学术英语综合Uni.pptxVIP

学术英语 综合 Academic English — An Integrated Course Unit 3Psychology Unit Contents Unit objectives Text A Text B Text C Academic language and discourse Listening Speaking Writing Unit Objectives 1. Professional Knowledge Get acquainted with some important psychological concepts( e.g. optimist, pessimist, personality, character traits ,etc.) 2. Reading Summarize the main ideas of a text and identify essential supporting points Understand difficult sentences (e.g., sentences with formal words or expressions) Identify comparison and contrast Unit 3Psychology Unit Objectives 3. Listening Understand important supporting details 4. Speaking Make a clear, concise and reliable argument 5. Writing Know the basic elements and structure of the introduction section of a research paper. Unit 3Psychology Unit Objectives 6. Researching Independently locate and study a variety of resources (articles, books, videos, etc.) to know more about the study of psychology 7. Academic language and discourse Know what is collocation Acquire some specialized vocabulary in psychology Understand the differences between comparison and contrast Comprehend stylistic differences between formal and informal English and acquire some formal expressions Unit 3Psychology Text A Lead-in Listen twice to a talk on what psychologists do and fill in the blanks with the exact words you’ve heard. Share your answers with your fellow classmates. Unit 3Psychology Text A Overview Summarize the main ideas of Text A. Do Task 1/Overview A contrast between pessimists and optimists How they view bad events, defeats, etc. Pessimists: Bad events will last a long time, will undermine everything they do, and are their own fault. Optimists: Defeat is just a temporary setback; defeat is not their fault; a bad situation is a challenge. Different consequences brought by their different approaches Pessimists: Give up more easily and get depressed more often Optimists: Do much better in school and at wor