The Challenge of College Education.ppt

The Challenge of College Education From What Every Freshman Should Know by Roger W. Holmes Outline 1. Warm-up Questions 2. Text Type Narration Description Exposition Argumentation 3. Main Ideas 3. Main Ideas 4. Structural Diagram 5. Text Pattern Sequence / time Space Compare-contrast Advantage-dis. Cause-effect Problem-solution Topical （G-S） 6. Language Points * * Warm-up Questions Text Type Main Ideas Structural Diagram Text Pattern Language Points What do you expect from college? What can we get from college education? What do you think of college learning? What do you think of college teaching? What do you think of classes? What do you think of exams? 记叙文 a movie 描述文 a picture 说明文 a lecture 议论文 a debate What kind of exposition, why, how, or what? And what is explained? You come to college to get a liberal education. Elect your courses with care. Do not select your courses with an eye to … The first thing you must learn is to stand … In gaining this perspective, you must come to know 6) the nature, 7) the society, 8) the creative spirit, 9) the tools of language and of thought. Summarize the main ideas of paragraphs. If there is a topic sentence, pick it out. It will give you necessary breadth. You must also specialize (why and how). You should devote the other half of your… You will have intellectual balance and … Summarize the main ideas of paragraphs. If there is a topic sentence, pick it out. College education Specializing Conclusion Breadth Introduction 13 Balance 12 Intensive S 11 Specialize 4 Own ideas 2 With care 3 Not for jobs 5-10 Program 1 Why college 10 总 6 Nature 7 Society 8 Spirit 9 Tools 5 总 顺序、时间 空间 比较-对比 利弊 因果 问题-解决 话题（总分） We have some fairly good ideas on the subject. We do not entirely follow these ideas. Liberal education, arithmetic, juggle, berth, do justice to, entertain, compel, grip, inflected, conversant, veneer, ally, manipulate, etc. Your questions? Contemporary College English Companion Reader 3 现代大学英语 阅读3