学习《英语国家概况》的学习思路与具体的学习方法建议
《英语国家概况》教学现状与建议
《英语国家概况》教学现状与建议
《英语国家概况》是英语专业本科生必修的一门课程，旨在深入了解英语世界国家的地理，历史，政治，经济，文化等情况，使学生具有系统的国家知识。
近年来，该课程的教学现状受到了严重的挑战，受到了师生的关注。
目前，英语国家概况的教学实践普遍存在几个问题，其中最主要的是教师对教学内容往往从传统的以省市、历史、文化为主的角度上来进行，忽略了新的发展突破和全球尽头的紧张关系，也缺乏对当代国际关系的重视，使得学生对这一必修课程的掌握极具挑战性。
其次，实践中常常遗漏并不太重要的内容，如经济问题，以及如何系统地研究国家间的联系等。
第三，实践中教师仅仅依靠语言传授学生知识，而较少利用地图，网络，实物等其他实践活动，使学生学习知识而不能深入理解重要内容，不能把握课程内容与学科技能之间的关联，无法激发学习兴趣。
为了更有效地提升学生的国家概况学习能力，教师首先应该调整授课思路，重点放在新的发展趋势，global relationship，国家间地缘政治关系等方面，以满足当今生活所需；其次需要把边缘性内容纳入课堂教学，学生有系统的把握全球尽头的紧张关系；第三，教师应该增加各种活动，形成一个真实的英语语境来剖析国家概况，如利用地图，有趣的形象，拼图等形式来扩展课堂，使学生获得真实的英语语境，更深刻地理解和应用英语。
总之，教师应该在英语国家概况课程教学中发挥领导作用，实施有效的科学教学，使学生具有系统性地掌握国家概况，有效开发学习能力。
学习《英语国家概况》的学习思路与具体的学习方法建议
学习《英语国家概况》的学习思路与具体的学习方法建议:学习思路共分三步：第一步：粗读。
先看大纲，然后把课本翻看一遍，大纲没涉及的内容也要看。
第二步：精读。
要面面俱到，读完每一章后，要做练习册上的题，除此之外，把自己总结的题也要掌握，然后重读这一章。
历史要一字不漏地看，其它的内容可参阅大纲，只抓重点部分看。
在这一过程中可以采用点线面的方法：点：抓好与章节主题相关的单词与词组，建立自己的词汇库。
课前找出课文/段落的关键词/词组（key words），进行课前预习的单词/词组记忆，课中巩固，可后复习，反复记忆。
线：句子。
找出与章节主题相关的句子表达。
进行课前预习的重点句子记忆，课中巩固，可后复习，反复记忆。
线也包括语法和句法。
面：段落。
找出与章节主题相关的单词、词组、句子的固定表达。
进行课前预习的重点单词、词组、句子记忆，课中巩固，可后复习，反复记忆。
面也包括背景知识。
第三步：记重点。
在熟悉习题的基础上，要通读全文，要看重点，依据题型去套书中的内容。
具体的学习方法如下：一、通读全文，掌握框架读书在有了具体的思路之后，还要在头脑中形成清晰的框架，从整体入手，然后，再把具体的重点加上去，这样，掌握起来，就不至凌乱。
二、找准重点，理清线索熟悉课文内容是任何一科都必不可少的。
《英语国家概况》比其它课要难，英国与美国的历史部分占很大篇幅，要作为重点去掌握，但这部分内容看起来又是那么宠杂，因此理清线索，摸清脉络之后，理解起来就轻松多了。
如：英国历史部分可整理成这样一条线索：early settlers—Roman invasions —Anglo-Saxons—the Viking and Danish Invasionsthe Norman Conquest—William‘s Rule—the Great Charterthe Hundred Year‘s War—the English Reformation—the English Renaissancethe Civil War—the Glorious Revolution—the Industrial Revolution—in the two World Wars 美国历史部分可整理成这样一条线索：the war of Independence—the War of 1812territorial expansion and Westward Movementthe Civil War—in the two World Wars—the Cold Warthe Berlin Blockade—the Civil Rights Movement in the 1950s—the Vietnam War每个要点之后都分别有重点，尤其每次战争的背景、时间、起因、结果都需要全面了解。
自考名师谈如何备考“英语国家概况”
《英语国家概况》是英语专科的最后⼀门课，通过了就能拿到专科⽂凭，重要性不⾔⽽喻，可是⽐较难。
想考好，要注意以下⼏个环节： ⼀、注意树种细节的穿接。
这门课的内容很⼴，包含地理、历史、宗教、政治制度、⽂化民俗。
看书的时候死背是没有希望的，只能越背越乱，串联起来就不⼀样了。
例如，英国历史是难点，就可以将历史时间⽤国王传位做线索，把这些关于历史的知识点串联起来。
思路⼀下就明朗了：诺曼王朝的三个国王分别为WilliamI，WilliamII，HenryI，其中提到的事实就是WilliamI创建GrandCouncil，编写DomesdayBook，引⼊天主教会制度（RomanCatholicChurch），⽽HenryI的时候，创建了习惯法（CommonLaw），这样做是⽤⼈名做线索，记住了关键事件，另⼀个⽅⾯，完整地了解英国王室的概况（这对英国⽂化地了解可是⾄关重要的）可谓⼀举两得，既准备了考试，也提⾼了能⼒，还开阔了视野，增长了知识。
⼆、⼀定要背好解词。
这门考试每次有四个解词，抓住了它们，等于拿到了⼆⼗分，背的时候⼀定要细，因为这门考试的特点就是专爱挑⼀些边边⾓⾓的地⽅考，不留神就丢分，2002年考stagflation，2003年考QuebecAct，2004年考stonehedge，以后还考了outback，有的在书上就有两句话，所有只要是有⼤写字母的地⽅，还都要看⼀下。
考试⼀年就考⼀次，差⼀点就有要等⼀年，与其年年准备，不如仔细准备，⼀次考过。
三、⼀定要紧跟考核⽬标学习。
2005年以后，这门课的考核⽬标就⾏了调整，有的内容不是考核范围了，所以必须加强对考核⽬标内容的学习。
范围⽐以前⼩了，内容也就少了，只要看得细致⼀些，考试的通过就指⽇可待了。
《英语国家概况》课程教学方法的探索与实践
《英语国家概况》课程教学方法的探索与实
践
《英语国家概况》是一门集国家概况、历史文化、社会制度、教
育文化、文化习俗等多方面知识于一体的综合性英语课程。
由于该课
程内容十分广泛且深奥，因此如何进行有效的教学成为该课程教学中
的一个重要问题。
在教学实践中，教师可以运用多种教学方法，如讲授、小组讨论、个案研究、角色扮演和多媒体教学等，以便使学生们更好地掌握知识。
其中，讲授是必不可少的一种教学方法，但单一的讲解方式容易使学
生们产生疲劳感，且难以激发学生们的兴趣。
因此，教师应该通过互
动提问、分组讨论等方式，充分吸引学生们的注意力，从而达到更好
的教学效果。
此外，教师还可以通过设置小组研讨环节，让学生们自主探索，
提高学生的主动性和积极性。
同时，通过多媒体教学，如图文并茂的PPT、视频材料等，增加课程的趣味性，丰富教学内容，促进学生们的
学习兴趣和积极性。
