国防科技大学是国家“双一流”重点建设的国内一流综合性大学,享有“军中清华”的美誉,在现代教育技术和精品资源课程建设领域始终走在全国前列。
继成功推出《大学英语(口语)》和《大学英文写作》两门中国大学MOOC课程之后,国防科技大学外语团队重磅推出《大学英语综合课程》。本课程分为四个级别,分别为《大学英语综合课程(一)》、《大学英语综合课程(二)》、《大学英语综合课程(三)》和《大学英语综合课程(四)》,共40个单元120讲。每个单元均以主题为线索,在完成听、说、读、写、译等语言基本技能的综合训练过程中,注重对课文的整体理解、常用语言知识的讲解、关键词汇和句型的运用、文本特色和常用修辞的欣赏和分析;促进学习者对语言基础知识的掌握,培养学习者扎实的语言基本功,帮助学习者提高语言的综合应用能力;注重培养学习者的跨文化意识,提升和培养学习者的跨文化能力;注重锻炼学习者独立思考、提出问题与解决问题等自主学习能力和批判思维能力;注重学员的产出,特别是写作能力的培养,对每一个单元,都有针对性地对本单元所涉及的主要课文对象和写作任务进行了适度讲解,便于学习者领会写作任务,开展写作学习,完成相应的写作任务。
《大学英语综合课程(四)》的每个单元由三大讲构成。第一讲(Active Reading 1)和第二讲(Active Reading 2)包括课文分析、语言运用(涉及语言特色、修辞手法、句型讲解、词汇学习等)和文化小贴士等三个微视频,注重语言综合技能训练和文化意识提升;第三讲(Reading Across Cultures & Writing)包括课文阅读、文化拓展和写作训练三个微视频,侧重跨文化交际能力、思辨能力、以及写作技能的培养。
本课程的课程负责人为梁晓波副院长,四册授课内容分别由林骊珠、彭天笑两位主讲老师完成。《大学英语综合课程(一)》与《大学英语综合课程(二)》相对注重基础知识的学习和基础能力的培养,《大学英语综合课程(三)》与《大学英语综合课程(四)》则更加注重学习者的更高需求。课程在整体上体现了基础性、系统性、完整性、实用性,对于《大学英语》的各类学习者,都有较好的适用性。
《大学英语综合课程(四)》共10个单元,涉及就业、读书、时尚、金钱、性别差异、历史、家庭、建筑、语言、人文精神等10个主题。
Week 1 Unit One Nine to five
Overview
Active reading 1: Looking for a Job After University? First, Get Off the Sofa!
Active reading 2: If You Ask Me
Reading across cultures: RÉSumÉ across Cultures
Writing strategy -- How to Write a Good Résumé
Summary
Unit test
Week 2 Unit Two A Good Read
Overview
Active reading 1:Danger! Books May Change Your Life
Active reading 2:They Were Alive and They Spoke to Me
Reading across cultures: Things Fall Apart
Writing strategy -- Approaches to write a book review
Summary
Unit test
Week 3 Unit Three Fashion Statements
Overview
Active reading 1:Fifty Years of Fashion
Active reading 2: Eco-Jewellery
Reading across cultures: Tied up in Knots
Writing strategy --Describing Trends
Summary
Unit test
Week 4 Unit Four Money Talks
Overview
Active reading 1:Credit Card Trap
Active reading 2:The Key to Wedded Bliss? Money Matters
Reading across cultures:The Bridges and Gateways Of Euroland
Writing strategy -- Writing to Advise
Summary
Unit test
Week 5 Unit Five Gender studies
Overview
Active reading 1:Six Differences in English Gossip Rules
Active reading 2:Marked: Women in the Workplace
Reading across cultures:Feminism: the last 50 years
Writing strategy -- Reporting research
Summary
Unit test
Week 6 Unit Six All in the past
Overview
Active reading 1:Winston Churchill
Active reading 2:The Historian and His Facts
Reading across cultures:Bring History to Life
Writing strategy -- Expressing favor or disfavor
Summary
Unit test
Week 7 Unit Seven No place like home
Overview
Active reading 1:Golden Memories
Active reading 2:Home Thoughts
Reading across cultures:A Roof over Your Head
Writing strategy -- Rhymed Verse
Summary
Unit test
Week 8 Unit Eight Architecture: Frozen Music
Overview
Active reading 1:The Eiffel Tower
Active reading 2:The Meaning of Architecture
Reading across cultures:Santa Fe
Writing strategy -- Using strong or exaggerated language
Summary
Unit test
Week 9 Unit Nine Words of Wisdom
Overview
Active reading 1:Lessons to Be Learnt
Active reading 2:The Oddest English Spellings, or, the Future of Spelling Reform
Reading across cultures:Preserving the Icelandic Language
Writing strategy -- How to achieve humorous effects in writing
Summary
Unit test
Week 10 Unit Ten The Human Spirit
Overview
Active reading 1:Longitude
Active reading 2:The Storm
Reading across cultures:Apollo 13
Writing stratedy -- Writing a Scientific Essay
Summary
Unit test