英语国家概况课程标准
英语国家概况课程标准
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适用专业：商务英语
一、课程概述
1．课程性质
语言是文化的载体，文化是语言的基础。英语语言学习和英国国家文化相互依存、密不可分。一个
优秀的英语语言学习者，若不了解该语言背后所承载的民族文化，其交际能力也会受到限制。该课程能使
学生了解和掌握英美两国政治，历史，经济，社会，文化和教育等基本知识，了解英美国家社会发展、现
状和影响这两个国家社会发展的因素，拓展学生的知识面，培养学生文化意识，启发学生了解西方社会，
了解交际规则，增强学生的英语语言学习能力，为后续专业课程的学习打下一定的基础，进而为培养高技
能应用型复合人才打下基础。
2．课程设计思路
本课程在设计上围绕合作学习法—任务型教学法、比较教学法、线索梳理法、启发式等教学法。
1）合作学习法—任务型教学法
合作学习法又称协作学习，是以合作学习小组为基本形式，系统利用教学中动态因素之间的互动，
促进学生的学习，以团体成绩作为评价标准，共同完成教学活动。任务型教学法是一种以任务或活动为
核心单位计划组织语言教学的途径,一种强调“在做中学”的语言教学方法。合作学习法与任务型教学法
结合是指教师设计学习任务，指导并帮助学生以小组为单位通过合作、协商完成学习任务的教学过程。
主要采用组织演示、演讲、讨论等形式。
2）比较教学法
比较教学法是在教学过程中，利用教学内容的相互联系和区别，促进学生掌握和巩固教学内容、达到
教学目标的一种逻辑思维方法。例如，在学习美国的政体时，我们可以和英国政体、甚至是我国的政体进
行比较，异中求同，同中求异。从而对“Parliament”、“ Congress”和我国的 NPC （ The National People’s Congress）形成更深刻的理解。运用这种教学法不仅有利于学生掌握基本知识与技能，而且有利于提高学
生的创造性思维能力。
3）线索梳理法
线索梳理法，尤其是历史年代轴线表示法是表达历史线索最清晰的一种方式，这种方式的特点是易于
梳理，可操作性强，非常直接，便于记忆。比如说，英国历史很长，如果不进行梳理，很难记忆，如果整
理成一条线索，效果却不能同日而语：
Early settlers—— Roman invasions—— Anglo-Saxons —— the Viking and Danish Invasions —— the
Norman Conquest—— William ’Rules ——the Great Charter—— the Hundred Year ’Wars—— the English Reformation ——the English Renaissance——the Civil War——the Glorious Revolution ——the Industrial Revolution —— the two World Wars
同样，美国历史部分可整理成这样一条线索：
The war of Independence —— the War of 1812 —— territorial expansion and Westward Movement —— the Civil War —— the two World Wars —— the Cold War —— the Berlin Blockade —— the Civil Rights Movement in the 1950s—— the Vietnam War
二、课程培养目标
1．知识目标
了解主要英语国家的地理，历史，经济和政治等方面的概况；了解主要英语国家的文化传统，风
俗习惯和社会生活的其他有关情况。
2．技能目标
扩大知识面，有效弥补英语专业学生知识面窄的不足；提高英语阅读的能力和语言应用能力。
3．素质目标
培养学生的国际商务语境和管理的跨文化观，令其在今后的国际商务环境中更好地进行跨文化交
际。
三、与前后课程的联系
1．与前修课程的联系
本课程为大一学生第一学期开设，无前修课程。
2．与后续课程的联系
本课程的后续课程主要有商务英语阅读与写作、外贸与运输英语函电、航运英语、公关礼仪英语等。
四、课程教学内容设计与学时分配
为了贯彻英语教学与文化知识课紧密相结合的原则，体现教学应以学生为中心，学生自己是学习的主
人的教学思想，帮助学生抓住重点，分清主次，了解大概，忽略细节，扩大文化知识面。本课程把所涉及
的六个英语国家按照地理和人口、政治和政府、经济、教育、媒体和节日及文学分为六大模块，供学生逐
一讨论，使他们通过比较与对照，更牢固地掌握这些国家之间的相似性以及各自的独特性。
工
序作教学内学备主要知识点教学活动设计
号任容时注务
Physical geography， political geography， climate ，
描述地图/
地理和图
1population size，demographical composition, level of4
人口片；演示urbanization, age, birth rate, racial/ethnic groups
Eg, .America in the Colonial Era
The War of Independence,线索梳理；观
2The Civil War,历史看历史记录片4 America in the 20th century,段
America in the 21st century
主要运用比较
3Government and political parties 政治和教学法，图示
4政府
法和讨论法
4
5
6
总学时
Economic data: GDP, GDP per capita, PPP, currency
(exchange rate with RMB), foreign currency reserve,
trading volume?
