Course Title: English intensive reading (I II III IV)
Course Code12004 12072 12024 12034
Number of Credits: 3
Teaching Hours: 48
Prerequisites: None
Overview
This is a course using literature as a background for improving writing, reading and translating skills. Students discuss the general nature and elements of literature and literary criticism by reading and analyzing representative works of fiction, essay and novel. Based on this subject matter, students are required to write a variety of critical papers and analyze the grammar structure and the relating exercises. This course is suitable for those students interested in literature and in improving strong critical and analytical writing and reading skills.
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, students should be able to:
l Read, summarize and critically interpret literary works of fiction, novel and essay
l Write clear and coherent essays on expository and argumentative topics related to literature, using the elements and characteristics of that literature
l Interpret representative examples of the standard literary genres and analyze them according to basic literary theories
l Read academic expository and argumentative literary criticism related to literary topics for main points, interpretation, meaning and structure and summarizes, interpret and analyze this criticism
l Write college research papers that demonstrate both proper documentation and adequate library research
l Evaluate and apply critical thinking in the process of reading and writing as well as in class discussion
l Interpret influence of literary context including historical, social, political and cultural perspectives
l Make use of the knowledge of the world to make sense of the written text;
l Acquire, extract and organize information relevant to specific tasks;
l Understand different feelings, views and attitudes;
Delivery method
Group work, case study, classroom learning, presentation, Multimedia
Textbook structure
l Preview
l Section A(one text)
Culture Background
Pre-reading Activities
Text
New words
Phrases and Expressions
Difficult sentences analysis
Language points
Exercises (Comprehension of the Text, Vocabulary, Word Building, Sentence Structure, Translation, Cloze, Text Structure Analysis, Structured Writing)
l Section B
Reading Skills (text and exercises)
New words
Phrases and Expression
Exercises (Comprehension of the Text and Vocabulary)
The Main Topics and Texts
l For English Intensive Reading I
Time-Conscious American
Culture Shock
Learning the Olympic Standard for Love
The Standard for Olympic Excellence
Marriage across Nations
Rich Meeting His Future Mother-in-law
A Test of True Love
Love under the Nazi
Weeping for My Smoking Daughter
Stop Spoiling Your Children
As His Name Is, So Is He
Judge by Appearances
Lighten Your Load and Save Your Life
Are You a Workaholic?
There’s a Lot More to Life than a Job
What Youngsters Expect in Life
Never Be a Quitter in Face of Life
From Hardship Comes Success
Reports on Britain under the Bombs
Forty-Three Seconds over Hiroshima
l For English Intensive Reading II
Love without Limitations
The Framework for Love
Iron and the Effects of Exercise
Does Exercise Have Unexpected Benefits?
Where Principles Come First
Cultural Differences in Western and Japanese Decision-Making
Five Famous Symbols of American Culture
Engelvreit’s the Name, Cute is my Game
Graceful Hands
Decisions of the Heart
How to Prepare for Earthquakes
Changes in the Balance of Nature
Bill Gates
Martin Luther KING
Legal and Moral Implications of Cloning
Who Will Take Advantage of Human Cloning?
Premarital Agreements
Is the Traditional Family Structure at Risk?
The Challenging Friend I didn’t Know
The Meeting of Two Old Friends
l For English Intensive Reading III
The Tall of Fame
The Power of a G00d Name
Charlie Chaplin
The Political Career of a Female Politician
Longing for a New Welfare System
A Blind Man Helped Me See the Beautiful World
The Telecommunications Revolution
The Information Superhighway
Choose to Be Alone on Purpose
Roommate Conflicts
Bribery and Business Ethics
The Biggest Threat to the Role of Police Officers
Research into Population Genetics
Geniuses and Better Parenting
I Slavery gave me nothing to Lose
Why Are Women Afraid of Wrinkles?
Make Euro Disney More European
Not to Expect Profits Soon from Euro Disney
HOW to Cultivate EQ
EQ Plays a Role in Personal Success
l For English Intensive Reading IV
Unit 1
Section A A Technological Revolution in Education
Section B Be Your Own Tailor
Section C A Walk Through Cambridge University
Unit 2
Section A Do We Really Want Eternal Life?
Section B Scientists on the Threshold of Altering Our Descendants
Section C The Leaders of Tomorrow-and Today
Unit 3
Section A An Introduction to Sales Promotion
Section B The Package as Product
Section C Auto Maintenance-Don't Get Taken for a Ride!
Unit 4
Section A Work Still Has Value
Section B The Goodness in Guilt
Section C In Defense of Ambition
Unit 5
Section A Vancouver :A City Risen From the Forest
Section B New Rockets for the New Space Age
Section C A Digital Explosion in the World Economy
Unit 6
Section A Identity Theft :A New Epidemic
Section B Crime and Religion :An African Viewpoint
Section C The Confession of a Pickpocket
Unit 7
Section A The Melissa Virus :A Call to Action
Section B A Growing Plague of Hackers Threatens Business
Section C Still No Justice for Computer Crimes
Unit 8
Section A Money Can't Buy Morality
Section B John Lennon :The Conscience of Rock & Roll
Section C Get a Tank
Appendices
Glossary
Word Counting
Assessment
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Form of assessment
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Weighting
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Assignment
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30%
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Attendance
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10%
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Exam
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60%
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