NCHU Course Outline

Course Name	(中) 大一英文(0931)
	(Eng.) Freshman English
Offering Dept	Language Center
Course Type	Required	Credits	2	Teacher	Ching-Yu Yang
Department	General	Language	English	Semester	2025-SPRING
Course Description	This course is designed to build up four English skills and general English proficiency with online resources and tools. Through a series of in-class practice, students will acquire the ability to use these tools when writing and reading. This course will cover a wide range of topics, and students are encouraged to express their opinions in class.
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
This course is designed to: 1. Improve students' English skills 2. Develop the abilities to communicate in English 3. Motivate students to learn English on their initiative 4. Guide students through language learning systems and resource	1. 2. 3. 4.	50 30 10 10	Exercises topic Discussion/Production Discussion Lecturing	Assignment Quiz Attendance Oral Presentation
Course Content and Homework/Schedule/Tests Schedule
Week Course Content Week 1 (2/19) Orientation; Unit 4 Getting it right Week 2 (2/26) Unit 4 Getting it right Week 3 (3/5) Unit 4 Getting it right Week 4 (3/12) Unit 4 Getting it right Week 5 (3/19) Unit 5 Our changing world Week 6 (3/26) Unit 5 Our changing world; submit the oral presentation title Week 7 (4/2) No class (Make-up Day of Sports Day) Week 8 (4/9) Unit 5 Our changing world Week 9 (4/16) Midterm Exam Week 10 (4/23) Posttest Week 11 (4/30) Film appreciation Week 12 (5/7) BBC learning English (Are bucket lists always a good thing?) & oral presentation Week 13 (5/14) BBC learning English (Training Artificial Intelligence) & oral presentation Week 14 (5/21) BBC learning English (Food made in space) & oral presentation Week 15 (5/28) BBC learning English (Could you be a victim of online fraud?) & oral presentation Week 16 (6/4) BBC learning English (The secrets to a healthy old age) & oral presentation Week 17 (6/11) Make-up Day of Self-directed learning I Week 18 (6/18) Self-directed learning (reading one article and watching one short video related to one of the topics discussed in Week 13-16, and finishing a worksheet)
Evaluation
Attendance & In-class Practice 20% Midterm Exam 30% Oral presentation 25% (10 mins for each group; 5 mins for each person; 2 mins Q&A) Self-directed learning 10% Posttest15% (week 10 4/23 13:00-15:00)
Textbook & other References
Liz and John Soars, American Headway, vol. 3 3rd ed. (Oxford: Oxford UP, 2016)
Teaching Aids & Teacher's Website
BBC six minutes: https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/6-minute-english Voice of America; Ted talks iLearning
Office Hours
Wed. 15:10-17:00
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