NCHU Course Outline
Course Name (中) 大一英文(0906)
(Eng.) Freshman English
Offering Dept Language Center
Course Type Required Credits 2 Teacher Ron-ki Chen
Department General Language English Semester 2025-SPRING
Course Description College English is a one-year course of 4 credits, 2 credits for each semester. The course covers four-skill components and is conducted via lectures, lab sessions, and group activities. Students will be exposed to a variety of listening, speaking, reading, and writing situations to improve their English aural-oral as well as literacy skills. The contents include listening and oral communication practice, video viewing, discussion of English articles, analysis of English word formation, intercultural learning, test-taking practice, etc. In addition, every student will be encouraged to do autonomous learning by participating in the language learning activities offered by the Foreign Language Resource Center.
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
(Eng.) The primary goal of this course is to develop the English communicative competence of first-year undergraduate students (non-English majors). Upon completion of the course, students are expected to acquire:
1. the ability to comprehend listening texts strategically;
2. the ability to comprehend written texts strategically;
3. the ability to analyze word formations in the English language;
4. the ability to briefly express an opinion and to give short explanations in English;
5. the ability to understand cultural differences; and
6. the test-taking strategies of various English proficiency tests.
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Course Content and Homework/Schedule/Tests Schedule
Week Course Content
Week 1 Week 01: Introduction to course & policies
Week 2 Week 02: sentence pattern (1)
Week 3 Week 03: sentence pattern (2)
Week 4 Week 04: sentence pattern (3)
Week 5 Week 05: reading exercise (1)
Week 6 Week 06: reading exercise (2)
Week 7 Week 07: reading exercise (3)
Week 8 Week 08: English as barrier
Week 9 Week 09: Midterm Exam
Week 10 Week 10: vocabulary building (1)
Week 11 Week 11: vocabulary building (2)
Week 12 Week 12: vocabulary building (3)
Week 13 Week 13: lyrics comprehension (1)
Week 14 Week 14: lyrics comprehension (2)
Week 15 Week 15: lyrics comprehension (3)
Week 16 Week 16: video appreciation
Week 17 Week 17: self-directed learning: outside reading report
Week 18 Week 18: self-directed learning: outside reading report
Evaluation
Quiz: 50%
GEPT test: 15%
Self-directed learning and term project: 35%
Textbook & other References
Reference book:
1. American English File 4 (second edition). (2014). Oxford University Press.
Teaching Aids & Teacher's Website
Other references:
1. Start Up. (2019). Pearson Education. (Crane Publishing)
2. New Interactions (2020). McGraw-Hill Asia. (Crane Publishing)
Office Hours
Tue. 13:10-15:00
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