SPOC学校专有课程
ESTC （硕士生学位英语 秋）
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spContent=ESTC《英语科技交流》是针对电子科技大学的研究生提高学术交际能力而设计的课程。课堂教学涉及学术英语听说读写各个方面，但重点突出科技书面交流。课程分成两个阶段。本学期为第一阶段，主要目的是提高学术阅读速度和文献综述写作能力，使学生有效掌握科技文献检索和整理的方法，提高论文写作质量。
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课程概述

Course Description

English for Science and Technical Communication (ESTC) is a task-based course designed for the UESTC graduate students for the purpose of cross-cultural academic communication. The focus for ESTC (1) for the fall semester will be placed on reading comprehension of scientific research papers and skills of writing literature reviews.  

The course attempts to help you—  

◦    improve language skills, more specifically, in academic reading and summary writing,

◦    master specific language conventions in academic research writing, 

◦    understand the structure and logic of research published in your own discipline, 

◦    apply tools and strategies to promote your own research, and

◦    work on an overall strategy to develop academic communication skills    


授课目标

Major Assignments and Evaluation

Assignments

%

Due Date

Participation   in class discussion

10

Through   the semester

Reading quizzes

10

Through   the semester 

Vocabulary test

5

TBA

Annotated bibliography:

(1)     Research topic report  

(2)     Online submission   for peer review

(3)     Printed revision

 

5

15

15

 

Oct.   8:print of (1) with your advisor’s approval

Oct.   29: (2) online; for peer reviews by Nov. 12

Nov.   26: print of  (3) as the final revision   of (2)

Literature   review on the research topic

40

Dec. 24 (submission online)

            Total  

100

 



成绩要求

Grading Scheme

Excellent

Good

Satisfactory

Poor

Minimal Pass  

Failure

A   = 90-100

B+   = 85-89

C+   = 75-79

D+   = 65-69

D   = 60-64

F   = 59 or less

 

B   =80-84

C   = 70-74

 

 

 


1）  I     will grade and return your submitted assignments within two weeks. 

2)     Your  final grade will be based on your work in the course. If you are concerned about a grade, see me during office hours or make an appointment.  

3)      You are responsible for all assignments  in this course and must complete ALL required work to receive a passing grade.

4)       NO more than 15 % of one paper is allowe to be written by or quoted from others.



课程大纲
预备知识

1. 普通大学英语课程 

2. 四、六级大学英语水平测试

参考资料

No textbook covers exactly what we want, so we will choose several textbooks for class discussions and self-learning after class. The textbooks provide guidelines for the learning of English vocabulary, speed reading, academic reading, and techniques of summary and review writing. I will constantly refer to them in class, and you should use them as handbooks in the process to complete the designated tasks.

Textbooks 

  • Armstrong, N. 2015. The Comprehensive guide to speed reading: Increase your reading speed by 300% in less than 24 hours.  

  • Li, H. 2016. College English writing. Beijing: The Higher Education Press. 

  • Nation, P. 2009. 4000 Essential English words 5. Compass Publishing.

  • Swales, J. M. & C. B. Feak. 2014. Telling a research story: Writing a literature review. Vol. 2 of the revised and expanded edition of English in today’s research world. Ann Arbor: The Univ. of Michigan Press. 

  • 马新英等，《英文科技论文阅读教程》(Reading English scientific papers)，北京：国防工业出版社，2016