課程介紹
With a wide range of classroom activities and exercises, this one-year course is designed to enhance the English skills and proficiency of first-year NCHU undergraduates. The lecturer will guide participants through a wealth of English learning resources and authentic materials dealing with the following topics: 1) language learning, 2) technology, 3) gender, 4) museum and 5) literature.
In order to facilitate learning and classroom discussion, students are required to complete listening and reading assignments before coming to class. Every week, they will have to take quizzes, speak English both in small groups and in front of the class, and engage in a series of writing tasks.
A communicative approach which emphasizes teacher-student interaction is adopted, though attention is also paid to familiarize students with the complex sentence structure and grammar of the English language as well as common English expressions used in a variety of topics and daily-life situations.
In order to facilitate learning and classroom discussion, students are required to complete listening and reading assignments before coming to class. Every week, they will have to take quizzes, speak English both in small groups and in front of the class, and engage in a series of writing tasks.
A communicative approach which emphasizes teacher-student interaction is adopted, though attention is also paid to familiarize students with the complex sentence structure and grammar of the English language as well as common English expressions used in a variety of topics and daily-life situations.
Course Objectives
At the end of the course, students will be able to:
1) Speaking: -speak more confidently and fluently about various topics
-speak with fewer simple grammar mistakes
2) Reading -improve reading skills
-become familiar with different genres of English materials
3) Vocabulary -increase vocabulary, especially vocabulary related to the topics in online English materials and selected readings
4) Grammar -improve usage of already-learned grammar in writing and speaking
5) Listening -improve listening for both main ideas and details on a variety of topics
6) Writing -learn to describe their daily life, events and stories in short paragraphs
1) Speaking: -speak more confidently and fluently about various topics
-speak with fewer simple grammar mistakes
2) Reading -improve reading skills
-become familiar with different genres of English materials
3) Vocabulary -increase vocabulary, especially vocabulary related to the topics in online English materials and selected readings
4) Grammar -improve usage of already-learned grammar in writing and speaking
5) Listening -improve listening for both main ideas and details on a variety of topics
6) Writing -learn to describe their daily life, events and stories in short paragraphs
| Evaluation | ||||
| Grades 60% In-Class 40% participation (3 minute-talk 5%; group presentations 10%; class participation 15%; writing tasks 10%) 20% attendance (attendance 10%, quizzes 10%) 40% exams (20% Midterm, 20% Final) 3 minute-talk: You will have to give an individual 3 minute-speech on any topic of your choice. For each week, 2-3 students will take turns presenting. Group presentation: 2 group presentations on the film ‘Pygmalion’ and selected readings. Class participation: I will give points based on your speaking frequency during the in-class activities 0-15 scale system is used. 0= didn’t speak 1-5= spoke only a few times 6-10= made a few comments 12-15=talked a lot Writing Tasks: 2 writing tasks. You should type and submit your assignments on time. There is a 10 point penalty for each day late. Any homework that is copied from another source will receive a ‘0’. Absences Sickness: If you can’t come to class because you’re sick, please show me your doctor’s notes in the next class. You will need to show me absent notes approved by the university on the day of a quiz or test; otherwise, your absence will be unexcused. Each class absence will drop 1 point off your final grade. Tardiness: You should come to class on time. If you arrive late after I take attendance, you will be marked absent. Other reasons: Please discuss them with me beforehand. |
教科書:
Selected Readings (See the details of the programme above)
Online English Resources:
BBC Six-Minute English; Learning English with News Report;
Voice of America; Ted talks; The Guardian's Audio Long Reads
Online English Resources:
BBC Six-Minute English; Learning English with News Report;
Voice of America; Ted talks; The Guardian's Audio Long Reads
教學進度:
Week 1
9/10 (M) Meet and Greet
Week 1
9/12 (W) Self-Introduction
Week 2
9/17(M) Language Learning
In-Class activity: Speak about your experience of learning languages
Week 2
9/19(W) Language Learning
Reading Article 1: Holly Young’s ‘Do young people care about learning Languages?’
Quiz 1: ‘How Quickly Can you Learn English’
Week 3
9/24 (M) Holiday
Week 3
9/26 (W) Freshman English Test
Week 4
10/1 (M) Language Learning
Reading Article 2: Sarah Johnson’s ‘Learning a Language in Later life: are you ever too old?’
