NCHU Course Outline

Course Name	(中) 學術英文聽讀(0906)
	(Eng.) Academic English：Listening and Reading
Offering Dept	Language Center
Course Type	Required	Credits	2	Teacher	LIAO,HSIU-FEN
Department	General	Language	中/英文	Semester	2026-SPRING
Course Description	English Communication and Expression is designed to help freshmen to gain and build their communication skills. The course features introduction to listening and oral communication strategies and skills. The content includes listening practice, oral practice, DVD/clip/video viewing, pair/group discussion, and article reading, etc. Exposed to a wide range of listening, speaking, and reading situations, and through in-class discussions and pair/group activities, students can accumulate the amount of vocabulary, enhance their English aural-oral and literacy skills, and cultivate their intercultural 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 Exercises Discussion Lecturing	Written Presentation Attendance Oral Presentation Assignment
Course Content and Homework/Schedule/Tests Schedule
Week Course Content Week 1 course orientation group discussion Week 2 unit 7 can we talk describing communication Week 3 unit 7 recount conversations and stories to another person short emails to co-workers and friends Week 4 unit 8 lifestyles talk about wishes and regrets Week 5 unit 8 talking about work/life balance a response to two comments Week 6 unit 9 yes, you can talk about places and rules Week 7 unit 9 give contrasting information a complaint about a business Week 8 real-world strategy: show interest in a story Week 9 midterm week discussing right and wrong Week 10 unit 10 what if.... talking about discoveries Week 11 unit 10 tell and react to a story about something that is hard to believe stressing long words Week 12 unit 11 contrasts discussing college life Week 13 unit 11 give a personal recommendation a response to an opinion piece Week 14 unit 12 looking back talking about the senses Week 15 unit 12 recall a memory linking contrasting ideas Week 16 final exam test your memory and compare results self-directed learning    02.Viewing multimedia materials related to industry and academia.    03.Preparing presentations or reports related to industry and academia. 閱覽產業及學術相關多媒體資料 responding to an author’s ideas academic writing skill: writing a summary and a personal response
Evaluation
1.Class Attendance 15％ Students get 1 point each time when they are present. 2.Mid-Term: 30% (Written Test:15%+Self-Introduction:15%) 3.Pair/Group Discussion & Presentation: In-class Group discussion/Group Presentation:15% 4.Final Exam:(Written Exam)15% 5.Freshman English Pre-Test:10% 6.English Score(Core Skill+Speaking+Writing):5% 7.Self-Directed Learning:10%
Textbook & other References
Evolve 4 by Ben Goldstein and Ceri Jones Cambridge University Press (ISBN 978-1-108-40532-4)
Teaching Aids & Teacher's Website
Cambridge.org/evolve
Office Hours
class hours
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