| 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 competencies across a broad spectrum of situations and improve their language skills for more efficient communication. |
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| Lecturing |
| Discussion |
| Exercises |
| topic Discussion/Production |
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| Quiz |
| Assignment |
| Oral Presentation |
| Attendance |
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| Course Content and Homework/Schedule/Tests Schedule |
| Week |
Course Content |
| Week 1 |
The course covers different themes from a wide range of genres, such as newspaper and magazine articles, online discussion, interviews, book excerpts, news broadcasting, TV Sit-Com, English lyrics, and films. In-class activities include lectures, group discussion, opinion sharing, and students’ presentations.
Week 1: Orientation |
| Week 2 |
Week 2: Language and Learning / VOA / ICRT EZ News |
| Week 3 |
Week 3: Language and Learning / Small Talk / ICRT EZ News |
| Week 4 |
Week 4: Language and Learning / VOA / English Lyrics (1) |
| Week 5 |
Week 5: Danger and Daring / Successful Businesses / VOA |
| Week 6 |
Week 6: Danger and Daring / VOA / English Lyrics (2) |
| Week 7 |
Week 7: Danger and Daring / ICRT EZ news / VOA |
| Week 8 |
Week 8: Danger and Daring / Character Traits / VOA |
| Week 9 |
Week 9: Midterm Exam |
| Week 10 |
Week 10: Gender and Relationship / Film and TV Sit-Coms |
| Week 11 |
Week 11: Gender and Relationship / ICRT News / VOA |
| Week 12 |
Week 12: Beauty and Aesthetics / Friendship/ Cities |
| Week 13 |
Week 13: Beauty and Aesthetics / ICRT EZ news/ VOA/ Oral Presentations |
| Week 14 |
Week 14: Beauty and Aesthetics / English Lyrics (3) / VOA / Oral Presentations |
| Week 15 |
Week 15: Transitions / English Lyrics (5)/ Oral Presentations
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| Week 16 |
Week 16: Transitions /ICRT EZ news/ VOA |
| Week 17 |
Week 17: Final Exam
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| Week 18 |
Week 18: Self-directed learning: Presentation Practices and Review |
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| Evaluation |
The grade will be based on midterm and final exams, quizzes, assignments, and class participation. The percentage of each category will be as follows.
Midterm Exam 20%
Final Exam 30%
Quizzes 20%
Oral Presentations and Assignments 15%
Pretest 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/
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| Office Hours |
| By appointment. |
| Sustainable Development Goals, SDGs |
| include experience courses：N |
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