BasicEnglishReadingI:CourseDescription&SyllabusCoursetitle:BasicEnglishReadingIInstructor:JiangChunlanObjectives:1.Thepurposeofthecourseistohelpstudents’toimprovetheirintegratedskillsonlearningEnglish.Thiscourseistogivefreshmanathoroughunderstandingoftheimportanceandwaysofmasteringthe5EnglishSkills.PurposesforBasicEnglish:-listening-speaking-reading-writing-translatingStudentswillbeexpectedtokeepavocabularylog.TheywillalsobeexpectedtomakefulluseofEnglish-Englishdictionariesorbilingualdictionaries.2.Goala)GeneralTobegintounderstandandusecorrectlythebasicelementsofreadinginEnglishincluding:-WorktowardsfluencyinlearningEnglishbyenhancingskills,orlinguisticprocessingabilitiese.g.wordrecognition,syntacticprocessing-Studentstomovefrombottom-upprocessofreadingtoanincorporationofbothbottom-upandto-downprocessing.Interactivemodelswillalsobeusedforwordrecognition.-Studentstolearnvocabularyandgrammarrelatedtothetexts-Studentstoreadactively-Studentstoparticipateinpre-readingandpost-readingactivities-Reviewofvariousgrammaticalforms,includingnouns–countableandnoncountable,tensesandothersasneededb)LanguageStrategiesTolearnandstarttousethefollowinglanguagestrategies:-Previewing-UseofEnglish-Englishdictionariesorbilingualdictionaries-Scantofindinformation-Understandimpliedideasinreadings-Understandthewritingstyle-Skimmingtounderstandthemainfacts-Useofbackgroundknowledgetohelpyouunderstandareading-Findingtopicsentencesofparagraphstounderstandthemainidea-Learnparaphrasingc)AcademicPowerStrategiesTolearnandstarttousethefollowingacademicpowerstrategies:-Makeastudyplan-Goalsetting-Practicewhatyouhavelearnttoconnectreadingwithlife-Studyingroups/pairs-LearnhowtowriteabookreportFormatTheclasseswilladoptalearner-centeredapproach:-Teacher’sroleistocoachandfacilitate-Teachingandassessingareintertwined-AssessmentisusedtopromoteanddiagnoselearningClasseswillinvolve:-Participatorystylelessons-Practicalreading:individuals,pairsandgroups-Pairandgroupwork-Discussionactivities,bothoralandwritten-Introduction/reviewofvocabulary,grammar,languagelearningstrategiesandacademicpowerstrategiesStudents’responsibilities:-Topreviewalllessonspriortoattendingclass-TouseanEnglish-Englishdictionarytocheckunknownvocabulary-Toparticipateactivelyinexercisesinclass-TokeepaVocabularyLogofallnewwordsandwritetheirownsentencesofthenewwords-Toknow,understand,learnanduselanguagelearningstrategies-Toknow,understand,learnanduseacademicpowerstrategies-Toparticipatewillinglyandactivelyinthepre-reading,readingandpost-readingactivitiesinvolvingclasswork,homeworkandpeercorrection.-Toparticipateactivelyinallclassactivities,aslistedin(1)aboveincludingallclassdiscussionsandbrainstormingactivities.TextBooks:ContemporaryCollegeEnglish,YangLimin,ForeignLanguageTeachingandResearchPress.2010Reference:ANewEnglishCourse,LiGuanyi,ForeignLanguageTeachingandResearchPress,1999.Otherphotocopiesofappropriatematerialfromavarietyofsourceswillbegivenoutasandwhenneeded.Requirements:IndividualWorkforthesemester:-Bookreport.Studentsarerequiredtoreadabooktheyareinterestedin,andfindaviewtheywouldliketotalkabout.Thenwriteabookreport.Theywillhandinbeforethesemester.-Studentsareprovidedfouressays.Listentothemfirst,andthenreadaloud,finallylearnbyheart.Thefouressaysare:Youth;Lifeisachessboard;TheDoerofdeedandThreepassions(WhatIlivedfor)GroupWork:Presentationo...
