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.
| 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:
Textbooks
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
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
教學進度:
Week 1
9/9 (M) Meet and Greet
9/11 (W) Self-Introduction
Week 2
9/16(M) Language Learning
In-Class activity: Speak about your experience of learning languages
9/18(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
9/23 (M) Language Learning
Reading Article 2: Sarah Johnson’s ‘Learning a Language in Later life: are you ever too old?’
9/25 (W) Language Learning
9/9 (M) Meet and Greet
9/11 (W) Self-Introduction
Week 2
9/16(M) Language Learning
In-Class activity: Speak about your experience of learning languages
9/18(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
9/23 (M) Language Learning
Reading Article 2: Sarah Johnson’s ‘Learning a Language in Later life: are you ever too old?’
9/25 (W) Language Learning
Reading Article 3
‘How Friends taught the world to speak English – from Jürgen Klopp to Korean pop megastars’
Quiz 2
‘Speak any language instantly’
Week 4
9/30 (M) Language Learning
Reading Article 4
‘Gerraway with accentism – I’m proud to speak Yorkshire’
10/2 (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
10/7 (M) Group Presentation on ‘Pygmalion’
10/9 (W) Group Presentation on ‘Pygmalion’
Week 6
10/14 (M)
In-Class Activity: Speak about the impact of technology in your daily life
Deadline for Writing Task 1
10/16 (W) Technology
Reading Article 3: Mark Boyle’s ‘Technology destroys people and places'
Quiz 3:‘Is Social Media a Distraction’?
Week 7
10/21 (M) Technology
Reading Article 4: Eliana Dockerman’s ‘The Digital Parent Trap’
Week 7
10/23 (W) Technology
Reading Article 4: Eliana Dockerman’s ‘The Digital Parent Trap’
Quiz 4: ‘Are computers making us dumb’?
Week 8
10/28 (M) Writing Diagnosis
Week 8
10/31 (W) Debate
Week 9 Mid-Term
Week 10
11/11 (M) Gender
In-Class Activity:Speak about the gender equality/problems in Taiwan
11/13 (W)
Review of Mid-Term Exams
Reading Article 5: Emma Watson's speech on feminism
Quiz 5: ‘Women’s right to Vote’
Week 11
11/18 (M) Gender
Reading Article 5: Emma Watson's speech on feminism
11/20 (W) Gender
Reading Article 6: Obama’s article on Feminism
Quiz 6: ‘Men are the Weaker Sex’
Week 12
11/25 (M) Gender
Reading Article 6: Obama’s article on Feminism
11/27(W) Museum
Reading Article 7: Andrew Solomon’s ‘Don’t Mess with our cultural patrimony’
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
12/2 (M) Museum
Reading Article 7: Andrew Solomon’s ‘Don’t Mess with our cultural patrimony’
12/4 (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
12/9(M) Museum
Reading article 7: Andrew Solomon’s ‘Don’t Mess with our cultural patrimony’
12/11(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
12/16(M) Literature
Reading article 8: Oscar Wilde’s ‘Happy Prince'
12/18(W) Literature
Reading article 8: Oscar Wilde’s ‘Happy Prince'
Quiz 10: ‘Literacy Heroes’
Deadline for Writing Task 2
Week 16
12/23 (M) Literature
Reading article 8: Oscar Wilde’s ‘Happy Prince'
12/25 (W) Group Presentation
Week 17
12/30 (M) Group Presentation
1/1 (W) Holiday
Week 18 Final
Note: all quizzes are held at the start of the class.
(M): Monday
(W): Wednesday
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