英美报刊阅读教程.ppt

Selected readings of Journalistic English英语报刊选读Instructor: Lv Shumingemail: lshuming2006@126.com  Course Description: Journalistic Reading is an elective course designed to introduce students to varied aspects of English newspapers and magazines, including the features of headlines, the styles and structures of news stories and classification of news writing. This course will give students valuable insights into different aspects of English-speaking countries, mainly UK and US, such as economy, culture and politics. But it will also help make students become effective and critical readers. The teacher will choose some extracurricular materials from some major news media to supplement the textbook. The students are expected to read one or two news agencies /newspapers/magazines online regularly and pursue excellence in communication (reading and writing) skills. Various activities will be organized to motivate students, eg. weekly presentation and class discussion. What’s the difference between this course extensive reading? Benefits of reading newspapers Keeps us informed of what’s happening around the world and help us foster an interest in international hot issues. (educated people read newspapers/news magazines. In fact, it is important for us English majors to become English newspaper readers.) Exposure to up-to-date English reports will surely help improve our communication skills. (vocabulary in different fields, fluency in reading and more topics to talk about with foreign friends) New ideas and fresh perspectives on international affairs, especially Chinese affairs, will not only let us better understand foreign countries but also know ourselves better. (So, it’s fair to say that English newspapers offer us a window on the world.) It is a very useful means to keep pace with the latest development of science technology. What are we going to do? We are going to spend the 16 weeks on a brief introduction to news reports and 9 texts in the textbook