Quiz 2 ‘Speak any language instantly
Week 4
10/3 (W) Watching the 1938 film adaption ‘Pygmalion’ (available on YouTube with English subtitles)
Writing Task 1: Write a 200-word film review (Due in two weeks)
Week 5
10/8 (M) Group Presentation on ‘Pygmalion’
Week 5
10/10 (W) Holiday
Week 6
10/15 (M) Group Presentation on ‘Pygmalion’
Week 6
10/17 (W) Technology
In-Class Activity: Speak about the impact of technology in your daily life
Reading Article 3: Mark Boyle’s ‘Technology destroys people and places”
Deadline for Writing Task 1
Quiz 3:‘Is Social Media a Distraction’?
Week 7
10/22 (M) Technology
Reading Article 3: Mark Boyle’s ‘Technology destroys people and places”
Week 7
10/24 (W) Technology
Reading Article 4: Eliana Dockerman’s ‘The Digital Parent Trap’
Quiz 4: ‘Are computers making us dumb’?
Week 8
10/29 (M) Technology
Reading Article 4: Eliana Dockerman’s ‘The Digital Parent Trap’
Week 8
10/31 (W) Writing Diagnosis/Debate
Week 9 Mid-Term
Week 10
11/12 (M) Gender
In-Class Activity:Speak about the gender equality/problems in Taiwan
Week 10
11/14 (W)
Review of Mid-Term Exams
Reading Article 5: Emma Watson's speech on feminism
Quiz 5: ‘Women’s right to Vote’
Week 11
11/19 (M) Gender
Reading Article 5: Emma Watson's speech on feminism
Week 11
11/21 (W) Gender
Reading Article 6: Obama’s article on Feminism
Quiz 6: ‘Men are the Weaker Sex’
Week 12
11/26 (M) Gender
Reading Article 6: Obama’s article on Feminism
Week 12
11/28(W) Museum
Reading Article 7: Andrew Solomon’s ‘Don’t Mess with our cultural patrimony’,pp.181-190
In-Class Activity: Speak about your experience of visiting Museums
Writing Task 2: Retell the National Palace Museum controversy/Write about the gender equality problems in Taiwan (Due in two weeks)
Quiz 7:‘Spiral Museum at 50’
Week 13
12/3 (M) Museum
Reading Article 7: Andrew Solomon’s ‘Don’t Mess with our cultural patrimony’,pp.181-190
Week 13
12/5 (W) Museum
Reading Article 7: Andrew Solomon’s ‘Don’t Mess with our cultural patrimony’,pp.191-202
Writing Task 2: Retell the National Palace Museum controversy/Write about the gender equality problems in Taiwan (Due in two weeks)
Quiz 8: ‘A History of the World in 100 objects’
Week 14
12/10(M) Museum
Reading article 7: Andrew Solomon’s ‘Don’t Mess with our cultural patrimony’ pp. 191-202
Week 14
12/12(W) Literature
Speak about your experience of reading literary works
Reading article 8: Oscar Wilde’s ‘Happy Prince”
Quiz 9:‘Reading the Classics”
Week 15
12/17(M) Literature
Reading article 8: Oscar Wilde’s ‘Happy Prince”
Week 15
12/19(W) Literature
Reading article 8: Oscar Wilde’s ‘Happy Prince”
Quiz 10: ‘Literacy Heroes’
Deadline for Writing Task 2
Week 16
12/24 (M) Literature
Reading article 8: Oscar Wilde’s ‘Happy Prince”
Week 16
12/26 (W) Literature
Writing Diagnosis
Reading article 8: Oscar Wilde’s ‘Happy Prince”
Week 17
12/31 (M) Holiday
Week 17
1/2 (W) Group Presentation on the reading article
Week 18 Final
Note: all quizzes are held at the start of the class.
(M): Monday
(W): Wednesday
9/10 (M) Meet and Greet
Week 1
9/12 (W) Self-Introduction
Week 2
9/17(M) Language Learning
In-Class activity: Speak about your experience of learning languages
Week 2
9/19(W) Language Learning
Reading Article 1: Holly Young’s ‘Do young people care about learning Languages?’
