教學目標 Objectives

By the end of this course, students should be able to

·        List major aspects of modern American culture

·        Read American newspapers and magazines with greater ease and understanding

·        Discuss American films with greater understanding

本課修畢後，學生應該可以

l        了解美國文化的主要層面；

l        閱讀美國報紙較得心應手；

l        更透徹地討論美國電影。

 

適合修讀對象Target Students

Students with good basic English writing skills who want to learn more about American culture and improve their reading comprehension

有基本英語能力，對美國文化感興趣並想改進英語閱讀能力者。

 

課程內容大綱 Course Description 

The purpose of this course is to introduce non-Americans to the diversity and complexity of American culture.  The reasons for understanding culture are many: 

·        it enriches one's language ability to be able to culturally contextualize language usage;

·        it makes reading American newspapers, magazines and literature easier as one can grasp the background more easily;

·        it opens doors to intercultural communication.

In this class we will be using short readings from the text Contemporary America by Russell Duncan & Joseph Goddard (written for non-Americans and non-English speakers), newspaper and magazine articles.  We will also be watching Hollywood films of contemporary American life and then having guided discussions of the cultural aspects of those films.

作業說明

 

Classwork/Homework  --  (responses to written questions on readings and films)

評分標準
 

Classwork/Homework       50  (responses to written questions on readings and films)

Discussion                     30   

Midterm                        10

Final                            10

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