| 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 purpose of this course is to help non-major freshmen apply their existing knowledge and competences across a wide spectrum of situations and improve their language skills for more efficient communication. |
|
|
| Lecturing |
| Discussion |
| Exercises |
| topic Discussion/Production |
|
| Quiz |
| Assignment |
| Oral Presentation |
| Attendance |
|
| Course Content and Homework/Schedule/Tests Schedule |
| Week |
Course Content |
| Week 1 |
Week 1: Orientation
|
| Week 2 |
Week 2: The Mind/ VOA / Ted Talks |
| Week 3 |
Week 3: The Mind / English Lyrics (1) / Ted Talks
|
| Week 4 |
Week 4: The Mind / Movies |
| Week 5 |
Week 5: Working / VOA / Ted Talks |
| Week 6 |
Week 6: Working/ VOA / Ted Talks |
| Week 7 |
Week 7: Holiday |
| Week 8 |
Week 8: Midterm Exam |
| Week 9 |
Week 9: Breakthrough/ English Lyrics (3) / Ted Talks |
| Week 10 |
Week 10: Breakthrough/ Film and TV Sit-Coms |
| Week 11 |
Week 11: Freshman English Proficiency Test (Post-Test) |
| Week 12 |
Week 12: Art and Entertainment/ VOA / Ted Talks |
| Week 13 |
Week 13: Art and Entertainment/ English Lyrics (4) |
| Week 14 |
Week 14: Conflict and Reconciliation / English Lyrics (5) / Oral Presentations |
| Week 15 |
Week 15: Conflict and Reconciliation / Review
|
| Week 16 |
Week 16: Final Exam |
| Week 17 |
Week 17: Self-Directed Learning & Online English Workshop |
| Week 18 |
Week 18: Self-Directed Learning & Online English Workshop |
|
| Evaluation |
The grade will be based on midterm and final exams, assignments, oral presentations, and class participation. The percentage of each category will be as follows.
Midterm Exam 20%
Final Exam 25%
Assignments 15% (Mock Exams & Learning Logs: 5%; Oral Presentations: 10%)
Quizzes & Class Participation 25%
Freshman English Proficiency Test (Post-Test) 15% |
| Textbook & other References |
| Mosaic 2 Reading, by Wegmann, Brenda & Miki Knezevic. 2013. Sixth Edition. New York: McGraw-Hill. |
| Teaching Aids & Teacher's Website |
iLearning3.0
https://lms2020.nchu.edu.tw/ |
| Office Hours |
| By appointment. |
| Sustainable Development Goals, SDGs |
| 04.Quality Education | include experience courses：N |
|