Quiz 1: ‘How Quickly Can you Learn English’
Week 3
9/24 (M) Holiday
Week 3
9/26 (W) Freshman English Test
Week 4
10/1 (M) Language Learning
Reading Article 2: Sarah Johnson’s ‘Learning a Language in Later life: are you ever too old?’
Quiz 2 ‘Speak any language instantly
Week 4
10/3 (W) Watching the 1938 film adaption ‘Pygmalion’ (available on YouTube with English subtitles)
Writing Task 1: Write a 200-word film review (Due in two weeks)
Week 5
10/8 (M) Group Presentation on ‘Pygmalion’
Week 5
10/10 (W) Holiday
Week 6
10/15 (M) Group Presentation on ‘Pygmalion’
Week 6
10/17 (W) Technology
In-Class Activity: Speak about the impact of technology in your daily life
Reading Article 3: Mark Boyle’s ‘Technology destroys people and places”
Deadline for Writing Task 1
Quiz 3:‘Is Social Media a Distraction’?
Week 7
10/22 (M) Technology
Reading Article 3: Mark Boyle’s ‘Technology destroys people and places”
Week 7
10/24 (W) Technology
Reading Article 4: Eliana Dockerman’s ‘The Digital Parent Trap’
Quiz 4: ‘Are computers making us dumb’?
Week 8
10/29 (M) Technology
Reading Article 4: Eliana Dockerman’s ‘The Digital Parent Trap’
Week 8
10/31 (W) Writing Diagnosis/Debate
Week 9 Mid-Term
Week 10
11/12 (M) Gender
In-Class Activity:Speak about the gender equality/problems in Taiwan
Week 10
11/14 (W)
Review of Mid-Term Exams
Reading Article 5: Emma Watson's speech on feminism
Quiz 5: ‘Women’s right to Vote’
Week 11
11/19 (M) Gender
Reading Article 5: Emma Watson's speech on feminism
Week 11
11/21 (W) Gender
Reading Article 6: Obama’s article on Feminism
Quiz 6: ‘Men are the Weaker Sex’
Week 12
11/26 (M) Gender
Reading Article 6: Obama’s article on Feminism
Week 12
11/28(W) Museum
Reading Article 7: Andrew Solomon’s ‘Don’t Mess with our cultural patrimony’,pp.181-190
In-Class Activity: Speak about your experience of visiting Museums
Writing Task 2: Retell the National Palace Museum controversy/Write about the gender equality problems in Taiwan (Due in two weeks)
Quiz 7:‘Spiral Museum at 50’
Week 13
12/3 (M) Museum
Reading Article 7: Andrew Solomon’s ‘Don’t Mess with our cultural patrimony’,pp.181-190
Week 13
12/5 (W) Museum
Reading Article 7: Andrew Solomon’s ‘Don’t Mess with our cultural patrimony’,pp.191-202
Writing Task 2: Retell the National Palace Museum controversy/Write about the gender equality problems in Taiwan (Due in two weeks)
Quiz 8: ‘A History of the World in 100 objects’
Week 14
12/10(M) Museum
Reading article 7: Andrew Solomon’s ‘Don’t Mess with our cultural patrimony’ pp. 191-202
Week 14
12/12(W) Literature
Speak about your experience of reading literary works
Reading article 8: Oscar Wilde’s ‘Happy Prince”
Quiz 9:‘Reading the Classics”
Week 15
12/17(M) Literature
Reading article 8: Oscar Wilde’s ‘Happy Prince”
Week 15
12/19(W) Literature
Reading article 8: Oscar Wilde’s ‘Happy Prince”
Quiz 10: ‘Literacy Heroes’
Deadline for Writing Task 2
Week 16
12/24 (M) Literature
Reading article 8: Oscar Wilde’s ‘Happy Prince”
Week 16
12/26 (W) Literature
Writing Diagnosis
Reading article 8: Oscar Wilde’s ‘Happy Prince”
Week 17
12/31 (M) Holiday
Week 17
1/2 (W) Group Presentation on the reading article
Week 18 Final
Note: all quizzes are held at the start of the class.
(M): Monday
(W): Wednesday
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