Course Name: College English I (21st century) Level: Band One, Undergraduate Class hours: 8 hours
Objectives of the course: Students will be able to
Unit One
1. grasp the main idea and structure of the text; 2. appreciate the write and reading skills;
3. master the key language points and grammatical structures in the text; 4. conduct a series of reading, listening, speaking and writing activities related to the theme of the unit.
Time Division for two-hour classes one time: 1) Revision (10 minutes)
2) Course delivery (around 70 minutes) 3) Review and assignment (5-10 minutes)
I. Starter:
i. Greetings & self-introduction;
ii. Three general objectives in college English study: The first one: passing the English course quizzes and exams; The second one: passing CET 4 and 6;
The ultimate objective: having a good command of English listening, speaking, reading, writing and translating. My motto: If you want something, work for it. iii. Class rules & grading system and seat arrangement
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? Clarify the class rules which need to be observed by the students and the grading system concerning attendance, assignment, in-class and after-class performance including participation, quizzes, midterm exam and final exam.
Deduction from the final assessment:
1) minus 1 point for failure to hand in in-class or after-class work in time once;
2) minus 1 point for the student‘s being late for class once, leaving earlier than allowed once;
3) minus 2 points for being absent once from class without leave or any other serious violation. ? Seat arrangement
II. Course delivery
i. Study of Text A “Secrets of A Students”
i) Warm-up
1. Background information
1) students at universities: freshman /sophomore /junior and senior junior a.年少的, 下级的, 后进的; （常与to连用）较年幼的n.年少者, 晚辈, 下级, (年龄、职位等)较低者, 大学三年级学生; [J-]小（指较年幼 者）
senior a.年长的, 最高年级的,属于或关于中学或大学的第四年和最后一年的 n. 年长者; 上司; 长官; 前辈; 资历深者;[S-] 年长者（附于
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姓名后，用来区别父子或兄弟）;[英]高班生, [美](中学)高年级生, (大学的四年级)毕业班生 She teaches a junior/senior class. 她教一个低年级/高年级班。 college senior/junior 大学四年级/三年级学生
John Smith Junior is the son of John Smith. 小约翰·史密斯是约翰·史密斯的儿子。小约翰 John Smith Senior老约翰
our senior class我们毕业班/高年级班
She is six years my senior/junior.= He is my senior/junior by six years.她比我大或说年长/小或说年幼6岁. He is three years junior /senior to me. 他比我小/大三岁。 She is senior /junior to me. 她比我年纪大/小。
She is senior to everyone else in the company. 她在公司里的地位比其他人都高。
2) grading system
The five grades used in U.S and UK to indicate the quality of a student‘s academic performance: A, B, C, D, and F.
Schools, colleges and universities in Great Britain and the United States commonly use letter grades to indicate the quality of a student‘s academic performance: A (excellent), B (good), C (average), D (below average), and F (failing). In the United States, work rated C or above is usually
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required of an undergraduate student to continue his/her studies; work rated B or higher is usually required of a graduate student to continue. In percentage scales, 100 percent is the highest mark, and 70 percent (or 65 percent) is usually the lowest passing mark. 2. Pre-reading listening 3. Pre-reading questions
Draw the students‘ attention to the following items: 1) the meaning of the letter Aa
2) the difference between ―a student‖ and ―A students‖ (showing that through pronunciation), then ask the students to further answer the following questions:
? What kind of student do you think is an A student?
? From the title of the text, what do you think the author is going to tell you in the text?
? Do you think you can be an ―A student‖ in this class? What are you going to do if you want to be an A student? etc.
After students have discussed these questions, the teacher may ask some of them to share their ideas with the whole class and the teacher may also make some comments. Then, the teacher may move on to the next step.
ii) Words and expressions:
Go through the words and expressions, paying attention to ? pronunciation ? meanings
同义词:见后language points 处的辨别athlete, sportsman/sportswoman, player
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? word building: learn word building knowledge to enlarge vocabulary in terms of suffixes, prefixes and word root.
suffixes: -ment, -ation, -tion, -sion, -ion, etc.( (do exercise VII.) prefixes: ir-, 如：irrelevant a. (to)不相干的，不相关的
word root: (part of a word) on which other forms of that word are based,如part, form
学习2个词根: part, form
词根: part=part(部分), to part(分开) ? part n. 部分，要素 v.分开，排出 ? partage n.部分,分配, 区分
? parting n.分别, 分歧处, (头发的)分缝 adj.离别的, 逝去的 e.g. a parting kiss 临别一吻
? partake vi., vt.(-took, -taken, -taking)（与of, in连用）分担,参与; （与of连用）吃；喝；分享 e.g. Will you partake of a drink with us? 和我们一同喝一杯好吗?
? partial adj. 部分的；局部的; 偏向一方的；偏袒的；不公正的;偏爱的；特别喜欢的 e.g. The research project was only a partial success.那个研究课题只取得部分成功。| I'm very partial to sweet foods.我特别喜欢甜食。
? partiality n.(pl. –ties)不公平的状态;偏袒或偏见;A special fondness; a predilection偏爱特殊的喜爱；对某物的偏爱 e.g. a child with a grown-up partiality for rare and expensive foods.一个对稀少的昂贵食物的偏爱不断增长的孩子
? partible a.that can be parted, divided, or separated; divisible 可分的可以分开、划分或分离的；可分的 e.g. a partible estate.可分割的
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