Course title |
English Reading(2) |
Course Code |
0210188 / 0210189 |
Course Level |
2 |
Academic Session |
3rd/ 4thSemester |
Credit Points |
4 |
Notional Hours |
36 |
Teaching Hours |
36 |
Aims
This course is intended to teach, progressively and systematically, the various skills which are necessary for successfully reading comprehension. After two semesters’ training, the students will be expected to read accurately and efficiently, so as to get the maximum information from a text with the minimum of misunderstanding. They will be able to show their understanding by re-expressing the content of the text – for instance, by writing sentences or paragraphs in answer to question, or by summarizing the text.
Learning Outcomes
One：
a.The ability for skimming and scanning;
b.General comprehension of the texts;
c.Recognizing organization and seeing relationship.
Two：
a.Telling narrative sequence;
b.Working out an outline of the stories;
c.Finding out signal words.
Three：
a.Focus on analysis of title and subtitle;
b.Finding out facts and statistics.
Four：
a.Distinguishing facts and opinions;
b.Finding out the thesis statement;
c.General comprehension of the texts.
Five：
a.How the texts are introduced and concluded;
b.Finding out the main ideas supported by examples.
Six：
a.How the definition is developed;
b.Finding out details;
c.Detecting the meanings of the words with the context clues.
Seven：
a.Understanding the implied meaning of sentences;
b.Dealing with synonyms and antonyms.
Eight：
a.Determining the author’s attitude;
b.How the texts are introduced and concluded.
Teaching and Learning
Lecture and presentations by the lecturer will be integrated with students centered in-class activities including tasks and exercises, independent, group and pair work. A number of debates will be held on the issues discussed in class.
Assessment
Assessment Type |
Weighing Factor |
Pass Mark |
Description |
Attendance |
10% |
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Coursework |
20% |
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including dictation of the new words and expressions; summaries of the in-class and after-class readings; classroom performance, etc.. |
Examination |
70% |
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Basic Reading List
1. The Economist
2. China Daily；
3. Beijing Review；
4. Outlook English Magazine；
5. 21st Century
6. Recommended reading list of English Novels:
Amis Kingsley: Lucky Jim
Jane Austen: Pride and Prejudice
Charlotte Bronte: Jane Eyre
Joseph Conrad: Heart of Darkness
Daniel Defoe: Robinson Crusoe
Charles Dickens: Oliver Twist
Conan Doyle: Adventure of Sherlock Holmes
George Eliot: Middlemarch
E. M. Foster: A Passage toIndia
William Golding: Lord of Flies
D. H. Lawrence: Sons and Lovers
Doris Lessing: The Grass Is Singing
Theodore Dreiser: Sister Carrie
William Faulkner: Go Down, Moses
F. Scott Fitzgerald: The Great Gatsby
Alex Haley: Roots
Nathaniel Hawthorne: The Scarlet Letter
Ernest Hemingway: A Farewell to Arms
The Old Man and The Sea
Margaret Mitchell: Gone with the Wind
J. D. Salinger: The Catcher in theRye
Mark Twain: The Adventure of Huckleberry Finn
Saul Bellow: Herzog
Felix Green:China
Han Suyin: A Mortal Flower
Lin Yutang: Moment in Peking
G. B. Harrison: The Bible for Students of Literature
Homer: The Iliad
William Shakespeare: Hamlet
Agatha Christie: The Murder of Roger Ackoyd
Murder on the Orient Express
Death on the Nile