最后，在授课过程中，教师还应该注重学生的反馈，及时了解学
生们的学习情况，为后续的教学调整提供参考。
以此达到教师与学生
之间的互动，在教学中相互激发，产生良性互动，从而达到更好的教
学效果。
总之，通过以上几种授课方法的相互结合、灵活运用，教师可以
为学生们带来更加生动有趣、互动性强的《英语国家概况》课堂体验，达到更好的教学效果。
《英语国家》自主学习指导
《英语国家概况》自主学习指导一、课程性质和学习目的学习本课程的目的是了解主要英语国家的社会与文化概貌，如地理、历史、政治、经济、社会生活和文化传统等方面的基本知识。
通过课文的学习和各种练习的实践，达到扩大知识面，巩固和提高英语水平的目的。
二、媒体资源1、文字主教材：《英语国家社会与文化入门》（上册），也称《英语国家概况（上册）》朱永涛主编，高等教育出版社，1997。
《英语国家社会与文化入门》（下册），也称《英语国家概况（下册）》朱永涛主编，高等教育出版社，1998。
2、文字复习材料：中央电大《英语国家概况（上册）（下册）期末复习考核说明3、网上资源介绍和要求网上可以获得的教学信息有：课程简介（或说明）、课程导学、责任教师介绍、教学大纲（中央电大提供）、教学实施方案细则、教学一体化设计、教学辅导文章和练习、期末复习指导及练习、考试说明、作业说明、口试和笔试样题、在线练习等共计11项以上。
大家可以登录“宁夏电大在线”后在《英语国家概况（上册）（下册》网页看到。
教学动态辅导信息：是指不定期的有关教学活动的安排。
这门课将在“宁夏电大在线”公告栏目中下达这方面的信息，当你看到和你有关的信息时请你积极参加，可以增加你上网时间得分。
BBS讨论：这门课的BBS是在宁夏电大在线的BBS上《英语国家概况（上册）（下册》，当你在学习方面遇到困难、困惑、意见、失去信心时都可以发帖子，责任教师和同学们一起帮你解决。
终结性考核IP课件点播：本课程共有IP期末复习课件，是中央电大提供综合性复习节目。
大家可以点击IP课件看到此节目。
网上讨论：这门课的网上讨论是教师组织大家的讨论学习心得和学习方法的地方，也是同学们之间进行网上小组活动的地方，同学们可以在约定的时间参加，责任教师在每周二下午3：00-5：00在线，请大家注意并积极参加网上活动。
三、学习方法建议《英语国家概况（上册）（下册）各为3学分，共计6学分。
计划学时各54学时。
《英语国家概况》课程的学习焦虑及教学方法浅析
204《英语国家概况》课程的学习焦虑及教学方法浅析■栾婷燕／大连科技学院摘 要：《英语国家概况》是英语专业必修课，内容涵盖主要英语国家政、史、地、经济、文化等方面。
笔者在任教学校对三届英语专业学生的授课过程中，分析了本门课程的教学现状和主要问题，不断反思调整教学理念，总结了能够促进学生对本门课程自主学习的教学方法，希望能够为大学英语专业英语国家概况教学模式提供一些启示。
关键词：《英语国家概况》 学习焦虑 自主学习 多媒体网络教学 头脑风暴 CBI 慕课与翻转课堂一、课程现状及学习焦虑了解目标语文化国情是外语学习的重要环节，Poyato 甚至创造了新词“文化素”(culturemes)表示基本的文化单位，与音素、词素并列为外语学习的基础，并提出外语教育的培养目标应达到“文化流利”。
可见理解英语国家文化、思维方式、价值观和生活习惯对英语学习的重要性。
然而，许多学校对该课程重视不够，将本应讲授两个学期的课程压缩为一个学期（约32学时），地位与精读等课程无法相比。
另外，师资现状也问题重重：目前的英语教师多为语言专业出身，在法律、经济、政治等专业知识方面不能给出有效指导，而相关专业出身的教师大多不能胜任英语教学，外教授课又常把文化课程变成口语课，不兼顾语言教学和专业知识教学。
Horwitz(1986:125-132)认为英语学习焦虑是与课堂学习有关的焦虑，伴随英语学习全过程，包括交流担忧、考试焦虑和害怕获得关于自我的消极评价。
学生对《英语国家概况》课程出现焦虑心理，笔者将原因归结如下：首先，课程内容至少包括英美两国（有些学校还要加上澳、加、新等国家），无论是广度或深度都让学生望而生畏；其次，学生知识储备不足，理科背景的英语专业学生缺少政史地相关知识，文科生也因教材中专有名词、偏词难词多直呼读不懂；最后，教师因课程内容多而视难易程度略讲，但学生并未掌握，且教师多采用以教师为中心的理论授课法，降低了学生主体性与参与性而产生焦虑心理。
英语国家概况学习心得与体会
《英语国家概况》学习心得与体会英语国家概况（英美概况），雨婷认为是所有科目中最难的一科了！英概的出题范围很广，书中的每一句话都可能成为考题，尤其是选择题、填空题、改错题。
从历年考题上看，英、美两国概况所占分值比较大，其他几国相对少些。
其中以英、美两国的政治、经济、历史、教育、文化等方面为主，地理次之。
大家首先一定要把教材看透，如果感觉生词太多，可以先通读全文，然后把生词的释义及音标标注出来，再通读全文；若有英汉对照本，那学起来就更方便了！（呵呵，雨婷当时考的时候可没买到这本小册子。
）然后把以下几方面单独整理出来，常看常记，雨婷觉得考题中会常出现的。
当然这并不是雨婷在押题，而只是总结自己的考试经验而已，各位不要想偏了噢！！！^v^1、世界之最（国家之最、城市之最）；2、名作家作品；3、著名城市的地理位置；4、世界著名大学所在地及概况；5、各国历史（年代表）；6、历界总结；7、各国首都。
这几天雨婷将英、美两国的“之最”（世界之最、国家之最、城市之最等等）整理了一下，会贴出来的。
至于其他方面，因为最近实在抽不出时间来，过阵子时间充足了，再好好整理整理！快考试了，加油噢！以下是英国之最（世界、国家、城市之最）及少部分英国作家作品等。
声明：并非押题！！！这可是雨婷花了整整一天的时间、一个字母一个字母打出来的，呵呵，雨婷还是第一次打这么多的英文呢，感觉比打汉字费时多了！因为时间比较仓促，难免会有错误之处，望多涵噢！下次会打出美国之最（世界、国家、城市之最）及少部分美国作家作品等。
1、England is the most important part of the Kingdom in wealth, size, and population.2、Ben Nevis is the highest mountain in Britain. It is 1343 meters.3、The North Sea is the first high quality petroleum.4、Britain is one of the world’s most advanced manufacturing and trading nations.5、The British economy was the first to have been fully industrialized.6、The cotton industry, the largest branch, has undergone a severe contraction.7、The British agricultural industry is one of the most efficient in Europe.8、The earliest invasion is that by the