托福:写作、阅读技巧与字汇(授课教师:杨健威)

  • 2024-01-10
  • 推广教育
《教学目标及特色》
本课程将深探托福考试准备的关键—学术英文(acdemic English)。本课程介绍学术英文的行文风格及字句架构,并深入解析、探讨授课教师精选的文章,以熟悉关于不同学术领域的英文论述,文章主题包含了托福中常见的历史、天文学、政治学、商学、心理学、文学、生命科学等领域。课程中同时介绍阅读辅助策略如略读、上下文判读等,搭配重点题型解析,提昇学员分析式阅读能力(Analytical reading ability)。
课程另一重点为学术写作,尤其是托福考试指定的申论题写作。课程将介绍短文(essay)的格式及架构,并透过中英文写作格式的比较让您掌握英文写作的特性。您将会了解如何使用主旨句(thesis statement)及主题句(topic sentence),灵活应用连接词、转折语衔接句子,使用多种子句变化,并能更精准的使用字词,从基本的段落写作开始至完成一篇流畅而结构严谨的文章,同时熟悉纲要拟定(outlining)、大要撰写(summary writing)、比较文(comparison & contrast)、论说文(argumentation)等。课程安排多次指定写作练习,学员亦有机会在课堂上进行写作发表观摩及讨论,并由授课教师批改与一对一讨论,让您发现个人写作盲点。
本课程亦涵盖了托福关键字汇,以学科领域为经,辅以主动与被动类型为纬,系统性介绍托福准备的必备字汇,并分享增进字汇力的方法。


周次 授课内容/Topic 作业/Assignment 考试/Quiz
0 Learning Survey & Pre-class Assessment
(1 hour)
1 a. Course Intro.
b. Pre-class Assessment: Discussion
c. Reading: Factual Q.
Preview
Handout 2
2 a. Writing Skill: Topic Sentence & Paragraph Structure
b. Reading: Vocabulary Question and Mind Map
Writing Task 1
3 a. Summarizing and Paraphrasing Sources
b. Reading: Inference Q. I
1. Writing Task 2
2. Preview Handout 3
4 a. Reading: Inference Q. II
b. Brief Summary Practice
c. Writing Skill: Presenting Comparison
1. Writing Task 3
2. Preview Handout 4
5 a. Extended Summary Test
b. Purpose, Method, and Opinion Questions
Preview Handout 5 1st Test
6 a. Writing Skill: The Essay Structure & The Introductory Paragraph
b. Sentence Restatement Q.
Preview Handout 6
7 a. Writing Skill: Thesis Statement
b. Reading: Reference Q.
1. Writing Task 4
2. Preview Handout 7
8 a. Writing Skill: Outlining an Essay & Comparison Essay
b. Reading: Sentence Addition Q.
1. Writing Task 5
2. Preview Handout 8
9 a. Writing Skill: Argumentative Essay 1
b. Summary and Chart Completion Q.
Writing Exercise
10 a. Writing Skill: Argumentative Essay 2
b. Practice Reading & Writing Test
N/A 2nd Test


























































《评分标准》    
Attendance: 15%
Class Participation: 15%
Assignment: 40%
Tests: 30%


《教材》     
Materials will be provided by the instructor.