Postgraduate English for Professional Masters is one of the mandatory courses for agricultural and forestry graduate students designated by the National Agricultural Professional Degree Graduate Education Guidance Committee. The teaching objective is to cultivate high-level talents with an international perspective who master English knowledge in the field of agricultural and forestry and equipped graduate students with the ability to use English for academic research and international academic exchange. The course is based on the teaching outline of “Postgraduate English for Professional Masters ", combining general purpose English with agricultural and forestry professional purpose English, aiming to improve the comprehensive application ability, humanistic literacy, and political literacy of professional degree masters. The course covers various aspects such as agricultural and forestry academic writing, agricultural and forestry academic translation, literary cultivation, cultural confidence, academic integrity, ecological civilization, respect for teachers, scientific and technological development and progress, etc. Adhering to the teaching philosophy of cultivating morality and cultivating talents, language knowledge and ideological and political elements are organically integrated into the curriculum, inspiring students' sense of responsibility and patriotism. The course helps to guide students to establish a correct outlook on life and values. The course fully utilizes excellent online and offline teaching resources, with diverse teaching forms, rich content, and clear levels. It can effectively stimulate students' learning enthusiasm, improve their language ability, cultural literacy, and professional literacy, making them comprehensive talents who can engage in effective international academic exchanges and promote human civilization exchange and mutual learning. The course is mainly aimed at the field of agriculture and is also applicable to other scientific research fields.
Overview
Syllabus
- Unit One Love of Reading
- 1.1 Interview with Rice Specialist on Reading Experiences
- 1.2 Theme and Structure: Classification of Literature
- 1.3 Text Analysis: Repetition In Literature
- 1.4 Complex Sentences
- 1.5 Vocabulary
- 1.6 Academic Translation on Agriculture and Forestry: Abstract
- 1.7 Academic Writing: An Introduction to Academic Writing
- 1.8 Listening Comprehension
- 1.9 Discussion: Course Selection
- Unit Two Lying
- 2.1 Interview with Moral Education Specialist
- 2.2 Theme and Structure: Integrity-oriented Virtues
- 2.3 Text Analysis: Reduplication, Allusion and Anaphora
- 2.4 Complex Sentences
- 2.5 Vocabulary
- 2.6 Academic Translation on Agriculture and Forestry: Economics & Management of Agriculture and Forestry
- 2.7 Academic Writing: Scientific Abstracts I
- 2.8 Listening Comprehension
- 2.9 Discussion: Biology Field Trip
- Unit Three Global Warming
- 3.1 Interview with Biology Specialist
- 3.2 Theme and Structure: Causes and Effects of Global Warming
- 3.3 Text Analysis: Hyperbole and Antithesis
- 3.4 Complex Sentences
- 3.5 Vocabulary
- 3.6 Academic Translation on Agriculture and Forestry: Resources and Environmental Protection
- 3.7 Academic Writing: Scientific Abstracts II
- 3.8 Listening Comprehension
- 3.9 Discussion: Environmental Protection
- Unit Four Marriage
- 4.1 Interview with Horticulture Specialist
- 4.2 Theme and Structure: Marriage and Women's Self-empowerment
- 4.3 Text Analysis: Negation
- 4.4 Complex Sentences
- 4.5 Vocabulary
- 4.6 Academic Translation on Agriculture and Forestry: Food Safety
- 4.7 Academic Writing: Academic Introduction
- 4.8 Listening Comprehension
- 4.9 Discussion: Knowledge of Refrigeration
- Unit Five Diet
- 5.1 Interview with Food Science Specialist
- 5.2 Theme and Structure: Vegetarian or Omnivore
- 5.3 Text Analysis: Elements of Argumentative Essay
- 5.4 Complex Sentences
- 5.5 Vocabulary
- 5.6 Academic Translation on Agriculture and Forestry: Animal Science
- 5.7 Academic Writing: Materials and Method
- 5.8 Listening Comprehension
- 5.9 Discussion: Nutritional Food Labels
- Unit Six Unforgettable Teachers
- 6.1 Interview with English Specialist on Postgraduate English Study
- 6.2 Theme and Structure: Far-reaching Impact of Teachers
- 6.3 Text Analysis: Parenthetical Expressions,Anecdote and Symbolism
- 6.4 Complex Sentences
- 6.5 Vocabulary
- 6.6 Academic Translation on Agriculture and Forestry: Interpretation Skills of International Conferences
- 6.7 Academic Writing: Results and Discussion
- 6.8 Listening Comprehension
- 6.9 Discussion: Veterinary Internship
- Unit Seven The American Civil War
- 7.1 Interview with Specialist on Rural Economic Development
- 7.2 Theme and Structure: War or Peace
- 7.3 Text Analysis: Static Language
- 7.4 Complex Sentences
- 7.5 Vocabulary
- 7.6 Academic Translation on Agriculture and Forestry: Laws and Regulations
- 7.7 Academic Writing: Conclusion
- 7.8 Listening Comprehension
- 7.9 Discussion: Bird Watching
- Unit Eight Intellectual Innovation
- 8.1 Interview with Specialist on Publishing High Quality Papers
- 8.2 Theme and Structure: Darwin's Middle Road
- 8.3 Text Analysis: Fronting and Inversion
- 8.4 Complex Sentences
- 8.5 Vocabulary
- 8.6 Academic Translation on Agriculture and Forestry: Life Science and Technology
- 8.7 Academic Writing: Sources, Critical Approaches and Plagiarism
- 8.8 Listening Comprehension
- 8.9 Discussion: Seed Growth
- Final Exam
Taught by
Wang Bingying, Zhu Lin, Huang Li’an, Chen Jiamei, and Dong Hainan