English for Graduate Students.ppt

English for Graduate Students 清华大学 徐燕红 副教授 Xu Yanhong Associate Professor of English Tsinghua University Get into contact… 清华大学 徐燕红 副教授 Text Book 1. Active English for Postgraduates (Reading Writing) 《当代研究生英语》（读写教程） 2. Face to Face: an English Listening Speaking Course 《听说教程》 Final Test Structure Vocabulary (20%) Cloze (10%) Reading (5 passages ×4 or 4 passages ×5 , 40%) Translation (15% ) Writing (15%) 考试时间： 7月 18日（下午2：00-4：30） 150分钟 Lecture Plan 1 – Introduction; Unit 1 7 – Unit 9 2 – Unit 3 8 – Unit Review 3 – Unit 4 Face to Face 4 – Unit 6 1,2,3,4,5,7,9,12,,13,14,15 5 – Unit 7 6 – Unit 8 Plus materials for listening and speaking from Face to Face two units for each class 《听说教程》每次课两单元 Lecture 01 Introduction ? Guidelines 1. Performance vs. Examination-orientated Learning traditional approach: to centre upon examination; study text English, classroom English (artificial English) 2. Grammatical Correctness vs. ‘Homemade English’ To standardize/polish English (decent; elegant) 3. Communication vs. ‘Vocabulary + Grammatical Rules’ Approach (Communicative Appropriateness) Traditional approach: vocabulary grammar; new approach: communication, to develop communication skills (genuine language) Distinguished (adj.) Reporter / journalist: open-minded; outspoken; creative Editor; TV host/hostess; talk show host/hostess Silence is gold. Course Description Zero in on the target! Target: Learn to communicate successfully in English. Improve communication skills in different situations. What is Communication? 1. A two-way process: (message) sender-receiver relationship (two partners involved in a communicative process) 2. An interactive process: express oneself make the partner understand get the response from the partner A list of some of the main reasons for communicating Giving or asking for factual information. Expressing what you think or finding out what someone else thinks. Expressing what you feel and finding out what