課程介紹
This year-long course is designed to enhance the listening and speaking skills of sophomore English majors in both daily life situations and academic contexts. Every week, the instructor will guide students through listening drills based on specific topics in the first session of the class. Students will then engage in a wide variety of speaking activities during the second session. These activities include group discussion, project presentation, practice exercises for the TOEFL iBT integrated tasks, role play and public debates. 
 
Evaluation
Grades: 
10% Class participation 
I will give points based on your speaking frequency during the in-class activities 

A 0-15 scale system is used. 
0 = didn’t speak 1-5 = spoke a few times 
6-10 = spoke regularly 11-15= talked a lot 
  5% Group Presentations (5%)
25% Quizzes (5 quizzes) 
10% attendance (attendance 10%) 
50% exams (25% Midterm, 25% Final)
教科書:
Textbooks: 

Louise Lemieux, Listen Up! (Lynx publishing, 2004)
Online English Resources: BBC Six Minute English, In Our Time, and Tedtalks. 
教學進度:
Week 1 (March/1) Introduction, What I did during the winter break, 
 
Week 2 (March/8) Travel 
Quiz 1: TedTalk:    How Adventure Makes You Smarter, Stronger and More Attractive
Unit 5: Dreams (Listening Up! p.25)
In-Class Activity: Speak about your traveling experience 
 
Week 3 (March/15) Travel 
Quiz 2: Tedtalk: Pico Iyer's 'Where is home?'
In-Class Activity: Speak about what home means to you.
 
Week 4 (March/22) Nature: 
Quiz 3: In Our Time: Climate Change 
Unit 6 The Environment (Listening Up! p. 43) 
In-Class Activity: Speak about the Environmental problems in Taiwan
 
Week 5 (March/29) Watch the documentary: Before the Flood 
 
Week 6 (April/5) Holiday 
 
Week 7 (April/12) Group Presentation on ‘Before the Flood’
 
Week 8 (April/19) Mid-Term Project Presentation 
 
Week 9 (April/26) Mid-Term Project Presentation 
 
Week 10 (May/3) TOEFL iBT Speaking/Listening Task 1 and 2 
 
Week 11 (May/10) TOEFL iBT Speaking/Listening Task 1 and 2
 
Week 12(May/17) TOEFL iBT Speaking/Listening Task 3 and 4 
 
Week 13 (May/24) TOEFL iBT Speaking/Listening Task 5 and 6 
 
Week 14 (May/31) Food:
Quiz 4: Tedtalk: Jamie Oliver’s Teach Every Kid About Food
In-class activity: speak about the food culture in Taiwan
 
Week 15 (June/7) Future:
Quiz 5: Dr.Lambert’s speech on the English Major
In-class activity: speak about the future of the English Major
 
Week 16 (June/14) Debate
Week 17 (June/21) Final Project Presentation 
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