1、英语为什么要“学术”？,Come Here Go Further,沈忆文 & 班哲民,北外与普特第一期合作,What is academic English?,1,What is your strength and weakness？,How can you improve it? weakness？,All about academic English,2,3,What is academic English?,1,All about academic English,Q1: What is one of the common features shared by most successf
2、ul leaders ?,diligenceintelligenceperseveranceinspirationfortuneeducationfamily backgroundetc,The finding is,a larger vocabulary!What does this finding imply? 为什么大于常人的词汇量能够帮助这些领袖人物成功？ 这些领袖人物是如何获得这么大的词汇量的？,Q2 What is the function of language ?,Language is the vehicle of thoughts e.g. 爱斯基摩人有60多个词来形容白色
3、,Language is the vehicle of thoughts,1 人的思维能力越高，语言能力也越高，反之亦然。2 功夫在诗外 （宋代大诗人陆游） 3.思维=快速理解信息的能力+信息综合处理能力+思维判断能力（包括批判性思维能力）+和创造力+ 。,International English Certificates,English for Academic Purpose,General English,English for Specific Purpose,IELTS 雅思 / TOEFL 托福/PTE培生FCEFirst Certificate in EnglishCAECer
4、tificate in Advanced EnglishCPE Certificate of Proficiency in English,YLE Young learner EnglishKETKey English TestPETPreliminary English TestFCE for schoolsFirst Certificate in English for schools,BEC 剑桥商务英语 BULATS 博思职业外语水平测试 ICFE 剑桥国际财经英语证书 ILEC 剑桥法律英语国际证书 TOEIC 美国托业（国际交流英语测评）,Teaching Qualificatio
5、ns,TKT 剑桥语言教学能力证书CELTA/DELTA /TESOL/TEFL,What is academic English?,As students prepare for academic work at a U.S. university, they learn to analyze（分析）, synthesize（综合）, and evaluate（评估） information and to present（表述） their spoken and written ideas accurately and effectively.,Academic English,accura
6、tely and effectively,to analyze（分析）, synthesize（综合）, and evaluate（评估） information ,to present spoken and written ideas,学术英语,不仅需要语言知识 （词汇和语法）更多的是阅读能力，理解能力，归纳总结，批判性思维的能力。雅思作文评分标准：1. 小作文：Task fulfillmentCoherence & cohesionVocabulary & structure2. 大作文：Argument, idea, evidenceCommunicative quality Vocab
7、ulary & sentence structure,Q3: What are the basic requirements on academic English for a Harvard student?,Logic = Persuasion,Rosetta Stone,Secondary Sources,Judging SourcesAvoiding Plagiarism,Reading Academic Articles,BibliographyTopic SentencesAbstract / Outline,Reading Academic Articles,Question i
8、tContact the authorTake notesTalk about it,Expressing Yourself in,WordsSentencesParagraphsChaptersOverall Units,Sophisticated vocabulary,Simple sentence structure,Share Your Findings in Writing,Define your problem clearlyOrder your ideas Help your reader predict what is coming,Share Your Findings in
9、 Speech,Put your most important points firstRepeat main ideasControl your voiceConnect yourself to your field,What is your strength and weakness？,All about academic English,2,中国学生需要哪些方面的提高,从单句、段落理解到篇章理解 （Paragraph structure, text structure, coherence, discourse organization）从叙述和描写-到评价和批判性思维能力 基于所提供的
10、信息写出科研论文。文体：论述文（理解、归纳、评价，举例、论证）知识面的挑战：对专业知识和常识性知识的了解,Q4: Can you identify some of your weaknesses in academic English?,writing,listening,speaking,reading,It is better to try to be original than to merely imitate others, in my opinion imitation is always necessary before we can create something origi
11、nal.Idea andcreativityare very important,these are two main reasons behind anything that is successful. Products from company such as Apple had proven that being original is always better than trying to imitate others. The best example is their most successful product Iphone which outsells every sin
12、gle phone in the world and changed ourlife just from being original. Their success has proven that being original is better than imitate others.To imitate others is usually very easy,all they have to do is to follow the steps, but all thehard workis done by the people who were original, and most of
13、them had experienced failures and hardships. Notsurprisingly it is the original ones always gets all the credits.In our world, not everyone is as smart and creative as Thomas Edison, sometimes we have to learn to imitate others first before we can become original. Imitating is not always bad, it can also help toimprove theproduct.Its always better to try to be original than to imitate others, butimitatingothers is not always bad. We have to learn toimitatebefore we can create.,：,Q5: What can we do to improve our academic English,Thank You,