dark-haired Mediterranean race called the Iberians.9、Birmingham is the second largest city in England.10、Liverpool is the second largest port of England.11、Before the great Ice Age, Great Britain was joined to the continent of Europe. It was then that men first came to Britain.12、Alfred was considered the first national hero.13、Normandy was the most highly organized state in Europe at that time.14、There were a number of lords, but the most important class was the knights.15、The Normans were the finest fighting horsemen.16、At the end of the century, the most well-known company, the East India Company was formed.17、The English Renaissance’s finest exponents were Christopher Malovve, Ben Johnson, and William Shakespeare. The greatest drama tist of the age was Shakespeare.18、The early 17th century was a period of the most acute class struggle between the bourgeoisie and the feudalists with the King as their head.19、Economic recovery was the most difficult task for the Commonwealth. In 1651 Parliament passed the first Navigation Act.20、The most notoriously comipt of the Whig statesmen in that half century was Robert Walpole.21、In 1761 the first extensive canal was opened. In1814 George Stephenson constructed the first successful steam locomotive.22、The economic boom which began in 1824 collapsed in 1825,causing the first of many periodic economic crises in the world.23、In1840 under the pretext of protecting her trade, Britain launched an aggressive war against China. This was the Opium War.24、From the mid-19th century onward a number of British colonies were organized into dominiors.The dominion of Canada was the first British dominion to be so organized.25、The Third Reform Bill of 1884 and the Redistribution Act of 1885 was the most important of reforms.26、The Irish question one of the oldest issues created the greatest difficulties.27、In foreign policy the most important achievement was the Locarno Treaty of 1926.28、In the early 1950’s,Britain’s first atomic bomb was tested, joining her to the US and the USSR as a nuclear power.29、Margaret Thatcher was the first female Prime Minister in the nation’s history.30、In 1981,the Humber Bridge was completed at 4626 feet the world’s longest Suspension Bridge.The world’s longest high-speed opitical fiber link connected Birmingham with London.31、The longest ministry of the century,it had glorified the Victorian values of self-help and nationalism.32、John Major became the first Western leader to visit liberated Kuwait.33、The European Union is the world’s largest trading bloc.34、The world famous universities Oxford and Cambridge,are the oldest ones dating from 1167 and 1284.35、Durham University came into being in1832,the oldest university in this group and the first English university after Oxford and Cambridge.36、A large group of nineteenth and twentieth century universities were founded in most of the biggest industrial towns and in a few other centres. They started as “university colleges”.37、The earlist known printed newspaper in Britain was published in 1513.It was called Trewe