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) The Art of Public Speaking 2) Travel 3) Environmental Pollution 4) New Media and 5) Food.
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.
教科書:
Textbooks:
Selected texts will be made available in a course pack
BBC Six-Minute English; Learning English with News Report;
Voice of America; Ted talks
Selected texts will be made available in a course pack
BBC Six-Minute English; Learning English with News Report;
Voice of America; Ted talks
教學進度:
Week 1
2/18 (M) Meet and Greet
Introduction
2/20 (W)
In-Class activity: What I did during the winter break
Week 2
2/25 (M) The Art of Public Speaking
Reading Article 1
Suzanne Bearne’s “How to crush stage flight and become a master in public speaking”
In-Class activity: Speak about your experience of public speaking
2/27(W) The Art of Public Speaking
Reading Article 1: Suzanne Bearne’s “How to crush stage flight and become a master in public speaking”
Quiz 1 ‘Does Punctuation Matter?’
Week 3
3/4 (M) The Art of Public Speaking
Reading Article 2: Gaby Hinsliff: “How to be Heard”: The Art of Public Speaking
3/6 (W) The Art of Public Speaking
Reading Article 2: Gaby Hinsliff: “How to be Heard”: The Art of Public Speaking
Quiz 2 ‘Learn a thousand foreign words’
Week 4
3/11 (M) The Art of Public Speaking:
Watch the film ‘The King’s speech'
3/13 (W) Continue to watch ‘The King’s speech’
Week 5
3/18 (M) Film Discussion
Group Presentation on ‘The King’s Speech’
Writing Task 1: Write a 200-word film review (Deadline: 4/3)
3/20 (W) Film Discussion
Group Presentation on‘The King’s Speech’
2/18 (M) Meet and Greet
Introduction
2/20 (W)
In-Class activity: What I did during the winter break
Week 2
2/25 (M) The Art of Public Speaking
Reading Article 1
Suzanne Bearne’s “How to crush stage flight and become a master in public speaking”
In-Class activity: Speak about your experience of public speaking
2/27(W) The Art of Public Speaking
Reading Article 1: Suzanne Bearne’s “How to crush stage flight and become a master in public speaking”
Quiz 1 ‘Does Punctuation Matter?’
Week 3
3/4 (M) The Art of Public Speaking
Reading Article 2: Gaby Hinsliff: “How to be Heard”: The Art of Public Speaking
3/6 (W) The Art of Public Speaking
Reading Article 2: Gaby Hinsliff: “How to be Heard”: The Art of Public Speaking
Quiz 2 ‘Learn a thousand foreign words’
Week 4
3/11 (M) The Art of Public Speaking:
Watch the film ‘The King’s speech'
3/13 (W) Continue to watch ‘The King’s speech’
Week 5
3/18 (M) Film Discussion
Group Presentation on ‘The King’s Speech’
Writing Task 1: Write a 200-word film review (Deadline: 4/3)
3/20 (W) Film Discussion
Group Presentation on‘The King’s Speech’
Quiz 3: ‘Should tourists go to Antarctica?’
Week 6
3/25 (M) Travel
In-Class activity:
Speak about your experience of traveling
3/27 (W) Travel
Reading Article 3
Ted Talk: Pico Iyer: Where is home?
Week 6
3/25 (M) Travel
In-Class activity:
Speak about your experience of traveling
3/27 (W) Travel
Reading Article 3
Ted Talk: Pico Iyer: Where is home?
Quiz 4: ‘Is there more of the world to explore?’
Week 7
4/1 (M) Travel
Reading Article 3: Ted Talk: Pico Iyer: Where is home?
4/3 (W) Travel
Reading Article 3: Ted Talk: Pico Iyer: Where is home?
