“学术英语口语”课程英文名称为Spoken English for Academic Purposes，是一门围绕学术交流活动，为提升学习者学术英语口语技能，初步培养学习者学术素养和思辨能力而设计的课程。该课程针对大学英语教学的提高目标和发展目标而设计，侧重于英语学术交流场景。课程结合大学生学习生活实际，围绕学术报告、论文答辩、学习汇报、学术研讨、会议主持等学术交流活动，开展听说技能训练，帮助学习者熟悉不同的学术交流场景，了解学术交流规范，渗透学术思维，提高学习者的学术英语表达能力，尤其是在高校、国际学术会议等学术场合进行学术演讲和讨论交流等方面的能力，使学习者通过本课程的学习能更加有效地参与到各类学术交流活动中去，为其日后的学习和发展奠定基础。
Overview
Syllabus
- 0 Course Greeting and Brief Introduction
- Unit 1 Introduction to the Key Concepts
- 1.1 What does “Academic” Mean?
- 1.2 Academic English and General English
- 1.3 Features of Academic Speaking
- Unit 2 Structuring an Academic Presentation
- 2.1 Structure of a Presentation-Introduction (Part 1)
- 2.2 Structure of a Presentation-Introduction (Part 2)
- 2.3 Structure of a Presentation-Body (Part 1)
- 2.4 Structure of a Presentation-Body (Part 2)
- 2.5 Structure of a Presentation-Conclusion (Part 1)
- 2.6 Structure of a Presentation-Conclusion (Part 2)
- Unit 3 What Makes a Good Academic Presentation?
- 3.1 Topic and Logic
- 3.2 Making use of voice
- 3.3 Making use of Body language
- Unit 4 How to support your ideas?
- 4.1 Examples
- 4.2 Statistics
- 4.3 Testimonies
- Unit 5 Visual Aids
- 5.1 Introduction to Visual Aids (Part 1)
- 5.2 Introduction to Visual Aids (Part 2)
- 5.3 PPT Design and Use (Part 1)
- 5.4 PPT Design and Use (Part 2)
- Unit 6 Oral Defense
- 6.1 Definition and Process
- 6.2 Preparing for an oral defense
- Unit 7 Seminar and Tutorial
- 7.1 Introduction to seminar and tutorial
- 7.2 Participating in seminar and tutorial
- Unit 8 International Conference
- 8.1 Introduction to International Conference (Part 1)
- 8.2 Introduction to International Conference (Part 2)
- 8.3 Conference Documents and Correspondence (Part 1)
- 8.4 Conference Documents and Correspondence (Part 2)
Taught by
Jie Gao and Ying Sun
