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	2024-FALL
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.
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	topic Discussion/Production Exercises Discussion Lecturing	Assignment Attendance Quiz
Course Content and Homework/Schedule/Tests Schedule
Week Course Content Week 1 (9/11) Orientation Week 2 (9/18) Unit 1: A World of Difference Week 3 (9/25) Unit 1: A World of Difference Week 4 (10/2) Pre-test Week 5 (10/9) Unit 1: A World of Difference Week 6 (10/16) Unit 2: The Work Week Week 7 (10/23) Unit 2: The Work Week Week 8 (10/30) Mid-term Exam Week 9 (11/6) Movie Appreciation and Discussion Week 10 (11/13) Unit 2: The Work Week Week 11 (11/20) Unit 3: Good Times, Bad Times! Week 12 (11/27) Unit 3: Good Times, Bad Times! Week 13 (12/4) Unit 3: Good Times, Bad Times! Week 14 (12/11) Final Exam Week 15 (12/18) Introducing Language Learning Tools Week 16 (12/25) Self-directed Learning (I) Week 17 (1/1) New Year! Week 18 (1/8) Self-directed Learning (II)
Evaluation
Attendance, In-class assignment 15% Midterm Exam 30% Final Exam 30% Pretest 15% Self-directed Learning I 4% (due: 10/1): Live ABC high-intermediated level proficiency test Self-directed Learning II 6% (due: 1/8): Find a topic your are interested and choose two English articles and one short English video related to the topic. Submit (1) 10 words you learnt from the material, (2) 50-word reflections on the topic or what you learnt from the articles and video and (3) references
Textbook & other References
Liz and John Soars, American Headway, vol. 3 3rd ed. (Oxford: Oxford UP, 2016)
Teaching Aids & Teacher's Website
BBC Learning English-six minutes https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/6-minute-english Voice of America; Ted talks LiveABC English Proficiency Test: https://liveabc.nchu.edu.tw/login/login.php English Scores: https://oaa.nchu.edu.tw/zh-tw/news-detail/content-p.1124 Linggle: https://linggle.com E-writing: https://ewriting.nchu.edu.tw
Office Hours
Mon. 15:10-17:00 (or by appointment)
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