Comprehensive Courses in Business English IV

Course Code: XJB01021

Course Status: Compulsory

Class Hours: 4 per week, 72 in total

Credit Value: 4

Prerequisite: English Grammar Course, English Reading Course

Objectives:

This course aims to train students’ comprehensive skills in English (listening, speaking, reading, writing, translation and presentation) in order to increase their linguistic proficiency and communicative skills. In addition, it helps to enhance students' ability of critical thinking and cross-cultural awareness. Moreover, it will introduce useful learning strategies for self-study and help students form good study habits.

Course content:

1) Pronunciation and intonation: introducing knowledge of pronunciation, including phonetics, accents, rhythms, pauses, intonation, explosion and assimilation.

2) Grammar: subjunctive mood, subject-verb agreement, predicative clause, objective clause, attributive clause etc.

3) Vocabulary: students are required to recognize 4000-5000 words and master 2000-2500 words and their collocation.

4) Reading: discussing and understanding the main idea of the article.

5) Spoken language: teachers carry out practical activities according to the topics from the text, and guide students to speak out and express their thoughts correctly and clearly.

6) Writing: in the second year, students are required to write essays of 200 words within 30 minutes; higher requirements will be applied in the third year. All the writings must stick to the topic and be clear.

Course book: Cai Yun, Business English: A Comprehensive Course, China Higher Education Press, 2009.

Reference:

1. Teacher's book of Business English: A Comprehensive Course, China Higher Education Press, 2009

2. Workbook of Business English: A Comprehensive Course, China Higher Education Press, 2009.

3. Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

(2) Assessment: attendance (5%); in-class performance (15%); homework (10%); mid -term exam (10%); final exam (60%)

综合商务英语4

1 课程编码：XJB01021

2 课程名称：综合商务英语4

3 课程性质：必修

4 教学时数：72

5 学分：4

6 先修课程：综合商务英语1、综合商务英语2、综合商务英语3

7 教学目标与内容（300-400字）：

课程旨在培养学生听说读写译演示的英语综合能力，提高学生英语水平和交流技巧，培养学生批判性思考的能力和跨文化交际意识，掌握自学策略，养成良好学习习惯。

8 教学内容：

1） 语音和语调：介绍发音知识，包括语音学、重音、节奏、停顿、语调、爆破和同化。

2） 语法： 虚拟语气、主谓一致、表语从句、宾语从句、定语从句等。

3） 词汇：学生需要认识4000-5000个单词，掌握2000-2500个单词及其搭配。

4） 阅读：讨论并理解文章的中心思想

5） 口语：教师根据根据文中话题开展实践活动，引导学生开口说并正确清晰表达自己的思想。

6） 写作：学生在二年级需要在30分钟内完成一篇200字的作文。三年级将会有更高的要求。所有的写作必须紧紧围绕话题，表达清晰。

9 推荐教材： 蔡芸，商务英语综合教程，高等教育出版社，2009

10 参考书目：

[1]商务英语综合教程教学参考书，高等教育出版社，2009

[2]商务英语综合教程学练考，高等教育出版社，2009

[3]朗文当代英语词典

11 考核：出勤（5%）；课堂表现（15%）；作业（10%）；期中考试（10%）；期末考试（60%）

《综合商务英语(4)》课程简介