本课程教学内容介绍思辨与交流相关理论、方法及技巧，采用讲解、举例示范、课外操练相结合的形式，帮助学生加深对英语思辨与有效交流的理解，掌握基本技能，提高实际操作能力，在讲授相关知识与技能的同时，辅以练习、任务、讨论、测试等环节，以促进学生自主学习，拓宽知识面，提高对国内外大事的敏感度，提高其严谨的科学意识，增强逻辑思维能力，并进一步提高英语听力及口头表达能力。
课程将体现“自主学习”+“讨论答疑”+“扩展训练”的教学改革：课程视频着重介绍思辨与交流相关理论知识；答疑区根据学生反馈，解决每单元重点、难点，并根据课后习题评估学生对知识点的掌握情况；通过讨论区的互动，教师可针对具有普遍性的问题着重强调，进一步给予指导，引导学生提高思辨及表达能力；通过课程提供的辅助材料，学生可以进行扩展学习；鼓励学生通过参加英语演讲、辩论、模联等赛事得到锻炼，获得更多实践经验。
课程评价采用教师参与+学生互评、正向激励为主的评价体系：期末结课测试为主观题，综合评估课程学习成果。
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Unit 1 How to Be an Effective Learner
1.1 How to Be an Active Listener
1.2 How to Be a Critical Reader
1.3 How to Be an Effective Speaker
Unit 1 Discussion
1.1 Supplementary material 1
1.1 Supplementary materia 2
1.2 Supplementary material 1
1.2 Supplementary material 2
1.3 Supplementary material 1
1.3 Supplementary material 2
1.1 Supplementary material 3
1.2 Supplementary material 3
1.3 Supplementary material 3
1.4 How to build study habits that last
Unit 1 Exercise
Unit 2 How to Ask Questions Critically
2.1 Questioning the Structure of Thinking
2.2 Questioning in Decision-Making
2.3 Questioning the Quality of Reasoning
Unit 2 Discussion
Unit 2 Exercise
Unit 3 How to Take Notes
3.1 Note-taking Principles & Strategies
3.2 Cornell Note-taking System
3.3 Taking Notes for Reading
Unit 3 Discussion
3.4 Searching Information Effectively
Unit 3 Exercise
Unit 4 How to Make a Definition
4.1 Sentence Definition
4.2 Extended Definition
4.3 Definition Essay
4.4 Definition in Debating
Unit 4 Discussion
Supplementary material 1
Supplementary material 2
Supplementary material 3
Supplementary material 4
Unit 4 Exercise
Unit 5 How to Reason by Causality
5.1 What is reasoning by causality?
5.2 Presence and Absence of Causes and Effects
5.3 Changes over Time
5.4 Correlation and Controlled Empirical Studies (1)
5.5 Correlation and Controlled Empirical Studies (2)
Unit 5 Discussion
Unit 5 Exercise
Unit 6 How to Communicate with Examples
6.1 Basics about Examples
6.2 Reasoning by Examples
Supplementary Material 6.1
Supplementary Material 6.2
Unit 6 Discussion
Supplementary Material 6.3
Supplementary Material 6.4
Supplementary Material 6.5
Supplementary Material 6.6
Unit 6 Exercise
Unit 7 How to Reason by Principle
7.1 Definition of Reasoning by Principle
7.2 Application of Reasoning by Principle
7.3 Inductive Reasoning and Deductive Reasoning
7.4 Practice of Reasoning Methods
Unit 7 Discussion
Supplementary Material 7.1
Supplementary Material 7.2
Supplementary Material 7.3
Supplementary Material 7.4
Supplementary Material 7.5
Unit 7 Exercise
Unit 8 How to Argue Effectively
8.1 What makes an effective argument?
8.2 How to Be More Acceptable
8.3 How to Be More Relevant
8.4 How to Be More Sufficient
Unit 8 Discussion
Supplementary material 8.1
Supplementary material 8.2
Supplementary material 8.3
Supplementary material 8.4
Unit 8 Exercise
Unit 9 How to Refute an Argument
9.1 Definitions of Refutation -- How to Refute Support
9.2 How to Refute the Grounds -- How to Refute the Logic
9.3 How to Refute the Grounds -- How to Refute Definitions
9.4 How to Refute Definitions -- How to Offer a Counter-argument
Unit 9 Discussion
9.5 How to Refute an Argument
Unit 9 Exercise
Unit 10 How to Identify Fallacies
10.1 How to Identify Fallacies of Problematic Premises
10.2 How to Identify Fallacies of Irrelevant Reasons
10.3 How to Identify Fallacies of Hasty Conclusions
10.4 Practice on Identifying Fallacies
Unit 10 Discussion
Unit 10 Exercise
Unit 11 How to Summarize Effectively
11.1 Definition of Summary
11.2 How to Summarize in Writing
11.3 How to Summarize in Speaking
Unit 11 Discussion
Unit 11 Exercise
