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《学术英语》（English for general academic purpose）教案外国语学院2016年8月《学术英语》（English for general academic purpose）教案外国语学院2016年8月《学术英语》课程教案基本信息Week 1/2/3Unit 1 Economics1st week--Lead-in & Text ATeaching Objectives:1. Professional KnowledgeGet acquainted with some important economic concepts(e.g. the invisible hand, signaling theory, antitrust law, comparative advantage,etc.)2. ReadingSummarize the main ideas of a text and identify essential supporting points Understand difficult sentences (e.g., sentences with abstract meaning or ambiguous reference)Analyze complex or controversial issues critically (e.g. monopoly, free market vs. government regulation, etc.)Course Structure (6 periods/unit)(1) Lead-in & Text A (2 periods)(2) Text B&,Text C& exercises (2 periods)(3) Research, lecture or seminar and writing practice (2 periods)Teaching key points:1. Know how to draw an outline for the text .2. Know how to identify essential supporting points.3. Get acquainted with economic concepts.Teaching difficulties:1. Help Ss to read and think critically.2. Guide Ss to know more economic concepts.Teaching Methods:Task-based language teaching, Audio-lingual method, situational language teaching, communicative teaching method, class discussions, classroom demonstration activitiesTeaching Procedures:Lead-in and text A1. Lead-in activities(1) Help Ss have a general idea about the concept of economics.(2) Question for Ss to discuss:--How do you celebrate Spring Festival? Write down your activities in the table in the textbook and analyze whose skill and labor are required to make these activities possible.--Share your answers with your partner and discuss the following questions:What’s the power that leads people to work and cooperate?What do you understand about economic life from the table?2. Text A(1) General Reading :a. Read the text quickly and find out English expressions from the text with thehelp of the English explanation.b. Write down Chinese equivalent for each underlined word in the following sentences then find as many synonyms as possible.(2) Reading in depth:Read the text carefully and answer the following questions.Q1. What is he purpose of mentioning " Thanksgiving " in the first paragraph ?Q2. Why won’t we give thanks for " the local mark et..turkey..weekend…newspaper. "?Q3. What controls grocery to stock up on turkey and Hollywood to release big movies ?Q4. Whose skill and labor are required to bring turkey to the table ?Q5. What does " invisible hand " lead people to do ?Q6. Can you give other examples to show the effects of "invisible hand "?(3) Abilities of thinkinga. Summarize the main ideas of Text A and draw an outline for it.b. Work in pairs and answer the following questions.--It hardly takes a miracle to explain….Thanksgiving….(para. 3)What does the sentence mean?--The bird had to be slaughtered……and priced and displayed. (para.5)Why does the author use so many “and”s in the sentence rather than use one “and ”before the last term?--The social order of freedom…gift from above.(para.9)What does “from above” refer to?--What is “invisible hand” in your opinion?c. Work in groups and discuss the following questions.According to Adam Smith, “the invisible hand” leads innumerable people, each working for his own gain, to promote ends that benefit many. However, some people think that the free market only promotes selfishness and greed, where business try every means to work for their own gain. What do you think? Can “the invisible hand ” do anything to deter business malpractice3. Assignments:---preview Text B &C, and get ready to answer questions in class.---make yourself familiar with the researching task on page 13 and get ready to do the research in group in the third class period.4. Reflection：5. Others：2nd week--Text B&,Text C& exercisesTeaching Objectives:1.Know what is specialized vocabulary and acquire some specialized vocabulary for economics.2. Understand the functions of parenthetical statementsprehend stylistic differences between formal and informal English and acquire some formal expressionsCourse Structure (6 periods/unit)1. Lead-in & Text A (2 periods)2. Text B&,Text C& exercises (2 periods)3. Research, lecture or seminar and writing practice (2 periods)Teaching key points:1. Know what is case study, and know more economic terms and cases .2.Acquire some specialized vocabulary for economics.e parenthetical statements properly.Teaching difficulties:1. How to make their own research well.2. How to use formal English wisely in academic writing.Teaching Methods:Task-based language teaching, Audio-lingual method, situational language teaching, communicative teaching method, class discussions, classroom demonstration activities,Lecture MethodTeaching Procedures:1.Text B(1) Imagine the following situations:---Your girl/boy friend gives you cash as birthday gift, will you accept it?---Your employer substitute merchandise for you paycheck,will you accept the cash or object?What are your opinions toward these two situations if you were the boy/girl friendor the employee?(2) Read “Gifts as signals”and find out what economics is behind these situations.(3) Signaling theory is useful for describing behavior when two parties have access to different information. Typically, the signal sender chooses whether and how to communicate certain information, while the receiver chooses how to interpret the signal. Signaling theory tackles a fundamental problem of communication and applies in various areas.(4) Work in group of 4-5 and discuss the following questions:--Why does the man's girlfriend break off their relationship when she gives her cash as a birthday gift? Analyze why in this case the cash gift is considered offensive but in some other cases it is well accepted?--Read more about the signaling theory and then try to find out the other examples in your life where signaling theory can be applied.--After reading the two passages “美国政府起诉微软公司违反联邦反垄断法”,“微软遭遇反垄断败诉前后”and “The Microsoft Case”, find out answers for the following questions :Q1: Interpret “antitrust”in your own words.Q2: Do you think Microsoft' s behavior is reasonable or not? why?(5)A case study refers to an intensive study of a person,group,phenomenon,etc., and is often used as an instructive example to derive underlining concepts and foster analytical development.(6)ResearchingMany years have passed since the U.S. filled its antitrust case against Microsoft in 1998, but echoes of the case continue to reverberate(回响). Search and read more articles to the case, think about the following questions and then discuss with your classmates.--Do you think the government regulation in this case will impede the technological progress in the industry?--Is the regulation a knid of intrusion, which is incompatible with the law of the “ invisible hand”?2.Text CTranslate Adam Smith'words in Paragraph 1 from English into Chinese.每一个精明的一家之主都知道，如果买一样东西所花的钱比在家里自己生产所花的成本要小，那就永远不要尝试在家里生产。