由于疫情在全球蔓延，2020年聘请外教来校授课及出国交流学习均受到严重影响。本次全英文系列研讨课特邀著名英语教育专家、香港浸会大学副教授、现任深圳大学高等研究院英语课程顾问教授黄月圆老师主持，将以线上教学模式展开。
本次课程仅面向2017级尚未获得1学分全英文系列课学分的同学报名组班。
报名方式：扫描下方二维码
选课截止时间：12月19日23：59
课程信息如下
课程名称:Open Your Mind to New Ways of Learning English
课程目标：
We have spent a lot of time in English learning. However, time consuming with low efficiency kept to be a common problem. Using English language became a weak point for some very excellent students. In this seminar, through practicing new ways of study, we will help students construct the holistic view of English learning and obtain some effective measures to support autonomous study. We will organize the contents closely related to current affairs, in a wide range from high quality media and with rich information. We will practice to learn from native speakers.
课程安排：
(1) Learning English through current events
Theme: Three major events in 2020 in the United States
·The US Presidential Election 2020
·Covid-19 cases and deaths in the USA
·Black Life Matters Protests in the USA
(2) Other interesting and effective ways of learning English
·Learning English through proverbs and quotes
·Learning English through TED talks
·Learning English through famous photos
·Learning English through short stories
·Learning English through documentary films
·Learning English through novels and movies
·Learning English through famous psychology experiments
·Learning English through humor
·Learning English through poetry
(3) Vocabulary learning and the importance of collocations
(4) CV writing and interview preparation
教学与评分方式：
Type of assessment | Weighting | Description of assessment tasks |
Class participation | 30% | This assessment is based on students’ preparation for the course and classroom discussion. |
Individual oral presentation (1) | 30% | Students choose a topic related to the three major events happening in 2020 in the USA and give a 5-minute individual oral presentation. |
Writing | 40% | This writing assignment helps students to prepare for graduate school applications. Students are required to write a CV and a self-introduction for graduate school interviews, based on their analysis of the characteristics of CV readers and interviewers. |
教材与参考书（将提供电子版）
The course textbook
Huang, Yue Yuan (October 2020). Englishfor Postgraduates and Postdoctors (1): General English.
(黄月圆编《研究生及博士后英语(1)：通用英语》, 2020年10月版)
Reference books
Huang, Yue Yuan (October 2020). Englishfor Postgraduates and Postdoctors (2): Online Resources: English
Learning Tools.
(黄月圆编《研究生及博士后英语(2)：网络资源: 英语学习工具》, 2020年10月版)
Huang, Yue Yuan (October 2020). Englishfor Postgraduates and Postdoctors (3): Academic Writing Basics:
From Words to Paragraphs.
(黄月圆编《研究生及博士后英语(3)：学术写作的基础:从词汇到段落》, 2020年10月版)
Huang, Yue Yuan (October 2020). Englishfor Postgraduates and Postdoctors (4): Research Article Writing: From
Abstracts to Conclusions.
(黄月圆编《研究生及博士后英语(4)：研究论文的写作: 从摘要到结论》, 2020年10月版)
Notes
The four books are open access books, available at Huang Yue Yuan’s webpage
https://ias.szu.edu.cn/info/1030/2419.htm
Download No. 6 – 9.
课程性质:全英文系列研讨，1学分，总学时16（讲座+研讨）
教学工具：腾讯会议
课程人数：17人
开课时间：12月28日18：00、30日18：00，1月4日、6 日、8日18：00。
