影视英语选修课教学模式

随着大学英语教学改革的扩展和深化,大学英语选修课程已经成为目前大学英语综合课程的必要补充.从二语习得得相关理论出发论速了大学英语影视选修课程设置的可行性,并就在教学中如何充分发挥影视资料自身的优势,解决目前教学所面临的师资培养的压力,选修课管理和提高学生积极性的问题,提出了结合电子学习档案袋的计算机辅助教学概念下的大学英语影视选修课的创新型课程教学模式.     

A module-based approach to foster and document the intercultural process before and during the residence abroad

This article contributes to the debate on what form of preparation and support can enhance the intercultural student experience during a Year Abroad. It presents a credit-bearing and multi-modal module at a UK university designed to both prepare students prior to departure through a series of workshops and activities on an e-portfolio and help them engage in meta-reflection on intercultural issues during their stay. The presentation of the curricular components of the course and instances extracted from student blogs are contextualised within theoretical considerations on intercultural education and a holistic approach to student development. The longitudinal evolution of the module is presented in the context of an iterative approach leading to a cycle of revisions and amendments. With its pragmatic stance, this article aims to address one of the concerns recently expressed about intercultural education, namely that although intercultural theories are suitably incorporated in the latest thinking on communicative competence, there is a lack of evidence-based practice.