Teaching Plan for the International Master Students of 2020 Majored in Foreign Language and Literature
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| College |
School of Foreign Languages |
Student Types |
International Master Students |
| First-level Subject Name and Code |
Foreign Language and Literature [0502]
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Program Duration |
Three Years |
| Applicable Grades |
Starting from students of 2020 |
Revision Time |
June of 2020 |
Brief description of the subject
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As the forefront of China's reform and opening up, Shenzhen has gradually become an international metropolis with its unique geographical location and economic environment. Being a comprehensive university in the Special Administrative Region, Shenzhen University continues to explore and move forward on the road of internationalization of Higher Education.
As an important international language for the internationalization of a city and education, English is particularly important for the basic education community in Shenzhen. The quality of English education not only determines the competitiveness of students in the future international job market, but also profoundly affects Shenzhen’s pace of internationalization.
In order to improve the development of Foreign Language teachers in primary and secondary schools, Shenzhen launched the "Shenzhen Action Plan to Promote the Internationalization of Education (2013-2020)" in 2013. One of the important goals of the program is to increase the proportion of primary and secondary schools which are eligible to hire foreign teachers to 20%, with a cumulative number of foreign teachers being 2,000. In order to comply with the Shenzhen Municipal Government's "Action Plan for Promoting the Building of an International City" and enhance the internationalization of Shenzhen University, the School of Foreign Languages has developed a master’s program for Teaching English to Speakers of Chinese (TESOC). The project aims to cultivate foreign English teachers with an international vision and local cultural awareness for basic education institutions in the Pearl River Delta region and across the country. Through courses, workshops, observation, practice, assessment and other forms of education, it tends to enhance their theoretical knowledge and practical teaching ability of English.
The course is affiliated to the foreign language and literature, a master’s degree program with first-level discipline at Shenzhen University. Adhering to the pioneering and innovative cultural genes of Shenzhen University, a Peking University-aided project, the discipline of foreign language and literature was accredited in 2010 to offer the first-class master's degree program and in 2013, it was recognized as a first-class key discipline in Guangdong province. As an international program adapted to China's educational, economic and social development, the TESOC program in Shenzhen University has the following five advantages and characteristics：
Solid foundation of professional construction, high degree of international education participation； Rich resources for international cooperation, steady development of international education; Outstanding instructors with overseas studying experiences; Various practice and internship opportunities; Advanced teaching equipment, and rich book resources. |
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Secondary Discipline (Introduction to the Research Directions) |
| Credits |
Total Credits: 25 credits, of which 7 credits are for compulsory public courses,10 for major compulsory courses and the other 8 for major elective courses. |
| Training Goals |
This course is designed to train foreign English teachers for Chinese students with the following training goals:
1. To promote the most important dialogues among international disciplines through taking full advantage of the professional experiences accumulated by the foreign language and literature in the School of Foreign Languages, the faculty’s strength and academic foundations.
2. To master the cutting-edge theoretical knowledge of English teaching and apply or adjust the teaching modes and methods according to the age, English proficiency, cognitive level, and learning types of the students.
3. To contribute to the educational cause with love, enthusiasm, and patience through continuously improving our English teaching skills;
4. To be familiar with the characteristics of Chinese thought and culture, knowing the basic national conditions of China and the characteristics of Chinese students, and having basic Chinese communication skills in order to effectively and communicate with the Chinese students on a friendly basis, their teachers and parents, with the purpose of enhancing the students' interest in learning English and improving their English learning effects.
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Requirements for the Research Ability
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To encourage the graduate students to actively participate in academic conferences and publish quality papers in authoritative journals of related fields; |
| Other Training Sections and Requirements |
Mid-term Assessment: Students with test scores higher than 60 (including 60) for exam courses or having passed the evaluations for assessment courses can get credits.For the degree program, only if the students get an average score of or higher than 75 in each subject can they apply for a degree. The mid-term assessment will be held in the fourth semester.
Thesis Proposal: An assessment of the literature reading is conducted through the opening report. In other words, the students' passing the opening report means they have finished reading the required literature.
Language proficiency requirements for international students: 1. English Language Requirements: graduate students are expected to use fluent English for oral communications, accurately and skillfully read English literature and write English papers, and fully understand and master the knowledge taught in English in the classroom. Chinese language requirements: By the time of graduation, the Chinese proficiency of graduate students shall reach at least the third level according to the International Chinese Proficiency Standard.
Teaching or social practice: in the duration of the course, graduate students must participate in at least one semester of internships by teaching in the primary and secondary schools, or the undergraduate (or junior college) classrooms, etc. Teaching internships are usually arranged between the first and fourth semesters. Depending on the needs of thesis writing, graduate students can leave school in the fourth semester to collect materials, go on field trips, or conduct thematic research for no more than four weeks.
Mid-term Examination of the Thesis: the dissertation is expected to be written within three semesters. In principle, graduate students must, under the guidance of their supervisors, determine the topic to be researched in their fields and gain approval from the supervisors before the end of the third semester.After the topic of research has been selected, the dissertation work plan should generally be formulated at the beginning of the fourth semester. The work plan should include a progress schedule for every section of the thesis writing: literature collection and reading, surveys, opening report, the first draft, second draft, third draft and final draft, etc. The work plan is checked and approved by the supervisors, and then reviewed for approval by the steering group.
Lecture Series by Top Professors: students are encouraged to attend academic lectures given by top professors, especially to attend those related to Chinese overview, Chinese language and culture, and foreign languages and literature.To attend the academic lectures, students should sign up in the "Record Form for Graduate Students in Shenzhen University to Attend the Academic Lectures", get approval from their supervisors with signatures. The Graduate School will carry out spot checks.
Thesis: The thesis should possess a certain degree of originality, reflect good theoretical consciousness, and be based on solid literature analysis. It should put forward clear research questions, determine feasible research methods, and have sufficient and specific argumentation for combining the text analysis with contextual studies. Thesis citations must comply with requirements and the wording should be natural and avoid obvious mistakes. Thesis writing must follow the guidance of the supervisor, in strict accordance with the schedule created by the college to submit at least three revisions. The number of English words written for the thesis should be no less than 12,000.
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