An intoduction-主要英语国家概况.ppt

About you and I Who are you？ What are you now？ What will you be？ What are you going to be？ My role？Me？Someone who is to guide you or give you advice all for a while in your life and study？ Please feel free to contact me if you have suggestions and criticisms on my lectures, or if you have any worries or problems with your study. If contact me，please write to me 184852264@. About this course Title for this course？eg.美国，英国等名称（3 mins） Group work（10 mins）： 1. Four groups： 2. Course description-what is it about in your mind？ Case： I think，it is a course from which we can……. It is about…..; It is a course which take …as its purpose….. From which we learn…, we know….., we……. 3. why do we open this course for English-major students？ For the ultimate purpose： ………..to know about, to enrich, to enhance, to broaden, ? to communicate, to exchange, to cooperate?? to mutually respect and to coexist harmoniously in this globe ?? ?? ?? culture and language General Instruction-1 This course is designed to acquaint the second-year English majors with the facts of history, political system, geography, religion, educational system and other aspects of the United States of America, and brief introduction of another three English-speaking countries—Canada, Australia and New Zealand. General Instruction-2 英美概况是一门以知识传授为主的课程，主要介绍英语国家(包括英国、美国、加拿大、澳大利亚、新西兰)社会文化综合背景知识，其中涉及了英语国家的人文、地理、历史、政治、经济、教育等主要方面，为学习语言提供了必要的知识背景，因为语言与生活习惯、思维方式、历史习俗、社会事件、经济发展息息相关。该课程帮助学生了解所学语言国家的背景情况，培养学生的文化意识,帮助学生克服由于缺乏背景知识给语言学习带来的障碍，拓宽知识面。这对进一步提高语言水平，特别是交际能力有重要的指导意义。 Course Objectives 1.????? to provide a common body of basic knowledge concerning the UK. 2.????? to enhance an understanding of the English culture and an awareness of our own culture. 3.????? to cultivate a basic awareness of cross-cultural differences and an appreciation for differences in cultural beliefs and communication practices. 4.????? to train an ability to mindfully interact with people from English culture. 5.????? to encourage deve