In-Class activity:
Speak about issues of environmental pollution
Deadline for Writing Task 1
Week 8
4/8(M) Environmental Pollution
Reading Article 4
Paul Bogard’s ‘Let there be Dark’
4/10(W) Environmental Pollution
Reading Article 4
Paul Bogard’s ‘Let there be Dark’
Quiz 5: “plastic pollution”
Writing Diagnosis
Week 9
4/15 (M) Mid-Term Week
4/17 (W) Mid-Term
Week 10
4/22(M) Debate/Teaching by TA
4/24(W) Freshman English Test
Week 11
4/29(M) Watch the film ‘Before the Flood’
5/1(W) Watch the film ‘Before the Flood’
Week 12
5/6(M) Film Discussion Group Discussion on the film
5/8(W) Film Discussion Group Discussion on the film
Quiz 6: Air ‘Pollution in China’
Week 13
5/13(M) New Media
In-Class Activity:
Speak about cyber bullying
5/15 (W)New Media
Reading Article 5: Monica Lewinsky’s The 2014 article ‘Shame and Survival’
Writing Task 2: Compare and Contrast Lewinsky’s article and speech (deadline 6/10)
Quiz 7‘The fame game’
Week 14
5/20(M) New Media
Reading Article 5: Monica Lewinsky’s The 2014 article ‘Shame and Survival’
5/22(W) New Media
Reading Article 5: Monica Lewinsky’s The 2014 article ‘Shame and Survival’
Quiz 8: ‘Bullying or normal competition’
Week 15
5/27(M) New Media
Reading article 6:Ted Talk: The price of shame by Monica Lewinsky
5/29(W) Food
Reading Article 7:Tom Parker Bowles’ ‘How Taiwan Became The Hottest Food Destination On Earth’ (2015)
In-Class Activity:
Speak about Food
Quiz 9: ‘Brazilian Food’
Week 16
6/3(M) Food
Reading Article 7: Tom Parker Bowles’ ‘How Taiwan Became The Hottest Food Destination On Earth’ (2015)
In-Class Activity: Speak about Food
6/5(W) Food
Reading Article 7: Tom Parker Bowles’ ‘How Taiwan Became The Hottest Food Destination On Earth’ (2015)
Quiz 10 ‘Cycling for Food’
Week 17
6/10(M) Food
Reading Article 8: Tedtalk: Jamie Oliver’s ‘Teach Every Child About Food’
Deadline for Writing Task 2
Week 7
4/1 (M) Travel
Reading Article 3: Ted Talk: Pico Iyer: Where is home?
4/3 (W) Travel
Reading Article 3: Ted Talk: Pico Iyer: Where is home?
In-Class activity:
Speak about issues of environmental pollution
Deadline for Writing Task 1
Week 8
4/8(M) Environmental Pollution
Reading Article 4
Paul Bogard’s ‘Let there be Dark’
4/10(W) Environmental Pollution
Reading Article 4
Paul Bogard’s ‘Let there be Dark’
Quiz 5: “plastic pollution”
Writing Diagnosis
Week 9
4/15 (M) Mid-Term Week
4/17 (W) Mid-Term
Week 10
4/22(M) Debate/Teaching by TA
4/24(W) Freshman English Test
Week 11
4/29(M) Watch the film ‘Before the Flood’
5/1(W) Watch the film ‘Before the Flood’
Week 12
5/6(M) Film Discussion Group Discussion on the film
5/8(W) Film Discussion Group Discussion on the film
Quiz 6: Air ‘Pollution in China’
Week 13
5/13(M) New Media
In-Class Activity:
Speak about cyber bullying
5/15 (W)New Media
Reading Article 5: Monica Lewinsky’s The 2014 article ‘Shame and Survival’
Writing Task 2: Compare and Contrast Lewinsky’s article and speech (deadline 6/10)
Quiz 7‘The fame game’
Week 14
5/20(M) New Media
Reading Article 5: Monica Lewinsky’s The 2014 article ‘Shame and Survival’
5/22(W) New Media
Reading Article 5: Monica Lewinsky’s The 2014 article ‘Shame and Survival’
Quiz 8: ‘Bullying or normal competition’
Week 15
5/27(M) New Media
Reading article 6:Ted Talk: The price of shame by Monica Lewinsky
5/29(W) Food
Reading Article 7:Tom Parker Bowles’ ‘How Taiwan Became The Hottest Food Destination On Earth’ (2015)
In-Class Activity:
Speak about Food
Quiz 9: ‘Brazilian Food’
Week 16
6/3(M) Food
Reading Article 7: Tom Parker Bowles’ ‘How Taiwan Became The Hottest Food Destination On Earth’ (2015)
In-Class Activity: Speak about Food
6/5(W) Food
Reading Article 7: Tom Parker Bowles’ ‘How Taiwan Became The Hottest Food Destination On Earth’ (2015)
Quiz 10 ‘Cycling for Food’
Week 17
6/10(M) Food
Reading Article 8: Tedtalk: Jamie Oliver’s ‘Teach Every Child About Food’
Deadline for Writing Task 2
6/12 (W) Food
Writing Diagnosis
Reading Article 8: Tedtalk: Jamie Oliver’s ‘Teach Every Child About Food’
Week 18
Writing Diagnosis
Reading Article 8: Tedtalk: Jamie Oliver’s ‘Teach Every Child About Food’
Week 18
6/17 (M) Final Week
6/19 (W) Final
Note: All quizzes are held at the start of the class.
(M): Monday
(W): Wednesday
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