英语泛读教学大纲一.教学对象:高校英语专业(四年制)基础阶段(一、二年级)学生二.教学安排:第二个学期教授《英语泛读教程》(一.二册)第三个学期教授《英语泛读教程》(三.四册)三.教学任务和目的:传授英语语言知识,启发帮助学生理解不同题材的阅读材料,培养学生的阅读兴趣,增强其语感,提高其阅读理解能力与速读能力,掌握基本阅读技巧,扩大词汇量,丰富文化背景知识。
四. 教学原则:本门课的教学过程中,不但要提高学生的业务素质,而且要培养他们的思想道德素质、文化素质和心理素质。
要注意学生知识结构的合理性。
打好扎实的语言基本功,注重培养跨文化交际能力,加强学生思维能力和创新能力的培养。
五.教学要求:1.二级要求:1 能阅读难度相当于Thirty-Nine Steps(简写本)的浅易材料以及Reader’s Digest,阅读速度为每分钟70-120个词,要求理解中心大意,抓住主要论点或情节,能根据所读材料进行推理和分析,领会作者的真实意图。
2 能在6分钟内速读生词不超过2%的一千词左右的文章,了解中心大意。
2.四级要求:1 能读懂难度相当于美国Newsweek的国际新闻报道;能读懂难度相当于Sons and Lovers的文学原著。
要求在理解的基础上抓住要点,并能运用正确观点评价思想内容。
阅读速度为每分钟120-180个词,理解准确率不低于70%。
2能在5分钟内速读1,000词左右、中等难度的文章,掌握文章的大意。
注:英语专业基础阶段分为两年,即四个学期,每级为一个学期。
六.教学内容:《英语泛读教程》(一.二册)(第二个学期)Book I:Unit 1 Text Little House in the Big WoodsReading Skills Previewing (1)Testing Fast ReadingHome Reading a Wonderful PresentUnit 2 Text Fool’s ParadiseReading Skills Previewing (2)Testing Fast ReadingHome Reading Sleeping UglyUnit 3 Text the InternetTesting Fast ReadingHome Reading E-mailUnit 5 Text CheatingReading Skills Understanding the TopicTesting Fast ReadingHome Reading Stolen DayUnit 7 Text Henry FordReading Skills Guessing Meanings of Words from Context (1) Testing Fast ReadingHome Reading Thomas EdisonUnit 8 Text Two Boxes of Gold (1)Reading Skills Guessing Meanings of Words from Context (2) Testing Fast ReadingHome Reading Text Two Boxes of Gold (2)Unit 11 Text the All-American SlurpReading Skills Recognizing Organization and Seeing Relationship Testing Fast ReadingHome Reading How do you do?Unit 15 Text Starting Over at 85Testing Fast ReadingHome Reading Sue Opens a New ChapterBook IIUnit 1 Text the Shadowland of DreamsReading Skills Using the DictionaryTesting Fast ReadingHome Reading Isambard Kingdom BrunelUnit 2 Text A Very Special GooseReading Skills Dealing With Synonyms and AntonymsTesting Fast ReadingHome Reading Happy AccidentsUnit 5 Text a Mother’s PlaceReading Skills SkimmingTesting Fast ReadingHome Reading to Grandmother’s House We GoUnit 7 Text Numbers and OmensReading Skills ScanningTesting Fast ReadingHome Reading Red Envelopes: It’s the Thought That CountsUnit 10 Text Ancient Olympic GamesReading Skills Facts and OpinionsTesting Fast ReadingHome Reading Modern Olympic GamesUnit 13 Text Danger by CandlelightReading Skills Underlining and ListingTesting Fast ReadingHome Reading A Physicist’s Life in a Turbulent World Unit 14 Text Overdue InterestReading Skills SummarizingTesting Fast ReadingHome Reading G.A.Fitch’s Diary《英语泛读教程》(三.四册)(第三个学期)Book IIIUnit 1 Text Invented WordsReading Skills Newspapers and HeadlinesTesting Fast ReadingHome Reading A History of EnglishUnit 2 Text The English Reserve and Politeness Reading Skills Understanding Headline Vocabulary Testing Fast ReadingHome Reading The American CharacterUnit 5 Text It’s Tough at the TopReading Skills Reading The News StoryTesting Fast ReadingHome Reading Visions on IceUnit 8 Text Anti-Smoking Role PlayingReading Skills Popular magazines and Magazine Articles Testing Fast ReadingHome R eading What Most Smokers Don’t KnowUnit 10 Text The Credibility PrincipleReading Skills Reading AdvertisementsTesting Fast ReadingHome Reading Nurture Your NatureUnit 14 Text Three Days to SeeReading Skills Reading the Administrative Language Testing Fast ReadingHome Reading BeethovenUnit 15 Text How do You Know It’s GoodTesting Fast ReadingHome Reading How We Listen to MusicBook IVUnit 1 Text Genius and the CraftsmanTesting Fast ReadingHome Reading Reading: Basic principlesUnit 2 Text The Population SurpriseTesting Fast ReadingHome Reading: “Suppose the Whole World……”Unit 3 Text Food FightTesting Fast ReadingHome Reading A Dinner @Margaret’sUnit 5 Text The 20th Century TimeTesting Fast ReadingHome Reading Watch and LearnUnit 8 Text The Life of Samuel JohnsonTesting Fast ReadingHome Reading The Life and Letters of Thomas Henry HuxleyUnit 11 Text Personal NamesTesting Fast ReadingHome Reading WorkingUnit 13 Text Happiness (1)Testing Fast ReadingHome Reading Happiness (II)Unit 15 Text The ChrysanthemumsTesting Fast ReadingHome Reading How Soon Can I Leave七.测试与评估测试须具有科学性、客观性和可行性。
应既有利于提高学生的语言运用能力,又有助于培养学生的思维分析能力。
测试内容应包括教学大纲规定的、学生在各个学习阶段必须掌握的语言技能、交际能力以及语言和文化等方面的知识;同时应注重检验学生分析问题和解决问题的能力。
测试方式可采用期中、期末试卷与平时成绩及课堂成绩相结合的方式。
试卷中的客观题和主观题应保持合理科学的比例。
平时成绩及课堂成绩可采用口头表述、讨论答辩或读书报告等形式。