課程介紹
The primary goal of this course is to develop the English communicative competence of first-year undergraduate students (non-English majors). Upon completion of the course, students are expected to acquire: (1) the ability to guess meanings of unfamiliar words from contexts; (2) the ability to comprehend main ideas in everyday conversations, short talks and articles; (3) the ability to understand English spoken in a range of academic, professional and social settings; and (4) the ability to briefly express an opinion and to give short explanations in English.
教科書:
American English File 4 (second edition). Oxford University Press. (required)
Supplementary Materials for Freshman English
Supplementary Materials for Freshman English
教學進度:
Spring 2018 Course Schedule*教學進度表(0924)
W D Contents
1 02/26 AEF: Music and emotion (54-55)
02/28 Holiday, no classes due.
2 03/05 Quiz 1
AEF: How music affects how we feel (56-57)
03/07 “Urban Architecture in the 21st Century”
3 03/12 Quiz 2
AEF: The chef who cooks in the middle of the night (60-61)
03/14 Reading --“Path of the Jaguar”
4 03/19 Quiz 3
AEF: Actors acting (68-69)
03/21 Reading --“The Snow Patrol”
5 03/26 Quiz 4
AEF: What every body is saying (70-71)
03/28 Reading --“Design by Nature: Biomimetics”
6 04/02 全校自主學習週 (no class)
Live ABC: Prepare for 大一英文後測
04/04
7 04/09 Mock exam for大一英文後測
04/11 Reading --“The Minnesota Starvation Experiment”
8 04/16 Quiz 5
AEF: Talking about acting (72-73)
04/18 Reading --“Tracking Tsunamis”
9 04/23 Midterm Week (no class)
04/25 Midterm Exam
10 04/30 Film: Outsourced
05/02 Reading – “An Ocean Waiting to Happen”
11 05/07 期中考考卷討論
Friends (episode 3)
05/09 大一英文後測 (1:00-3:00, at AA206) (待確認)
12 05/14 Quiz 6
AEF: Truth and lies (84-85)
05/16 Reading --“Shipwreck Discovery”
13 05/21 Quiz 7
AEF: What the bagel man saw (86-87)
05/23 Reading --“How Table Manners as We Know Them Were a Renaissance Invention”
14 05/28 Quiz 8
Oral Presentations (I)
05/30 Readings – “Dance of Death”
15 06/04 Quiz 9
Oral Presentations (II)
06/06 Readings –“Kung Fu Battle”
16 06/11 Quiz 10
Oral Presentations (III)
06/13 Oral Presentations (IV)
17 06/18 端午節 (no class)
06/20 Oral Presentations (V)
18 06/25 Final Week (no class)
06/27 Final Exam
*Note: The schedule is to be regarded as a flexible document. Dates, assignments, topics and activities could change as we progress through the semester.
W D Contents
1 02/26 AEF: Music and emotion (54-55)
02/28 Holiday, no classes due.
2 03/05 Quiz 1
AEF: How music affects how we feel (56-57)
03/07 “Urban Architecture in the 21st Century”
3 03/12 Quiz 2
AEF: The chef who cooks in the middle of the night (60-61)
03/14 Reading --“Path of the Jaguar”
4 03/19 Quiz 3
AEF: Actors acting (68-69)
03/21 Reading --“The Snow Patrol”
5 03/26 Quiz 4
AEF: What every body is saying (70-71)
03/28 Reading --“Design by Nature: Biomimetics”
6 04/02 全校自主學習週 (no class)
Live ABC: Prepare for 大一英文後測
04/04
7 04/09 Mock exam for大一英文後測
04/11 Reading --“The Minnesota Starvation Experiment”
8 04/16 Quiz 5
AEF: Talking about acting (72-73)
04/18 Reading --“Tracking Tsunamis”
9 04/23 Midterm Week (no class)
04/25 Midterm Exam
10 04/30 Film: Outsourced
05/02 Reading – “An Ocean Waiting to Happen”
11 05/07 期中考考卷討論
Friends (episode 3)
05/09 大一英文後測 (1:00-3:00, at AA206) (待確認)
12 05/14 Quiz 6
AEF: Truth and lies (84-85)
05/16 Reading --“Shipwreck Discovery”
13 05/21 Quiz 7
AEF: What the bagel man saw (86-87)
05/23 Reading --“How Table Manners as We Know Them Were a Renaissance Invention”
14 05/28 Quiz 8
Oral Presentations (I)
05/30 Readings – “Dance of Death”
15 06/04 Quiz 9
Oral Presentations (II)
06/06 Readings –“Kung Fu Battle”
16 06/11 Quiz 10
Oral Presentations (III)
06/13 Oral Presentations (IV)
17 06/18 端午節 (no class)
06/20 Oral Presentations (V)
18 06/25 Final Week (no class)
06/27 Final Exam
*Note: The schedule is to be regarded as a flexible document. Dates, assignments, topics and activities could change as we progress through the semester.
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