natural resources.以自主学习为
three-tiered economy: primary tier(agriculture, main
经济2
主，分组讨论products), second tier (industry, main products), third
tier (service, main products)
economic relations with China, economic problems
general educational system ，educational policy ,
教育、媒细分小模块newspapers, television and broadcast4
体、节日法， ppt 演示Literature of the different periods
讲解，观看作
文学6
品电影片段
复习、测
4
试
2
8 28 （总课时） =14（教学周数） *2 （周学时数）
以国家为模块可划分为：
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Chapter 1 Geography, People and Language
Chapter 2 History
Chapter 3 Government and the Commonwealth
Chapter 4 Economy
Chapter 5 Education, Media and Holidays
Chapter 6 Literature
The Republic of Ireland
Chapter 7 Society and Culture
The United States of America
Chapter 8 Geography and People
Chapter 9 History
Chapter 10 Government
Chapter 11 Economy
Chapter 12 Education, Media and Holidays
Chapter 13 Literature
Canada
Chapter 14 Geography and History
Chapter 15 Government and Society
Australia
Chapter 16 Geography and History
Chapter 17 Government and Society
New Zealand
Chapter 18 Society and Culture
五、教学资源
1．教材选用
教材选用原则：
1）语言难易适中、有利于高职高专学生课堂和自主学习。
2）选材新，时效性强。
3）教材编写规范，语言质量高。
选用教材为：《英语国家概况》，作者：谢福之；出版社：外研社：教材类型：高等学校英语拓展系列教程
2．主要学习资料
《英语国家社会与文化入门》朱永涛王立礼
《新编英美概况》来安方
《现代美国社会与文化》邓炎昌（ Volume 1 & Volume 2）
3．课程网站
https://www.sodocs.net/doc/5e4604380.html,
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https://www.sodocs.net/doc/5e4604380.html,
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https://www.sodocs.net/doc/5e4604380.html,/
https://www.sodocs.net/doc/5e4604380.html,/
http://www.canadano.1
4．教师任职要求
本课程教师最好是英语语言与文化专业方向毕业的，且担任过后续课程的教学，如商务礼仪、商务英语阅读与写作、商务英语听力与会话等以便与职业技能课程结合起来。如具有英语国家访问的经历则更难能可贵。
5、实训教学条件
1校内实训条件
序号实训室名称主要教学设备配备标准完成的实训项目备注
13204网络、多媒体语音室、设备分组讨论英语国家经分组连接济
23206网络兼多媒体语音室观看历史记录片段
33207网络兼多媒体语音室观看作品电影片段
43208网络兼多媒体语音室自主学习
2校外实训条件
序号校外实训基地名称完成的实训项目备注
1浙江盛泰物流有限公司
2上海顺杰船务有限公司
3南京宣德国际物流有限公司
4华泰重工（南通）有限公司
六、教学评价
考核、评价方式
本课程的考核方式分为两部分：平时和期末。
学生的平时成绩可占总评成绩的30%，包括课堂演示、完成课后作业和回答问题等活动。期末考试占70%。
期末考试采用闭卷形式。考试内容应涵盖该课程各章节的内容。考题可采用以下形式：○1填空；○2 判断；○3 名词解释；○4 简答题；○5 简述题。
七、其它说明
本课程没有对应的实训课，所以也没有实训考核。
英语国家概况期末考整理
Unit 1 UK 著名景点 Big Ben 大本钟2、Tower Bridge(crosses the River Thames; close to the Tower of London; symbol of London ) 3、Westminster Abbey ( Gothic church in the City of Westminster,London; Coronation and burial site for British monarchs.) 4、Red Double Decker Bus (mass transit) 英国基本知识 1、constituent parts ? England/ Scotland/ Northern Ireland/ Wales(国旗) 2、the national anthem(国歌)? God save the queen 3、The national Emblem? 4、National flower? Rose (Wars of the Roses - civil wars (1455-1485) between the royal house of Lancaster ( red rose) and the royal house of York (white rose).) 5、地理位置 6、Full name?The "United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland".（The British Isles不列颠岛; Great Britain; UK ; Commonwealth） 7、Three political divisions（行政区域）: England, Scotland, and Wales. 8、Commonwealth? A free association of sovereign states comprising Great Britain and a number of its former dependencies ; united as ?free and equal members‘. 