Course schedule 1. Developing Ss'ability of independent learning to be automatic learners 2. Enhancing Ss'ability in using English: improving Ss' five micro-skills- listening speaking, reading, writing, translation- especially listening and speaking so that they can communicate in spoken and written English Required course materials: 1. College English( Book 1) Integrated Curse, Listening and Speaking Course, Reading Course Note: Reading Course book is used as Ss self-access material 2. One Dictionary Teaching and learning: 1. Keep in mind that it is YoU who have to study to improve your English. If you do not study y yourself, there is no use in coming to class. In other words, just listening to the teacher and other students in class does not help you improve your English 2. Be well prepared when you come to class. It is of great importance for you to prev iew the course materials before class according to the course schedule. If not, you'll find it very difficult to follow the class 3. Class participation is vital. You should actively join in pair work or group discussion and do oral presentation before class 4. It is important to turn in any assignments by the due date. If you know that you have a circumstance which will makes it impossible for you to turn in your assignment by the due date, you can and should come to consult with me about your problem beforehand 5. Your essays should be done in a loose-leaf notebook so as to hand in your assignments by a loose paper 6. Since attendance/absence is part of evaluation, keep in mind that your absence will reduce Useful English Learning resources: Magazines: English Language Learning, College English, English Salon, English Weekly, The world of English, English Digest, Overseas English Newspaper: 2/ Century China daily Websites:http:/epizza.nease.net(英语比萨园地;htp/w!listeningexpress.com(听力快车 htt/www.putclub.com(普特英语听力);hp/ww4writing.com(英文写作网), http://www.wwenglish.com(旺旺英语):http://www.chinadaily.com.cn(中国日报), htt/www.guardian.co.uk(英国卫报)htp/www.washingtonpost.com(华盛顿邮报)1 Course Schedule Aims: 1. Developing Ss’ ability of independent learning to be automatic learners. 2. Enhancing Ss’ ability in using English: improving Ss’ five micro-skills— listening, speaking, reading, writing, translation — especially listening and speaking so that they can communicate in spoken and written English. Required course materials: 1. College English (Book 1) — Integrated Curse, Listening and Speaking Course, Reading Course Note: Reading Course book is used as Ss’ self-access material. 2. One Dictionary: Teaching and Learning: 1. Keep in mind that it is YOU who have to study to improve your English. If you do not study by yourself, there is no use in coming to class. In other words, just listening to the teacher and other students in class does not help you improve your English. 2. Be well prepared when you come to class. It is of great importance for you to preview the course materials before class according to the course schedule. If not, you’ll find it very difficult to follow the class. 3. Class participation is vital. You should actively join in pair work or group discussion and do oral presentation before class. 4. It is important to turn in any assignments by the due date. If you know that you have a circumstance which will makes it impossible for you to turn in your assignment by the due date, you can and should come to consult with me about your problem beforehand. 5. Your essays should be done in a loose-leaf notebook so as to hand in your assignments by a loose paper. 6. Since attendance/absence is part of evaluation, keep in mind that your absence will reduce your evaluation. Useful English Learning Resources: Magazines: English Language Learning, College English, English Salon, English Weekly, The world of English, English Digest, Overseas English Newspaper: 21st Century, China Daily Websites: http://epizza.nease.net (英语比萨园地); http://www.listeningexpress.com (听力快车); http://www.putclub.com ( 普 特 英 语 听 力 ); http://www.4ewriting.com ( 英 文 写 作 网 ); http://www.wwenglish.com ( 旺 旺 英 语 ); http://www.chinadaily.com.cn ( 中 国 日 报 ); http://www.guardian.co.uk (英国卫报) http://www.washingtonpost.com (华盛顿邮报)