NCHU Course Outline

Course Name	(中) 大一英文(0917)
Course Name	(Eng.) Freshman English
Offering Dept	Language Center
Course Type	Required	Credits	2	Teacher	CHEN, CHAO-JUNG
Department	General	Language	English	Semester	2025-SPRING
Course Description	Based on essential reading materials, this course aims to provide students with a comprehensive training of all four skills: reading, listening, speaking, and writing. The course encompasses academic lectures and thematic interviews of diverse content areas. Language usage and structural analysis are the pivotal concerns of the classroom activities. The classes entail group discussion to facilitate and motivate students’ learning process. In addition, supplementary reading materials, vocabulary quizzes, and group presentation will also be included to help consolidate students’ English proficiency.
Prerequisites				self-directed learning in the course	N

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This course aims to reinforce students’ English abilities through a series of exercises, in which students will strengthen their English capacity by means of approaching diverse content areas. Students are expected to develop proficiency in both practical applications of English and structural understanding of English lectures and thematic interviews.

topic Discussion/Production

Networking/Distance Education

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Oral Presentation

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Internship

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Course Content and Homework/Schedule/Tests Schedule

Week	Course Content
Week 1	Course orientation/ Unit Seven: Customs and Behaviors 【Listening】 An excerpt from a radio program about the diet of the indigenous people of northern Alaska 【Reading A】 An article about the ”tiger mother” approach to parenting 【Critical Thinking】 questions and answers
Week 2	Unit Seven: Customs and Behaviors 【Listening】 An excerpt from a radio program about the diet of the indigenous people of northern Alaska 【Reading A】 An article about the ”tiger mother” approach to parenting 【Critical Thinking】 questions and answers
Week 3	Unit Seven: Customs and Behaviors 【Listening】 An excerpt from a radio program about the diet of the indigenous people of northern Alaska 【Reading A】 An article about the ”tiger mother” approach to parenting 【Critical Thinking】 questions and answers
Week 4	Unit Eight: Hopes and Ambitions 【Listening】 someone talking about an unusual mural 【Reading A】 An article about the first human computer 【Critical Thinking】 emotive language
Week 5	Unit Eight: Hopes and Ambitions 【Listening】 someone talking about an unusual mural 【Reading A】 An article about the first human computer 【Critical Thinking】 emotive language
Week 6	Unit Eight: Hopes and Ambitions 【Listening】 someone talking about an unusual mural 【Reading A】 An article about the first human computer 【Critical Thinking】 emotive language
Week 7	Unit Nine: The News 【Listening】 a radio news report about the parents of Chinese university students 【Reading A】 An article about an iconic image 【Critical Thinking】 different perspectives
Week 8	Unit Nine: The News 【Listening】 a radio news report about the parents of Chinese university students 【Reading A】 An article about an iconic image 【Critical Thinking】 different perspectives
Week 9	Unit Nine: The News 【Listening】 a radio news report about the parents of Chinese university students 【Reading A】 An article about an iconic image 【Critical Thinking】 different perspectives
Week 10	Post Test(後測) on April 22
Week 11	Midterm Exam (Unit 7 & 8)
Week 12	Unit Ten: Talented People 【Listening】 someone talking about an extraordinary career 【Reading A】 An article about a woman who was king 【Critical Thinking】 examining the evidence
Week 13	Unit Ten: Talented People 【Listening】 someone talking about an extraordinary career 【Reading A】 An article about a woman who was king 【Critical Thinking】 examining the evidence
Week 14	Unit Ten: Talented People 【Listening】 someone talking about an extraordinary career 【Reading A】 An article about a woman who was king 【Critical Thinking】 examining the evidence
Week 15	Unit Eleven: Knowledge and Learning 【Listening】 a talk by a psychologist on memory 【Reading A】 An article about an how animals think 【Critical Thinking】 explaining ideas
Week 16	Unit Eleven: Knowledge and Learning 【Listening】 a talk by a psychologist on memory 【Reading A】 An article about an how animals think 【Critical Thinking】 explaining ideas
Week 17	Unit Eleven: Knowledge and Learning 【Listening】 a talk by a psychologist on memory 【Reading A】 An article about an how animals think 【Critical Thinking】 explaining ideas
Week 18	Final Presentation

Evaluation

1. Class Performance 25%: Presence, In-class Activity & Discussion, Assignment
2. Midterm exam: 30%
3. Final Presentation: 30%
4. April 22 (Monday): Post Test(後測)[15%]: The Post Test will be held in the classroom.

Textbook & other References

Life 5 / National Geographic Learning, 2019
此書自112-1沿用至112-2，如須再購買，請自行於「敦煌書局教科書訂購網」訂購 https://www.mytb.com.tw/index.html
The textbook is the same as the one we used in the previous semester. For those who’d like to purchase it, you could buy one from the Caves Book website: https://www.mytb.com.tw/index.html

Teaching Aids & Teacher's Website

Other supplementary materials and handouts will be distributed in class.

Office Hours

Friday: 10-12 (by appointment)

Sustainable Development Goals, SDGs

include experience courses：N

Please respect the intellectual property rights and use the materials legally.Please repsect gender equality.
Update Date, year/month/day：None	Printed Date, year/month/day：2025 / 1 / 22
The second-hand book website：http://www.myub.com.tw/