.Grasp the main idea and structure of the text; 2.Appreciate the characteristics of a familiar essay; 3.Master the key language points and grammatical structures in the text; 4.Conduct a series of reading, listening, speaking and writing activities related to the theme of the unit | 6 |
32 | Travel | 1.Understand the main idea and structure of the text; 2.Appreciate the fluid and sensual writing style; 3.Grasp the key language points and grammatical structures in the text 4.Conduct a series of reading, listening, speaking and writing activities. | 6 |
(六)教学建议
1、教学方法
根据理论教学目标与内容,设计相应的问题链,以关键问题为主线,实施启发式教学,以引导学生发现问题、分析问题与解决问题的能力。并根据每一单元的教学内容设计相关的与职场相关的实训项目,培养学生的职场英语应用能力。
课堂教学中引入开放探究式的互动讨论,讨论包括课前小组研讨与课堂集体讨论两个阶段。课前小组研讨阶段,学生4-6人组成一个讨论小组,每个小组围绕一个主题进行组内研讨,并制作用于课堂演示与讨论的PPT;课堂讨论阶段,每组推选一个报告人,进行限定时间的报告演示,然后进行师生提问、开放式讨论、教师点评等互动环节。教师可根据讨论现场情况以及课堂讨论期间新出现的重点或热点适当进行时间设计与课堂教学过程的调整。
2、教学评价
考核分类 | 考核内容及方式 | 评定方式 | 百分比 |
终结性评价 | 笔试闭卷考试 | 教师评定 | 50% |
形成性评价 | 课堂主动发言 | 每次加2分,满分10分 | 10% |
课堂解说PPT(制作精美,解说流利) | 自评、互评、教师评定相结合 | 10% | |
笔记整理 | 自评、互评、教师评定相结合 | 10% | |
平台作业 | 自评,互评,教师评定相结合 | 10% | |
百词斩单词打卡 | QQ群打卡 | 10% | |
出勤,课堂提问 | 倒扣分(满分10分,旷课一次扣一分,提问时不听讲扣一分,扣完为止) | ||
总分 | 100 |
教学评价由过程性评价(平时成绩)和终结性评价(期终考试)两部分组成。过程性评价成绩占学期总成绩的50%,终结性评估成绩占学期总成绩的50%。
注:一学期无故旷课三次者,期末出勤成绩零分;一学期缺课节数达到该课程本学期课时的三分之一者,取消考试资格。
3、教学资源
(1)师资队伍:本课程要求大多数教师具有研究生及以上英语专业所具备的英语相关知识和能力,健康的身心以及热爱教育工作,热爱学生;同时有较强的教学能力、教育科研能力和创新能力,能掌握相关高等教育法规,具有一定的教育学、心理学基本知识,并能运用在实际教学过程中。另外好要求教师具有制作多媒体课件进行教学设计的能力,并具有应用现代教育技术进行教学的能力。
(2)实训条件:在硬件建设方面,配有语言实验室、若干个多媒体教室。努力营造良好的英语学习氛围,建立有效的激励机制。各专业为承担本专业英语课程的任课教师提供本专业相关信息。
(3)参考书:全新版大学英语(第二版).综合教程(1)学生用书1-4册,李荫华主编,上海外语教育出版社,2013年。
其它资源:为学生提供适合大学英语教学的各种网络信息资源、教学光盘、课件、英文报刊和杂志。