9、Capital England(London); Scotland(Edinburgh); Wales(Cardiff); Northern Ireland(Belfast) 10、Backbone of England? Pennine 11、Ben Nevis? the highest mountain in UK. 1343m 12、North Ireland? National flower: Irish clover (三叶草)；Lough Neagh (the largest lake in UK) ; industrious; agricultural 13、Rivers and lakes?1. The Severn River(longest river; from the mountain of Wales to the Bristol Channel) 2. The Thames River (Main source of London‘s water supply;Second longest river in Britain; Costwold Hills--North Sea)3. The Clyde River (The most important river in Scotland)4. Lake District 5. Lough Neagh（The largest lake in Britain (396 square kilometers), Northern Ireland.） 14、The climate in Britain?pea souper 超级浓雾 Unit2 UK 1、the first settler? The Iberian(伊比利亚人) 2、Stonehenge(巨石阵)?was a place of healing center；The most important monument left by Iberian；There are about 80 stones, and each is five meters tall. 3、The Celtic language? the basis of both Welsh and Gaelic(盖尔语) (Irish,Scotish). 4、Hadrian ‘s Wall 5、7th century Heptarchy（七国联盟）?(Wessex; Sussex; Kent; Essex; East Anglia; Mercia; Northumbria) 6、Viking pirates(维京海盗) ? Vikings from Denmark；established some small kingdoms；Northern and eastern England 7、The Norman Conquest(1066)? The Normans that invaded England in 1066 came from Normandy in Northern France.
《新视野大学英语读写教程1》课程标准
《新视野大学英语读写教程1》课程标准 课程性质：必修课 课程类型： B类（理论+实践） 学分：6学分 学时： 68学时（4学时/周，上课总周数17周） 适用专业：英语教育 考核要求：闭卷考试，平时成绩占50%，期末考试成绩占50% 一、课程性质与任务 课程性质：本课程是英语教育专业的一门基础必修课，是英语专业的主干课程。课程任务：学生系统掌握英语语言基础知识，具体包括语言体系知识（指语音、词汇和语法结构等方面的内容）、话语知识和跨文化交际知识，全面培养学生的语言能力，具体包括学习策略能力、语言尝试能力、语言思维能力和语言交际能力，使学生初步了解英语国家的文化背景知识。 同期及后续课程：《英语语音语调》、《英语听说》、《英语泛读》、《英语口语》、《英语语法》、《英语写作》、《英汉互译》、《英语国家概况》等课程。 二、课程教学基本要求 1．知识要求 （1）掌握英语语音的基础知识； （2）掌握语法基础知识； （3）掌握词汇2500个； （4）掌握篇章结构的分析理论； 2、技能要求： 听力理解能力：能听懂英语授课，能听懂日常英语谈话和一般性题材讲座，练习收听英语国家慢速英语节目，语速为每分钟80词左右，能掌握其中心大意，抓住要点，能运用基本的听力技巧帮助理解。
口语表达能力：能在学习过程中用英语交流，并能就某一主题进行讨论。能就日常话题和来自讲英语国家的人士进行交谈；能就所熟悉的话题经准备后作简短发言，表达比较清楚，语音、语调基本正确；能在交谈中使用基本的会话策略。 阅读理解能力：能够基本读懂一般性题材的英文文章，阅读速度达到每分钟80词；在快速阅读篇幅较长、难度略低的材料时，阅读速度达到每分钟70词，能基本读懂国内英文报刊，掌握中心意思，理解主要事实和有关细节；能读懂工作、生活中常见的应用文体的材料；能在阅读中使用有效的阅读方法。 书面表达能力：能用常见的应用文体完成一般的写作任务，能描述个人经历、事件、观感、情感等，能就一般性话题或提纲在半小时内写出80词的短文，内容基本完整、用词恰当，语篇连贯。 翻译能力：能借助词典对题材熟悉的文章进行英汉互译，英汉译速为每小时100英语单词，汉英译速为每小时50个汉字；译文基本流畅，能在翻译时使用适当的翻译技巧。 3、素质要求： 针对英语教育专业的知识技能的特点，培养学生在幼儿英语教学和小学英语课堂教学的能力，提高学生的综合素质。 三、教学条件 1、教师任职条件 本科以上英语专业学历，身心健康，热爱教育工作，热爱学生；有较强的教学能力、教育科研能力和创新能力，具有一定的教育学、心理学基本知识，并能运用在实际教学过程中。另外要求教师具有制作多媒体课件进行教学设计的能力，并具有应用现代教育技术进行教学的能力。 2、实践教学条件 校内实训条件：语言实验室、英语角、英语演讲比赛等。能容纳60人、安装多媒体投影仪设备的教室一间。 四、教学内容及学时安排
英语国家概况试卷
内蒙古广播电视大学2010-2011学年度 第二学期《英语国家概况1》期末试题 ⅠThere are 20 questions in this part. Each question is followed by four choices marked A,B,C and D. Choose the correct answer to each of the questions and write your answer at the corresponding place on the ANSWER SHEET.(20 points) 1.The following were the founding fathers of the AmericanRepublic except _____. A Thomas Jefferson B George Washington C William Penn D Benjamin Franklin 2.Which of the following statement was NOT correct? When the War of Independence was over, _____. A each new state had its own government B each new state made its own laws and handled all of its internal affairs C the national government was called the Congress with little power D the relationships between the states and the national government were clearly defined 3.Service industry does not include ____. A banking B management consultation C airline D steelmaking 4.Three of the following authors were Nobel Prize winner except _____. A Ernest Hemingway B Eugene O’Neill C William Faulkner D