Encountre.38、The Times is the most famous of all British papers and the oldest at that.39、The most important Periodicals are the Economist, New Statesman,Spectator,New Society,Private Eye and New Scientist.40、British radio and television play an important part in daily life,social activities,cultural and educational causes.They are chiefly run by three companies:the British Broadcasting Corporation(B.B.C),the Independent Television Commission(I.T.C),and the RadioAuthority,though there are many commercial,companies.41、The Press Association Ltd.which was founded by provincial newspapers on a co-operative basis in 1868 is the oldest and largest news agency operating exclusively in Britain.42、Association football (or soccer) claims the highest popular attendance in the country.43、Golf is probably the most attractive of British sports.44、Stephenson’s ‘Rocket’ is the most famous of all steam locomotives.45、John Dalton was an English chemist and physicist, who is best known for developing an atomic theory in which the elements are characterized by different sizes and weights.46、The best-known scientific achievement in the nineteenth century was Charles Robert Darwin’s development of a theory of evolution.47、The number of the British Noble Prize winners in science before World War Ⅱ is the largest in the world.48、Fables which are about animals or supernatural persons or incidents and whose purpose is teaching a moral are pro bably the earliest form of story-telling.49、The best-loved story is about Robin Hood who was a popular hero living under the greenwood with his men, taking from the rich and giving to the poor and waging war against bishops and archbishops.By the time we get to the Middle Ages,we find the first great English poet,Chaucer.50、In the sixteeth century Thomas More issued his masterpiece Utopia in two books,the first of which contains a long conversiation on the social condition of England.51、During the Puritan period (or in the seventeeth century) John Bunyan was a commanding prosewriter and John Milton was an outstanding poet. Bunyan wrote other works, such as the Holy War, Grace Abounding to the Chief of sinners.52、Daniel Defoe and his Robinson Crusoe and Jonathan Swift and his Gulliver’s Travels belong to this period.53、Samuel Richardson is another novelist ren owned as a storyteller. He chose the epistolatary from and wrote“ the first modern novel.”54、The nineteenth century was the golden age of the novel. There were a lot of novelists, the greatest of whom was Charles Dickens. He is looked upon as one of the greatest creative writers who ever lived.55、The comic masterpiece of which Dickens was the proudest, is Picwick Papers. David Copperfield, which is largly based on himself, is perhaps his best novel. Other well-known novels include. The Old Curiosity Shop,Hard Times, Great Expectations, A Tale of Two Lities and Dombey and Son.56、Walter Scott was a poet and famous Scottish historical novelist, who wrote much. Among his novels and Waverley, Guy Mannering, Kenilworth, Woodstock and Quent in Durward. His bestknown