Orientation英美社会文化

What is different
▪ Listening and viewing classes are incorporated into autonomous learning in the language lab.
▪ Attendance will be checked on a regular basis. ▪ The textbook could be bought or photocopied. ▪ Recitation involves ten passages from CET 6
Orientation
College English 5
Name of the Course
▪ British and American Society and Culture
▪ 《英美社会与文化》
What to cover百度文库
▪ 1. History ▪ 2. Politics & Government Systems ▪ 3. Mass Media ▪ 4. Religion & Beliefs ▪ 5. National Characters ▪ 6. Education ▪ 7. Economy ▪ 8. Holidays ▪ 9. Leisure & Entertainment ▪ 10. Social Problems
and both word and MP3 can be downloaded. ▪ www.cufe.eud.cn: School of Foreign Studies
Listening and viewing textbook
Listening and viewing
▪ 《新闻英语视听说》 主编：王哲 清华大学出版 社
attendance + assignment)
▪ God helps those who help themselves! ▪ Actions speak louder than words. ▪ By reading we enrich the mind, by conversation
we polish it. ▪ Ernest Hemingway: A Farewell to Arms, The
Sun Also Rises, The Old Man and the Sea ▪ Mark Twain: Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
(1885), The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876)
▪ Finish one unit every two weeks in the language lab.
▪ ..\关于2009级《英美社会与文化》课程.doc
Assessment tasks
▪ Final exam ▪ Autonomous learning ▪ Oral test ▪ Recitation ▪ Daily performance (presentation+
▪ Unit 1 Politics；Unit 3 Movies and TV；Unit 4 Music and Musicians；Unit 5 Sports；Unit 7 High-Tech；Unit 8 Education；Unit 9 Economy； Unit 11 People (8 units in total)