NCHU Course Outline |
Course Name | (中) 大一英文(0920) | ||||
(Eng.) Freshman English | |||||
Offering Dept | Language Center | ||||
Course Type | Required | Credits | 2 | Teacher | Ho, TAI-CHUN |
Department | General | Language | English | Semester | 2024-FALL |
Course Description | With a wide range of classroom activities and exercises, this one-year course is designed to enhance the English skills and proficiency of first-year NCHU undergraduates. The lecturer will guide participants through a wealth of English learning resources and authentic materials dealing with the following topics: 1) language learning, 2) technology, 3) gender, and 4) literature. To facilitate learning and classroom discussion, students are required to complete listening and reading assignments before coming to class. Every week, participants will have to take quizzes, speak English both in small groups and in front of the class, and engage in a series of writing tasks. A communicative approach that emphasizes teacher-student interaction is adopted, though attention is also paid to familiarize students with the complex sentence structure and grammar of the English language as well as common English expressions used in a variety of topics and daily life situations. |
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Prerequisites | self-directed learning in the course | Y |
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At the end of the course, students will be able to: 1) Speaking: -speak more confidently and fluently about various topics -speak with fewer simple grammar mistakes 2) Reading -improve reading skills -become familiar with different genres of English materials 3) Vocabulary -increase vocabulary, especially vocabulary related to the topics in online English materials and selected readings 4) Grammar -improve usage of already-learned grammar in writing and speaking 5) Listening -improve listening for both main ideas and details on a variety of topics 6) Writing -learn to describe their daily life, events and stories in short paragraphs |
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Grades 15% class participation (based on your speaking frequency) 10% in-class presentations (3 minute-talk 5% and group presentations 5%) 15% attendance 60% exams (quizzes 10%; 10% FEM ; 20% Midterm; 20% Final) >3 minute-talk: You will have to give an individual 3 minute-speech on any topic of your choice. For each week, 2-3 students will take turns presenting. >Group presentation: Group presentations on the film ‘Pygmalion’. >debate: You will have to participate in one debate and help your team win. 20% class participation: 0-10 scale system is used. 1-4= didn’t speak but attended the classes 5-6= spoke only a few times 7-8= made a few comments 9-10=talked a lot Absences >Sickness: If you can’t come to class because you’re sick, please apply for a leave of absence via the university’s online system and attach a document which shows your doctor’s notes or your visit to a clinic or hospital. On the day of a quiz, you will need to show me absent notes approved by the university; otherwise, your absence will be unexcused. Each class absence will drop 1 point off your final grade. >Tardiness: You should come to class on time. If you arrive late after I take attendance, you will be marked absent. If you arrive after the quiz is finished, you cannot retake it. >Other reasons: Please discuss them with me beforehand. |
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Textbooks Selected Readings (See the details of the programme above) Online English Resources: BBC Six-Minute English; Learning English with News Report; Voice of America; Ted talks; The Guardian’s Audio Long Reads |
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Study guides and reading questions sheets will be available via I-Learning | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Monday 15:10:17:00 (by appointment) |
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