novel is Ivanhoe, his best novel is The Heart of Midlothian.57、William Makepeace Tackeray, who largely wrote about middle-class society. He wrote The History of Pen Dennis, The History of Henry Esmond, The Newcomers the Virginians.58、Nineteenth-century England also produced many great women novelists, the earliest of whom was perhaps Jane Austen. Her most widely-read novel is Pride and Prejudice, though three others, Sense and Sensibility, Emma and Manse field Park, have slowly won their way to the front rank of fiction.59、Joseph Rudyard Kipling was the first British novelist to win the Nobel Prize, which he did in 1907.60、David Herbert Lawrence was an innovator of psychological fiction and one of the most controversial writers of the early 20th century, surpassed only by James Joyce in the amount of opposition which was caused by his works. His major works are Sons and Lovers, the Rainbow, Women In Love, Kangaroo, the Plumed Serpent and Lady Chatterley’s Lover.61、James Joyce was considered in the West and the most important and influential novelist writing in English.62、The name of Herbert George Wells is closely associated with science fiction. The Time Machine, The Island of Pr. Moreau, The Invisible Man, When the Sleeper Wakes and The Shape of Things to come are his best works about science.63、John Galsworthy was one of the most prominent British novelists and dramatists of the twentieth century. His maiden work is From the Four Winds.64、Another Nobel Prize winner was Bertrand Russell, who was a philosopher, mathematician, logician and novelist. He got his Noble Prize in 1950.65、Geoffrey Chaucer, the father of English poetry, describes a party of pilgrims going to Canterbury in his masterpiece The Canterbury Tales.66、The greatest English revolutionary poet of the seventeenth century was John Milton, whom we remember chiefly for his long epic in twelve books Paradise Lost, which mainly tells the story of Adam and Ere in the Garden of Eden.67、Two of the greatest names in the poetry of this century are William Butler Yeats and Thomas Steams Eliot. The Second Coming, one of the Yeats’s most famous poems, his most famous works are The wind Among the weeds, Responsibilities, The Tower, The Winding s tairs and The land of Heart’s Desire (a play of 1914).68、Eliot was born in American but he became a British subject in 1927. His best known work, The Waste Land, caused an uproar because of its originality and of the severity of its attack on English and American society, when it was published with Pound’s help in 1922.69、English drama is completely dominated by William Shakespeare. He is the great playwright and poet of the Renaissance, widely regarded by the people of the world as one of the greatest writers who ever lived Karl Marx takes Shakespeare and Aeschylus as the two greatest geniuses of whole theatre. He wrote thirty-seven plays, mostly in verse, many of which are still frequently acted. They include comedies. As You Like It, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, A Winter’s Tale, The Merchant of