课程简介
课程共设置八个单元十六小节，涵盖住宿、交通、银行等熟悉、容易切入的话题，以同一学术交流主题为线索，由不同作者从不同视角，由浅入深地进行多维度反复操练。课前搭配以主题为基础的语块及短语技巧练习；课内通过PPT设计讲授、TEDTALK视频听写译的理解与分析、小组讨论、交互辩论、演讲展示等组织互动交流与合作，授课过程中强调学术讲座笔记思维导图化、演讲辩论草稿提纲化，注重思维导图等习惯的培养，变被动输入为主动学习，鼓励从输入到产出的飞跃；课后布置续写和测试等作业，提供及时全面的反馈和提高路径，夯实并提高学习者英语听说读写译的综合能力，促进思想组织和表述，实现流利交流和演讲，使他们做到“言之有物，言之有序，言之有理，言之有据，言之有趣”；期末考核为书面测试，考察学习者的从思维架构到即时整理与产出的综合语言驾驭能力。与传统教材相比，本课程及教材设计引导学生有序整理、多维学习、深度思考以及综合探讨，全方位提高学习者的思辨能力和学术探索交流能力，兼具知识性、实用性和趣味性，适合具备四级水平及以上的本科生或研究生进行学习。
课程大纲
Introduction
1.1 Overview
1.2 A sample of debates
A Place to Live
2.1 Basics about chunking, connotation & denotation
2.2 Basics about connectives
Travel
3.1 Basics about mindmapping skills and reducing redundancy in presentations
3.2 Basics about subject-verb agreement
Food
4.1 Basics about the importance of standing from the audience viewpoint
4.2 Basics about the critical use of machine translation via Tedtalk translated versions
Sport & Fitness
5.1 Basics about facts & opionions, pros & cons
5.2 Basics about skills of writing good thesis statements
Fun & Entertainment
6.1 Basics about line graph description
6.2 Basics about bar chart description
Money & Banking
7.1 Basics about note-taking skills
7.2 Basics about pie-chart description
Relationships
8.1 Basics about summary
8.2 Basics about data summary
Work
9.1 Basics about Presentation
9.2 How to make your presentation flow
Final exam
Evaluating two proposals.
1.1 Overview
1.2 A sample of debates
A Place to Live
2.1 Basics about chunking, connotation & denotation
2.2 Basics about connectives
Travel
3.1 Basics about mindmapping skills and reducing redundancy in presentations
3.2 Basics about subject-verb agreement
Food
4.1 Basics about the importance of standing from the audience viewpoint
4.2 Basics about the critical use of machine translation via Tedtalk translated versions
Sport & Fitness
5.1 Basics about facts & opionions, pros & cons
5.2 Basics about skills of writing good thesis statements
Fun & Entertainment
6.1 Basics about line graph description
6.2 Basics about bar chart description
Money & Banking
7.1 Basics about note-taking skills
7.2 Basics about pie-chart description
Relationships
8.1 Basics about summary
8.2 Basics about data summary
Work
9.1 Basics about Presentation
9.2 How to make your presentation flow
Final exam
Evaluating two proposals.