新视野大学英语第三版读写教程第二册第二单元SectionAThehumanities:Out

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Section A The humanities: Out of date?

授课题目： College—The Ladder to Success?

授课时间：第____周第____周

授课类型：理论课

授课时数：4

教学目的：

After finishing this unit, students will be able to:

1. To talk about the significance of humanities; 2. Get deeper insights into the text;

3. Make creative use of words, phrases and sentence patterns;

4. To master the essay writing skill: focus on an advantagedisadvantage;

5. To readwith the skill “reading for major details

教学重点和难点：

1. To further understand the text;

2. To apply the words, phrases and sentence patterns; 3. To read with the skill “readin

g for major details”；

disadvantage”．

”．

4. To write an essay with the skill “focus

教学方法和手段：

Various kinds of teaching methods are used:

1. Teaching in class. Explain the profound theoretical knowledge in class; 2. Case stud

y. Provide case study during teaching, and make the students to discuss about the case

3. Bilingual and full English teaching;

4. Applying modern multimedia teaching technologies; 5. Taking advantage of abund

ant network teaching resources.

教学内容和过程：

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Section A The humanities: Out of date?

Step One Warming-up Activities 30 minutes

I. Lead-in:

Discuss the following questions:

do you think of your current major? If you were given a second chance to choo

se your major, what would you select and why?

— If I were given a second chance to choose my major, I would choose …／ I think bei

ng a … is …

— accounting, computer science, psychology, — civil engineering, philosophy, medi

cal technology …

— popular, interesting, enjoyable, promising, practical, meaningful, beneficial, well-p

aid …

2. What liberal arts / humanities courses do you learn in college? Do you think they ar

e necessary for your education?

— I learn Chinese, English, philosophy, psychology, history … in college. I think they

are an essential part of the college education and benefit me a lot. ? gain more insigh

t in life and society ? better understand and predict human behavior ? realize differe

nt interpretations of life and history ? understand the past which has created the prese

nt ? be aware of cultural and religious differences

II. Cultural background 1. What are the humanities?

The humanities are a group of academic disciplines that study the human conditi

on, using methods that are primarily analytical, critical, or speculative. Therefore, the

y are distinguished from the approaches of natural sciences. The humanities, called so

cial sciences, include history, anthropology, communication studies, cultural studies, l

aw, linguistics, etc.

2. Why are the humanities important?

Through exploration of the humanities, students learn how to think creativelyand

critically, to reason, and to ask questions. Because these skills allow students to gain

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