Venice, Th e Tempest and Twelfth Night; the great tragedies: Rome and Juliet, Macbeth, King Lear and Othello.70、Christopher Marlowe is the most gifted of the “university wits whose three best plays are Tamburlaine, The Jew of Malta and The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus.71、In the eighteenth century the most outstanding dramatist of the realistic school was Richard Brinsley Sheridan whose first comedy The Rivals was staged when he was 24.72、The British Museum Library is one of the largest and richest in the world.73、At the northeast end are Marble Arch which is famous for its lovely plants and the world-famous Speakers’ Corner, where outdoor orators make their eloquent free speeches on wooden soap boxes.74、In Tower of London, the first prisoner was Ranulf Flambard, bishop of Durham, one of the original builders of the White Tower.75、St. Paul’s Cathedral, the biggest and most well-known church in London, is a typical example of the architecture of the Renaissance.76、The old buildings of the Observatory are on the highest hill in Greenwich Park, which was beautifully laid out by Le Notre for Charles Ⅱ, but now the Royal Observatory has moved to Herstmonceux Castle in Sussex on account of the London pollution.77、The best-known quality of the British people and, in particular, of the English people is their exclusiveness.78、The British Parliament, is the oldest parliament in Europe.79、In speaking of John Bull, an image immediately appears in our mind. He is short and fat, with a tall hat on his head and a pair of boots on his feet. It is the nickname for Britain.80、“Ladies First” is also a British custom, though it is less observed today than it used to be.81、In British, “Three Don’t” :(1)The British have the habit of queuing. They don’t jump of the queue.(2)In England, you shouldn’t ask a woman her age.(3)Don’t try to bargain in Britain when you do the shopping.82、Three “INGS” refer to betting, drinking and tipping, ending for each of which is ING.83、Christmas Day is on December 25, which is the greatest of the Christian festivals, commemorating as it does the birth of Jesus Christ.84、New Year’s Day (January 1st) is part of the Scottish ‘Hogmanay’ festival which is more important than Christmas to Scots.85、April Fool’s Day is hardly a festival, but on that day you may find that someone has given you a false message or your shoe-laces have been tied together, or some other ingenious tricks have been played on you to make you an “April Fool”.86、There are three main world religious Buddhism, Islam and Christianity.87、The most important denomination is the Anglican Church.88、The British Parliament consists of three elements: the Crown, the House of Lords and the House of Commons.89、The House of Lords is the oldest part of Parliament.90、There are two major parties in Britain today. They are the Conservative Party and the Labor Party.91、In terms of the nature of cases, we can also divide the courts into two systems: the Civil Courts and the Criminal Courts.英语国家概况学习要领关于《英语国家概况》课程方面的辅导材料很少。
英语国家概况》课程实施细则.
