《英语阅读1》教学大纲
二、课程性质、地位和任务
本教学大纲是依据高等学校外语专业教学指导委员会2000年制定的“高等学校英语专业教学大纲”所确定的培养目标、课程设置、教学原则、教学要求，及学时分配等相关规定，结合本专业的师范特点和本课程的教学改革的特点而制定的。《英语阅读1》课程是英语专业的必修课程，其后续课程为《英语阅读2》，即《零课时阅读》，开设于专业学习的一年级第一学期。《英语阅读1》课程的任务在于进行学习者培训，培养学习者自主学习、合作学习和阅读的策略，为有效开展《英语阅读2》（《零课时阅读》）作好准备。
三、课程基本要求
学生在教师的指导下，培养良好的阅读习惯，学会做读书笔记；了解阅读学习的策略，培养自主学习策略；掌握基本的阅读技能：predicting, skimming, scanning, guessing words, inference, 等等; 能读懂简单的应用文，快速获取所需信息；能以每分钟70-120个单词的速度阅读难度相当于21st Century的报刊和Thirty-Nine Steps (简写本)的阅读材料，理解中心大意，抓住主要情节；认识并熟悉一些文体风格，并能自觉的根据不同的阅读目的和阅读材料，选择相应的阅读技巧，对所阅读的材料进行预测、推理、归纳和分析，领会作品的真实含义；培养学生使用词典和网络资源的信息策略，逐步学会独立解决阅读中的一些语言难点和背景知识，以利于学生的终身阅读；通过阅读地道的英语原文，初步了解英语国家的一些历史、地理、文化和风土人情、认识中西文化差异，培养学生的跨文化交际意识和能力；建立学习小组，学会合作学习；帮助学生建构有效的认知、调控、交际、资源和文化意识策略，为其后期的学习以及终生阅读和学习奠定基础。
四、课程内容及学时分配
Lecture 1: A brief introduction to Zero-class Extensive Reading Course (2 periods)
Getting to know each other:
The purpose of university and the way to succeed in university ▲
A brief introduction to Zero-class Extensive Reading Course :
Course description
Expectations of the course for the students and teachers
Lecture 2: Reading & Reading Comprehension (1 periods)
The significance and definition of reading & reading comprehension
The purpose of reading
The types of reading & reading comprehension ▲
The models of reading ▲
For different reading materials and purposes readers are expected to adopt different reading
strategies and skills.
Lecture 3: Previewing (3 periods)
Previewing the textbook Reader’s Choice and learning the way to handle it
Getting familiar with the parts of a book, newspaper or magazine▲
Practicing previewing in articles and newspapers
The significance of previewing
Lecture 4: Vocabulary skills (3 periods)
Skills for guessing new words:
Context clues ▲
Word analysis▲
Skills for enlarging vocabulary
Lecture 5: Dictionary Use (3 periods)
Previewing and scanning the dictionary at hand
The information provided in OALD 6th▲
The types and selection of dictionary
Helping Ss get familiar with OALD 6th
Advocating efficient use of dictionary ▲
Lecture 6: Sentence study (3 periods)
Sentence patterns
Understanding difficult sentences ▲
Lecture 7: Paragraph reading (3 periods)
T he definition of paragraph
The structure of paragraph
The types of paragraph ▲
Topic & Main idea
How to get the main idea of a paragraph ▲
Enjoying the poem “Fueled”
