NCHU Course Outline

Course Name	(中) 學術英文聽讀(0908)
	(Eng.) Academic English：Listening and Reading
Offering Dept	Language Center
Course Type	Required	Credits	2	Teacher	CHEN LI HENG
Department	General	Language	English	Semester	2026-SPRING
Course Description	Academic English: Listening & Speaking is designed to help freshmen to gain and build their communication skills, especially on listening comprehension and reading comprehension strategies and skills. The course features introduction to listening and reading comprehension strategies and skills. The content includes listening practice, online clip/video viewing, group discussion, and articles reading, etc. Exposed to a wide range of listening, and reading situations, and through in-class discussions and group activities, students can accumulate the amount of vocabulary, enhance their English aural-oral and literacy skills, and cultivate their critical reading knowledge, etc.
Prerequisites				self-directed learning in the course	Y

Relevance of Course Objectives and Core Learning Outcomes(%)			Teaching and Assessment Methods for Course Objectives
Course Objectives	Competency Indicators	Ratio(%)	Teaching Methods	Assessment Methods
The primary goal of this course is to help non-English majors to improve their English communicative competence. 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 understand main ideas in everyday conversations, short talks, and articles; (3)the ability to read and think critically (4)the ability to understand English spoken in a range of academic, professional, and social settings; (5) the ability to briefly express their own ideas, opinions, and to give short explanations in English; and (6) some test-taking strategies of English proficiency tests.			topic Discussion/Production Discussion Lecturing	Attendance Oral Presentation Assignment Quiz
Course Content and Homework/Schedule/Tests Schedule
Week Course Content Week 1 Week 1(02.24): Class Orientation+Find Your Group Members+Read One Poem+Select your Seat Week 2 Week 2(03.03): Read One Poem+How to Deliver a Presentation Week 3 Week 3(03.10): Unit 02: Wave Garden Week 4 Week 4(03.17): Unit 02: Wave Garden+Listening Skills/Strategies (TOEFL/NewToeic) Week 5 Week 5(03.24): Unit 04: Cooking Korean Week 6 Week 6(03.31): Unit 04: Cooking Korean+Listening Skills/Strategies (TOEFL/NewToeic) Week 7 Week 7(04.07): Spring Break! (Make-Up Holiday! No Class!) Week 8 Week 8(04.14): Midterm: Written Test Week 9 Week 9(04.21): Check Test Paper+Reading Skills/Strategies (TOEFL/NewToeic) Week 10 Week 10(04.28): Post-Test Week 11 Week 11(05.05): Unit 06: British Sign Language+Reading Skills/Strategies (TOEFL/NewToeic) Week 12 Week 12(05.12): Unit 06: British Sign Language Week 13 Week 13(05.19): Unit 08: How to Become A Standout Footballer Week 14 Week 14(05.26): Group Presentations on “How to Make Good Use of Technology in~” Week 15 Week 15(06.02): Unit 13: How to Make Money and Travel Full Time Week 16 Week 16(06.09): Final Exam: Written Test (Listening & Reading) self-directed learning    02.Viewing multimedia materials related to industry and academia.    03.Preparing presentations or reports related to industry and academia. Students are supposed to upload their self-directed learning onto iLearning 3.0 by June 9th before the midnight.
Evaluation
1.Class Attendance 15％(Students get 1 point each time when they are present.) 2.Mid-Term: 30% (Written Test:15%+Oral Test:15%) 3.Pair/Group Discussion & Presentation: In-class Group discussion/Group Presentation:15% 4.Final Exam:(Written Exam)15% 5.Freshman English Post-Test:15% 6.Self-Directed Learning:10%(At Least 4 Pieces of Listening, Speaking, Reading, or Writing Practice) ※Perasonal Oral Test:(15%) A.Read out loud one shart passage from the textbook that the teacher assigns and record your voice. B.Sing an English song and record your singing. C.Have a conversation with your friend and record your conversation. Each person has to record your recital, singing, or conversation. Submit your recording and upload onto iLearning 3.0 before the deadline.
Textbook & other References
Hironobu Tanaka, Mika Igarashi, Bill Benfield, and Akira Morita. Global English Corners: Developing All Languages Skills. Book 3. Cosmos Culture Ltd. 2025. (ISBN:978-626-300-294-4)
Teaching Aids & Teacher's Website
Some references or related discussion questions will be uploaded onto iLearning 3.0 either before or after the class, so students are supposed to download them and preview them before the class or review them after the class.
Office Hours
By Appointment or Class Hours (10:10-17:00 Tuesdays)
Sustainable Development Goals, SDGs(Link URL)
04.Quality Education   05.Gender Equality   12.Responsible Consumption include experience courses：N

Please respect the intellectual property rights and use the materials legally.Please respect gender equality.
Update Date, year/month/day：2026/02/10 22:23:41	Printed Date, year/month/day：2026 / 3 / 10
The second-hand book website：http://www.myub.com.tw/