英语国家概况》课程实施细则《英语国家概况》(上)课程实施细则一、教学建议本教材课文并非按语言难易循序渐进，而是按内容编写。
教学的重点是帮助学生了解英美国家的政治、历史、地理、社会、文化、教育等概况。
以阅读和理解为主，语法分析和语言点的掌握不作要求。
学习的重点以书后的Focal Points和练习为主。
要求学生能将每个章节所学的内容用英语进行概述。
二、教学进度两学期学完全书共二十四章。
上学期学完英国部分（共十二章），对澳新部分也应有所了解。
下学期学完美国部分（共十二章），对加拿大部分也应有所了解。
本课程以自学结合面授辅导，教师的面授辅导以讲解难点, 归纳重点、要点及课堂练习为主。
三、学习要点和考核目标第一编英国概况 The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Introduction: The United Kingdom1.A complicated country with a complicated name2.The effects of its imperial past3.A member of the European Union4.A multiracial society5.Remarkable class, regional and economical differences6.Significant role of LondonChapter 1: Great Britain1.A cultural and economic dominance of England2.Invasion from the Roman empire3.Settlement of the Anglo-Saxons4.William the Conqueror5.Parliament's dominance over the throne6.Physical features of Scotland7.A cultural division between highland and lowland8.The battle of Bannockburn9.Independence of Scotland for 300 years10.Union with England in 170711.A strong Scottish identity12.A brief introduction of Wales13.A history of invasions14.Wale's unification with the UK15.Campaigns for independenceChapter 2: Northern Ireland1.Physical features of Northern Ireland2.Economy of Northern Ireland3.The Home Rule Bill4.The Easter Rising of 19165.The Sinn Fein Party6.The religious conflicts between the Irish and the British7.A partition of Ireland in 19218.Civil Rights Movement9.The presence of British soldiers on Northern Ireland since 196910.IRA's violence in the 1970s11.Bloody Sunday12.The collapse of the power-sharing13.Cooperation between the British and Irish governments Chapter3: The Government of the United Kingdom1.King Egbert2.Divine right of kings3.The civil war4.Charles I5.Roundheads6.Magna Carta7.The Great Council8.William of Orange9.The Bill of Rights of 168910.The Cabinet11.The prime minister12.George I13.The Constitution14.The power and the functions of the Parliament15.The roles of the monarch16.The house of Lords17.Life peers18.The House of CommonsChapter 4: Politics1. 1. The importance of general elections2. 2. The formation of the government3. 3. Vote of no confidence4. 4. The electoral campaigns5. 5. The procedure of general elections6. 6. The Conservative party and the Labour party7. 7. The Liberal Democrats8. 8. The National Health Service9. 9. Margaret Thatcher10. 10. John Major11. 11. Tony BlairChapter 5: The UK Economy1. 1. The privatization in the 1980s2. 2. The main sectors of the UK economy3. 3. Primary industries4. 4. Secondary industries5. 5. Tertiary/service industries6. 6. Agriculture7. 7. Energy production8. 8. The offshore oil industries9. 9. The manufacturing industry10. 10. The city of London11. 11. The London Stock Exchange12. 12. The aerospace industry13. 13. ConcordeChapter 6: British Literature1. 1. Early British literature concerned with Christianity2. 2. Beowulf3. 3. The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer4. 4. The stories of King Arthur and his knights5. 5. The development of drama in the Renaissance6. 6. William Shakespear7. 7. Characteristics of the Romance writers in the 19th century8. 8. The Brontes9. 9. Charles Dickens10. 10. Sir Walter Scott11. 11. Robert Louis Stevenson12. 12. Characteristics of the twentieth century literature13. 13. Modernism14. 