F. Scott Fitzgerald 5. ____ invented the telephone. A Samuel R.B. Morse B Alexander Graham Bell C Thomas Alva Edison D Reginald Fessenden 6.The main mountain range in the west of US stretching from the Canadian border to New Mexico is ____. A The Appalachian Mountains B The Rocky Mountains C The Green Mountains D TheBlue Ridge Mountains 7.Both public and private universities in the U.S. depend on the following sources of income except____. A investment B student tuition C endowments D government funding 8.____ was NOT written by Hemingway? A Light in August B The Sun Also Rises C A farewell to Arms D For Whom the Bell Tolls 9.In the United States school system, which of the following divisions is true? A Elementary school, grammar school B Elementary school, junior high school C Elementary school, secondary school D junior high school, senior high school 10.Which of the following does NOT belong to the white-collar crime? A bribery B tax evasion C false advertising D robbery 11.Which of the following was written by Thoreau? A Nature B Walden C The Scarlet Letter D The Fall of the House Usher 密 封 线 内 不 要 写 参 考 内 容 《英语国家概况1》第1页 共6页 《英语国家概况1》第2页 共6页
英语国家概况(阅读)期末复习资料
英语国家概况（阅读） 1、Which of the following statements is NOT true? C.The Social Democratic and Labour Party is a very important political party in Britain 2、Which of the following statements is NOT correct? D.Parliament has no power to change the terms of the Constitution. 3、To get a bachelor’s degree, an American undergraduate student is required to do the following except ____. C.taking certain subjects such as history, language and philosophy 4、Which of the following is the only branch that can make federal laws, and levy federal taxes? B.The legislative. 5、Which one of the following is NOT particularly British Christmas tradition? C.Eating chocolate eggs on Easter Day. 6、Which of the following statements is NOT true about blacks after the 1960s? A.Blacks felt that they could be fully integrated into the mainstream of American life. 7、The New Deal was started by ___. A.Franklin Roosevelt. 8、Which of the following is NOT based on the fact? A.Members of Parliament elect the Prime Minister and the Cabinet. 9、Three of the following are characteristics of London, Which of the four is the EXCEPTION? C.London is not only the largest city in Britain, but also the largest in the world 10、In order to go to university, secondary school students in the US must meet the following requirements except that ___. D.They pass the college entrance examinations 11、Which of the following statements is NOT correct? When the War of Independence was over, ___. D.the relationships between the states and the national government were clearly defined. 12、Which of the following about the tabloids is not true? A.They are big format newspapers. 13、In the 17th century,the English government encouraged people from Scotland and Northern England to emigrate to the north of Ireland, because ____. A.they wanted to increase its control over Ireland 14、The largest religion in the US is ___. B.Christianity 15、Which of the following is NOT a feature of the House of Lords? C.The lords are expected to represent the interests of the public.
英语国家概况教学大纲
英语国家概况教学大纲 Company Document number：WTUT-WT88Y-W8BBGB-BWYTT-19998
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