NCHU Course Outline
Course Name (中) 大一英文(0930)
(Eng.) Freshman English
Offering Dept Language Center
Course Type Required Credits 2 Teacher SHIH HUI-CHIA
Department General Language 中/英文 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.

(1) Quizzes: No make-up quizzes will be given. 1-2 quiz scores will be excluded from your final grades, depending on the total number of quizzes given in this semester.
(2) Attendance policy: According to the academic regulations of our school, if you are absent for 12 or more class hours (including 12), you will not be eligible to take the final exam and will receive a zero as your total course score.
(3) Assignment: All assignments should be turned in on time, even when you are absent on the day of announcement. All the details will be posted on iLearning 3.0. Late assignment: 10% deduction per day up to 6 days. Assessments submitted after 7 days are not accepted.
(4) Midterm and final assessment: If you are not able to attend the exams, you must notify the instructor in advance and submit a sick leave request through the school system to be eligible for a make-up exam. Please note that the make-up exam will have different questions from the regular midterm and final exams.
(5) Plagiarism policy: Copying words from others is strictly prohibited in all kinds of class activities, including assignments and exams. Once you are caught plagiarizing, 30% will be deducted from your final grades.
Prerequisites
self-directed learning in the course N
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 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.
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topic Discussion/Production
Networking/Distance Education
Exercises
Discussion
Lecturing
Attendance
Oral Presentation
Assignment
Internship
Other
Course Content and Homework/Schedule/Tests Schedule
Week Course Content
Week 1 course orientation
Week 2 Unit 6
Week 3 Unit 6
Week 4 Unit 6 (quiz)/ Unit 8
Week 5 No Class: Rescheduled for weeks 13-14 (TBC)
Week 6 Unit 8
Week 7 No Class: Spring Break
Week 8 Unit 8 (quiz) / Unit 9
Week 9 Unit 9
Week 10 Post Test(後測)
Week 11 Unit 9 (quiz) / Units 10
Week 12 Unit 10
Week 13 Unit 11; make-up class
Week 14 Unit 11; Preparing for the group project; make-up class
Week 15 Final Assessment: group project presentation
Week 16 Final Assessment: group project presentation
Week 17 Self-Directed Learning
Week 18 Self-Directed Learning
Evaluation
1. Attendance, class participation, assignments & quizzes: 40%
2. Final group project: 35%
3. Post-Test (後測): 15%
4. Self-directed learning: 10%


**Self-directed learning activities: complete “My English Learning Path” for the year and submit the report by June 18.
Textbook & other References
Reading Explorer 3(3rd edition, Hi, Taiwan)
此書自113-1沿用至113-2，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
by appointment
Sustainable Development Goals, SDGs(Link URL)
04.Quality Education   07.Affordable and Clean Energyinclude experience courses：N
Please respect the intellectual property rights and use the materials legally.Please respect gender equality.
Update Date, year/month/day：2025/02/18 21:55:32 Printed Date, year/month/day：2025 / 4 / 19
The second-hand book website：http://www.myub.com.tw/