英美文化教学大纲

英美文化教学大纲
英美文化教学大纲

《英美文化》教学大纲

一、课程基本情况

总学时:32 讲课学时:32 实验学时:0

总学分:2

课程类别:专业选修

考核方式:考查

适用对象:英语专业

先修课程:基础英语

参考书:《英美文化教程》张绍杰科学出版社(第三版) 2012

《英语国家社会与文化入门》朱永涛王立礼高等教育出版社 2011

《英美国家社会与文化》董晓波清华大学出版社 2014

二、课程的性质、任务与目的

英美文化是英语专业的一门选修课。本课程的目的是使学生全面了解英国与美国的国家基本情况及其文化艺术的发展,对西方思想的形成有进一步的认识,并在不断扩展自身人文知识,为学好英语扫除缺乏背景知识的障碍,提高文化素养,培养跨文化交际的意识和能力。

三、教学内容、教学方法和手段、学时分配

知识单元一:英国文化(建议16学时)重点:英国的文化概况的基本知识。

此章节从英国地理、人文特征、宗教、社会、教育与文艺等介绍英国文化情况。包括社会各层面的发展和特征表现以及传统的风俗习惯等等。理解西方思想的根源,包括英国社会的思想意识的根源与形成;理解英国历史发展对其现今社会、宗教与政治制度的影响。掌握英国经济、文化和社会等方面的知识要点,以及用于分析国家社会现象的历史辨证方法。

主要内容:

(1)国土与人民(2)经济(3)政府

(4)司法与法律(5)社会福利(6)教育

(7)宗教(8)艺术(9)体育与娱乐

(10)报刊与广播电视 (11)海外关系

教学方法和手段:

演示法,讲授法以及讨论法。课堂上除了由老师对内容进行讲解,学生也有一定的时间对课堂内容讨论, 展示他们在课后所搜集到的资料。运用多媒体教学技术,活跃课堂气氛,协助课堂内容的清晰阐述。

知识单元二:美国文化(建议16学时)重点:美国的文化概况的基本知识。

此章节从美国的国家地理、人文特征、宗教、社会、教育与文艺等基本情况,包括社会各层面的发展和特征表现以及传统的风俗习惯等等。理解西方思想的根源,包括美国社会的思想意识的根源与形成;理解美国社会、文化结构多元化的历史渊源。掌握美国经济、文化和社会等方面的知识要点,以及用于分析国家社会现象的历史辨证方法。

主要内容:

(1)国土与人民(2)经济(3)政治制度

(4)社会福利(5)教育(6)宗教

(7)报刊、电视和广播(8)艺术

(9)交通运输(10)美国人的价值观

(11)体育与娱乐(12)海外关系

教学方法和手段:

教师讲授与学生讨论相结合;以多媒体专题讲座形式授课,对英美文化进行横纵向对比;播放相关的视听资料和课件。

四、成绩构成和评价方法

1. 平时成绩20分:

(1)人文知识阶段性测试10分

(2)小论文10分

2. 期末考试(80%):考核内容要覆盖教学大纲70%以上,体现知识应用、综合能力评价占60%以上。

3.该课成绩=平时成绩(20%)+期末考试(80%)

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