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課程名稱	(中) 學術英文聽讀(0919)
	(Eng.) Academic English：Listening and Reading
開課單位	語言中心
課程類別	必修	學分	2	授課教師	何泰鈞
選課單位	不限系所	授課使用語言	英文	開課學期	1142
課程簡述	With a wide range of classroom activities and exercises, this course is designed to enhance the English listening and reading skills of first-year NCHU undergraduates. The lecturer will guide participants through a wealth of English learning resources and authentic materials. In order to facilitate learning and classroom discussion, students are required to complete listening and reading assignments before coming to class. Every week, participants will have to take quizzes, speak English both in small groups and in front of the class, and engage in a series of tasks.
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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
and different types of argumentative writing
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

專題探討/製作

網路/遠距教學

討論

講授

出席狀況

口頭報告

作業

測驗

授課內容(單元名稱與內容、習作/每週授課、考試進度-共16週加自主學習)

週次	授課內容
第1週	Introduction What I did during the Winter Break
第2週	Job/Career Richard Schiffman’s “Why We Should Work Less” (2012) Speak about your dream job/the career you want to have in the future Quiz 1: “Flexible working”
第3週	Travel TED Talk: Pico Iyer’s “Where is home?” Speak about your experience of traveling and ideas of home Quiz 2: Should tourists go to Antarctica?
第4週	Gender Emma Watson’s speech on feminism at the UN Speak about the gender equality/problems in Taiwan Quiz 3: “Women’s Right to Vote”
第5週	Gender Obama’s article on feminism Speak about the gender equality/problems in Taiwan Quiz 4: “Men are the Weaker Sex”
第6週	Ecology and Environment Paul Bogard’s “Let There Be Dark” (2012)? Speak about the crisis of nature and environmental problems Quiz 5: “Is there more of the world to explore?”
第7週	Holiday
第8週	Group Presentation 1
第9週	Library Zadie Smith’s “Northwest London Blues” (pp. 3-10) Speak about your experience of visiting libraries Quiz 6: “What makes a great library?”
第10週	General English Test
第11週	Library Zadie Smith’s “Northwest London Blues” (pp. 10-17) Speak about the importance of libraries Quiz 7: “The human library: Life as an open book”
第12週	Literature Oscar Wilde’s “The Happy Prince” Speak about your experience of reading Quiz 8:“Reading the Classics”
第13週	Literature Oscar Wilde’s “The Happy Prince” Speak about your experience of reading literature Quiz 9: “Literacy Heroes”
第14週	Art, Politics and Taiwan Andrew Solomon’s “Don’t Mess with Our Cultural Patrimony” (pp.181-190) Speak about your experience of visiting Museums Quiz 10: “A History of the World in 100 objects”
第15週	Art, Politics and Taiwan Andrew Solomon’s “Don’t Mess with Our Cultural Patrimony” (pp. 191-202) Retell the National Palace Museum controversy Quiz 11: “Scottish Independence”
第16週	Group Presentation 2 on the text of Smith, Wilde or Solomon
自主學習內容	02.閱覽產業及學術相關多媒體資料 03.製作專題報告 Participants of this course should prepare for the group presentations in weeks 8 and 16.

學習評量方式

Grades

60% participation (online journal/diary10%; group presentations 10%; class participation 40%)
30% exams (quizzes 20%; General English Test 5%; English Score 5%)
10% attendance (attendance 10%)

＞An online journal/diary: You will have to keep a journal/diary and write entries to keep track of your readings
＞2 Group presentations: week 8 on a well-known/popular text; week 16 on the text of Smith, Wilde, or Solomon.
＞Class participation: I will give points based on your speaking frequency during the in-class activities (including your online contribution to the forum of the I-learning website)

A 60-100 scale system is used.
60 = didn’t speak 61-70= spoke a few times
71-85= made a few comments 86-100= talked a lot

＞Sickness: If you can’t come to class because you’re sick, please apply for a leave of absence via the university’s
online system and attach a document which shows your doctor’s notes or your visit to a clinic or hospital.
On the day of a quiz, you will need to show me absent notes approved by the university; otherwise, your
absence will be unexcused.
＞Tardiness: You should come to class on time. If you arrive late after I take attendance, you will be marked absent. If
you arrive after the quiz is finished, you cannot retake it.
＞Other reasons: Please discuss them with me beforehand.

教科書＆參考書目(書名、作者、書局、代理商、說明)

A course pack is prepared for this course
Online English Resources: BBC Six-Minute English; Ted Talks; The New York Times; Washing Post; Vanity Fair, etc.

Selected Readings:
Zadie Smith. “Northwest London Blues” in Feel Free. Penguin: 2018.
Solomon, Andrew. “Don’t Mess with Our Cultural Patrimony” in Far and Wide: Reporting from the Brink of Change. Scribner, 2016.
Wilde, Oscar. ”The Happy Prince” in The Complete Short Stories. Oxford Classics, 2010.

課程教材（教師個人網址請列在本校內之網址）

I-Learning 3

課程輔導時間

Monday 3:10-5:00 pm (by appointment)

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