News English

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News English

• Orientation
• (Feb. 2008)

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• About the teacher
• About the course
• Objectives
• Teaching materials
• Assessment
• Teaching arrangements
• Why learn?
• How to learn?
• Grouping and choosing the topic

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About the teacher

• Name ??? (Vivian)
• E-mail flswwy_at_163.com
• Telephone No. [phone]
• PS Mails and calls are welcome. But if you
  expect a reply from me, please leave your name in
  the letter. And Id appreciate it if you just
  call me after 10 a.m. and before 10 p.m. Thank
  you!

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Objectives of the course

• Aiming to promote liberal education through
  English to sophomore undergraduates, Broadcast
  News English adopts authentic broadcast materials
  in teaching to provide the learners with an
  authentic English environment.
• Learners will be greatly motivated to know the
  world, enrich their knowledge and broaden their
  horizons through English and make English the
  their routine working language, thus a
  sustainable English acquisition mode can be
  achieved.
• Apart from the textbook materials, learners are
  required to access the course website to update
  their knowledge, so as to achieve the
  above-mentioned objectives.

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Content of the course

• Content of the text-book
• 15 units including politics, economy, culture,
  education, entertainment etc.
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• Other supplementary materials
• voa news
• bbc news
• cctv 9 news

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Why learn?

• Ask yourself these questions
• Are you interested in English?
• Do you want to continue your English study?
• How to continue your study without the help of a
  teacher?
• Listening to or watching English news !

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• Other benefits
• Improve your listening skills
• Enlarge your vocabulary
• Improve your conversation skills
• Keep you alert to whats happening outside in the
  world

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How to learn?

• Interest
• Knowledge about news English
• A large vocabulary
• How to enlarge your vocabulary?
• News retelling
• How to do that?
• Some listening skills
• Listening to voa, bbc news on line

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Assessment

• Presentation 10
• Group work
• Attendance 10
• Participation 10
• Vocabulary quiz ( A,B supplementary) 20
• Exam 50

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• Presentation
• Group number Work in groups of 3 an anchor, a
  reporter and 1 interviewee (people involved or
  outsider)
• Form News report interview
• Subject the latest news happens in the week
  related to the subject of the unit
• Time limit5--10 min.
• Criteria
• Clarity 2
• Pronunciation and intonation (imitate) 2
• Insight 2
• Interaction 2
• Attraction 2

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• Exam
• 20Voc. from Part A, B
• 70Listening 40 from Part A, B, C, D, E
• 10Reading from China Daily and other newspapers

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Arrangement of a unit

• In class
• Presentation 5--10 min.
• Knowledge about news English 10 min.
• Listening Part A B 50 min.
• Discussion or supplementary listening 10 min.
• After class
• Listen to Part C, D E
• Learn some new words
• Listen to voa, bbc, cnn news on line
• Read some newspapers on line

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Web-sites for your reference

• http//www.chinadaily.cn/
• http//www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/
  
• http//www.bbc.co.uk/china/learningenglish/
• http//english.cctv.com/index.shtml
• http//www.putclub.com
• http//202.116.65.108/englishonline/

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• Grouping (topic for each group)
• Watch a piece of news if time permits.
• 1. Politics 2. Economy 3. Culture 4. Fashion
• 5. Entertainment 6. sports 7. scandal 8. people
  9. education 10. science and technology
• 11. Food and fitness 12. health 13. nature
  14. terrorism 15.religion

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New words

• bid ??,??
• woo ??,??,??
• democratic ???
• campaign ????
• patsy ??,??????
• candidate ???
• credential ??, ?????????
• senator ???
• pivotal ???
• poll ????
• electorate ????
• gender ??

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phrases

• count on ??
• give sb the edge ??
• get the ground ??
• tap into ??

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Questions

• Whats the main idea of the news?
• How do you get the main idea?
• How does Hillary Clinton describe herself?
• What kind of image does she want to show the
  voters?
• Is she popular with women?
• Which factor is important in the campaign?