NCHU Course Outline
Course Name (中) 大一英文(0932)
(Eng.) Freshman English
Offering Dept Language Center
Course Type Required Credits 2 Teacher Hsu Hsiao Ling
Department General Language English Semester 2025-SPRING
Course Description Freshman English is a one-year course of 4 credits, 2 credits for each semester. The course covers four skills and is conducted via lectures and group activities. Students will be exposed to a variety of listening, speaking, reading, and writing activities to improve their English skills. The contents include listening and oral communication practice, movie viewing, discussion of English articles, etc. In addition to in-class activities, every student will be encouraged to do autonomous learning by participating in the language learning activities offered by the Foreign Language Self-Access 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
The primary goal of this course is to develop English communicative competence of first-year C-level students (non-English majors). 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 comprehend main ideas in everyday conversations, short talks and articles; (3) the ability to understand English spoken in a range of academic, professional and social settings; (4) the ability to briefly express an opinion and to give short explanations in English; and (5) the test-taking strategies of various English proficiency tests.
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topic Discussion/Production
Networking/Distance Education
Discussion
Lecturing
Attendance
Oral Presentation
Assignment
Quiz
Course Content and Homework/Schedule/Tests Schedule
Week Course Content
Week 1 Unit 3
Week 2 [No class]
Week 3 Unit 4
Week 4 Unit 4
Week 5 Unit 4
Week 6 Unit 5
Week 7 Spring break [No class]
Week 8 Unit 5
Week 9 Midterm Examination Week
Week 10 Post-test
Week 11 Unit 6
Week 12 Unit 6
Week 13 Unit 6
Week 14 Final presentations
Week 15 Final presentations
Week 16 Review and feedback
Week 17 Self-Directed Learning
Week 18 Self-Directed Learning
Evaluation
1. Attendance & Class participation: 15%
2. Comprehension check: 40%
3. Self-directed learning project: 10%
4. Presentation: 20%
5. Freshman English Post-test: 15%
Textbook & other References
Longman Academic Reading Series 2
Teaching Aids & Teacher's Website
NCHU iLearning (https://lms.nchu.edu.tw/)
Office Hours
By appointment
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