14. Postmodernism15. 15. Joseph Conrad16. 16. Virginia Woolf17. 17. D.H. Lawrence18. 18. E.M. Foster19. 19. George Orwell20. 20. John FowlesChapter 7: Sports in Britain1. 1. Popular sports in Britain2. 2. The FA and the FA Cup3. 3. Wimbledon4. 4. Equestrianism5. 5. The Grand National6. 6. The Royal Ascot7. 7. Hunt saboteursChapter 8: British Holidays and Festivals1. 1. Christmas and its traditions2. 2. The Boxing Day and its traditions3. 3. Easter4. 4. Ramadan5. 5. Trooping the Colour6. 6. Bonfire Night (Guy Fawkes Night) and the traditions7. 7. Hogmanay8. 8. Halloween and the traditionsChapter 9: British Education System1. 1. The purpose of the British education system2. 2. The relationship between education and social class3. 3. The influence of the church on schooling4. 4. Comprehensive school5. 5. Grammar school6. 6. The national Curriculum7. 7. Public school8. 8. Open UniversityChapter 10: British Society: Housing, Class and Race1. 1. Owner-occupation2. 2. Four main types of British home3. 3. Class system in the British society4. 4. Upper middle-class and lower middle-class5. 5. The hereditary aristocracy6. 6. Oxbridge7. 7. Life peers8. 8. Ethnic relations in BritainChapter 11: British Foreign Relations1. 1. Active in setting up the United Nations2. 2. Foreign policy influenced by its history and geopolitical traits3. 3. A parliamentary democracy4. 4. Relations with other countries and organizationsChapter 12: The British Media1. 1. Popularity and functions of the media2. 2. British main newspapers3. 3. The tabloids4. 4. The broadcast media第二编澳大利亚概况 Australia1. 1. Land, people and history2. 2. The political life3. 3. Economy4. 4. The cultural and social life第三编新西兰概况 New Zealand1. 1. Land, people and history2. 2. Political system, education and economy英语国家概况》(下)课程实施细则一、教学建议本教材课文并非按语言难易循序渐进，而是按内容编写。
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学习《英语国家概况》的学习思路与具体的学习方法建议:
学习思路共分三步：
第一步：粗读。
先看大纲，然后把课本翻看一遍，大纲没涉及的内容也要看。
第二步：精读。
要面面俱到，读完每一章后，要做练习册上的题，除此之外，把自己总结的题也要掌握，然后重读这一章。
历史要一字不漏地看，其它的内容可参阅大纲，只抓重点部分看。
在这一过程中可以采用点线面的方法：
点：抓好与章节主题相关的单词与词组，建立自己的词汇库。
课前找出课文/段落的关键词/词组（key words），进行课前预习的单词/词组记忆，课中巩固，可后复习，反复记忆。
线：句子。
找出与章节主题相关的句子表达。
进行课前预习的重点句子记忆，课中巩固，可后复习，反复记忆。
线也包括语法和句法。
面：段落。
找出与章节主题相关的单词、词组、句子的固定表达。
进行课前预习的重点单词、词组、句子记忆，课中巩固，可后复习，反复记忆。
面也包括背景知识。
第三步：记重点。
在熟悉习题的基础上，要通读全文，要看重点，依据题型去套书中的内容。
具体的学习方法如下：
一、通读全文，掌握框架
读书在有了具体的思路之后，还要在头脑中形成清晰的框架，从整体入手，然后，再把具体的重点加上去，这样，掌握起来，就不至凌乱。
二、找准重点，理清线索
熟悉课文内容是任何一科都必不可少的。
《英语国家概况》比其它课要难，英国与美国的历史部分占很大篇幅，要作为重点去掌握，但这部分内容看起来又是那么宠杂，因此理清线索，摸清脉络之后，理解起来就轻松多了。
如：英国历史部分可整理成这样一条线索：
early settlers—Roman invasions —Anglo-Saxons—the Viking and Danish Invasions
the Norman Conquest—William‘s Rule—the Great Charter
the Hundred Year‘s War—the English Reformation—the English Renaissance
the Civil War—the Glorious Revolution—the Industrial Revolution—in the two World Wars 美国历史部分可整理成这样一条线索：
the war of Independence—the War of 1812
territorial expansion and Westward Movement
the Civil War—in the two World Wars—the Cold War
the Berlin Blockade—the Civil Rights Movement in the 1950s—the Vietnam War
每个要点之后都分别有重点，尤其每次战争的背景、时间、起因、结果都需要全面了解。
三、对比分析，找出差别
在学习的过程中，这种方法是应用得最多。
可以说对比无处不在。
例如，每个国家的政体既有共同点，也有差别，差别就需要记住。
因为这往往是选择题里要出的内容。
四、依据大纲，，做好习题
习题既包括练习册上的题，又包括在精读课文时自己总结的题。
学会自己给自己出题。
在学习的过程中要不断积累总结知识点，自己给自己出题的同时，加强课后练习作业上的习题，经这样反复演练，学好《英语国家概况》就易如反掌了。