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第一讲秋季英美报刊阅读
第一讲2010秋季英美报刊阅读
ReadingCourseinAmerican&BritishNewsPublications
UndergraduateCourse
Xi’anInternationalStudiesUniversity
Prof.WangJiuping王九萍
Classmeetingtime:
Wednesday4:
00-6:
00pm(JA111#)
Officephone:
85319218
Officelocation:
JB222
Email:
wangjiuping@
Officehours:
Iaminmyofficelonghours,butthosehoursvary.Bestprocedureistocallmyofficeoremailmeinadvancetoscheduleapropertime.
Fall2010CourseDescriptionandGoals
ThiscourseisanintroductiontotheprincipleconceptsofreadinginAmerican&Britishnewspublications.Withafocusonconcepts,thiscoursepreparesstudentstoapplyjournalismtothereadingwherestudentswillnotonlybecomeawareofthegreat,controversial,andcriticalideascontainedinAmericaandBritishnewsmediareports,butalsoexaminetheinteractionsbetweenthenewsreporters’purpose,subjects,andaudienceexpectations.
ThepurposeofthiscourseistoexposestudentstoabroadspectrumofWesternnewsmedia,thought,politics,religion,philosophy,etc.,inordertogainagreaterunderstandingoftheEnglishlanguageandWesternculturaljournalism.InadditiontoanintenseexaminationofreadinginAmerican&Britishnewspublications,studentswillbeexpectedtosummarize,analyze,andevaluatethecoursematerials.
Assignmentswillconsistofexpository,personal,andpersuasivewriting,vocabularydevelopment,andresearchandanalysis.Mostwritingassignmentsandprojectswillinvolveanexplorationandanalysisbasedontheproperreadingchapters.
Asyoureadthesechallengingmaterials,younotonlywillexpandyourvocabularyandyourabilitytoextractmeaningfromsophisticatednewsreports,butalsowilllearntoinferimportantinformationaboutaudienceandpurpose,thuspreparingyourselftointerpretthecomplex,oftenveiledmessagesyouencounterinpolitics,business,andthesociety.
RequiredCourseMaterials
●ReadingCourseinAmerican&BritishNewsPublications.DuanmuYiwang.Nanjing:
NanjingUniversityPress,2010.
●Occasionalhandoutsofjournalarticlesorbookchapters.Iwilldistributetheseinclassand/ormakethemavailableonBlackboard.
●InternetaccesstoourBlackboardcourseshell,atleastonceweekly.TheBlackboardshellincludesmaterialsthatwillcomplementyourstudyofreadinginAmerican&Britishnewspublications.Inaddition,Iwillfrequentlypostmyweeklylecturesthere,aswellasreviewmaterialsfortheexams.
Grading
Detailsoftheassignmentswillbeexplainedinclass.Finalgradeswillbedeterminedasfollows:
SummaryandResponse(4times)15%
Weeklyreadingassignment15%
Newspapereditingproject(Teamwork)20%
Finalexam(open-paper)50%
ClassPoliciesandLogistics
●Weeklyattendanceatthelectures.
●Requiredreadingscompletedbeforeeachweek’sclassmeeting.
●Activeparticipationinthecourse,includingsubmittingassignmentsintime,andofferingquestions,suggestionstohelpmebetterteachyouandotherstoappreciateandunderstandthecoursematerials.
●Ifyoudonothandinthisassignment,orifitislate,youwillreceivean“F”iftheassignmentisgraded.Ofcourse,ifyouareillorhaveanemergency,contactmeassoonasyoucan,andwewillestablishnewdeadlineswithoutpenaltytoyou.
TentativeCourseSchedule
Week1(Sep.1st)Introductiontocourse&policies;introtoUS&UKnewspapers,newsagencies
Week2(Sep.8th)UnitOne----SocialGroups(Lesson1/2/3)
##LanguageFeatures---HeadlineStructure新闻标题特点
Week3(Sep.15th)UnitOne----SocialGroups(Lesson1/2/3)
***SummaryandResponse#1due
Week4(Sep.22nd)Mid-autumnFestival
Week5(Sep.29th)UnitTwo----PoliticalSystem(Lesson4/5/6/7)
##LanguageFeatures---prepositions前置定语
Week6(Oct.6th)NationalDay
Week7(Oct.13th)UnitTwo----PoliticalSystem(Lesson4/5/6/7)
***SummaryandResponse#2due
Week8(Oct.20th)UnitThree----FaithValues(Lesson8/9/10/11)
##LanguageFeatures---loanwords外来词
Week9(Oct.27th)UnitThree----FaithValues(Lesson8/9/10/11)
##LanguageFeatures---Blendingwords拼缀词
Week10(Nov.3rd)UnitFour----BasicNecessitiesofLife(Lesson12/13/14)
***SummaryandResponse#3due
Week11(Nov.10th)UnitFour----BasicNecessitiesofLife(Lesson12/13/14)
##LanguageFeatures---NewsLead新闻导语
Week12(Nov.17th)UnitFive----LifeStyle(Lesson15/16/17)
Week13(Nov.24)UnitFive----LifeStyle(Lesson15/16/17)
***SummaryandResponse#4due
Week14(Dec.1st)UnitSix----SocialProblems(Lesson18/19/20/21)
Week15(Dec.8th)UnitSix----SocialProblems(Lesson18/19/20/21)
Week16(Dec.15th)UnitSeven----EducationandEntertainment(Lesson22/23/24)
***Newspapereditingprojectdue
Week17(Dec.22nd)UnitSeven----EducationandEntertainment(Lesson22/
23/24)
Week18(Dec.29th)UnitEight----BusinessEconomy(Lesson25/26/27/28)
###FinalExamWeek
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