NCHU Course Outline
Course Name (中) 英文作文(一)(1053)
(Eng.) English Composition (I)
Offering Dept Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures
Course Type Required Credits 2 Teacher 劉鳳芯
Department Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures/Undergraduate Language English Semester 2024-FALL
Course Description Course Requirements:
1.Visit iLearning 3.0 regularly for weekly assignments, announcements, and course syllabus update.
2.The instructor does NOT accept electronic submission (if notified otherwise). Be sure to proofread the assignment before handing in. Error-ridden essays—whether the errors are due to mechanical or formatting errors—will be marked down.
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
Course Overview and Description:

The aim of this writing course is to help students write better paragraphs and sentences. To achieve this goal, students throughout the whole semester will be engaged in a series of writing activities to practice grammar, vocabulary, build better sentences, and format effective paragraphs.

Course Expectations
Writing course is rigorous and moves along at a quick and steady pace, which means both the instructor and students must make the most of the time they have together each week. Since the instructor values students’ attendance very much, attendance will be checked every class. Any student who is more than 20 minutes late in joining class will be counted as absent. A missed conference appointment (see weekly schedule) also counts as an absence from class. If a student is absent from class more than THREE times, with or without sick notice or any other proof, s/he risks being excluded from and failing the course. If a student must miss a class, please notify the instructor by email in advance, and consult the class website for any missed materials. Bear in mind that the instructor is not on email 24/7, so the student’s message may not receive an immediate response. The instructor does not accept text messages or phone calls.
Students are expected to be fully prepared to participate when class begins—that is, to have read and thought about whatever readings were assigned and to have the required writing ready. Late submission of any assignment won’t be accepted for whatever reason. The instructor considers such lateness extremely disruptive to the class schedule and discussions, and is unfair to the other students who do participate and hand in work on time, so late submission will be penalized by receiving a “0” and will not be read or graded. Please note that excuses related to computer mishaps won’t be accepted either. Note also that homework that is copied from another source will receive a “0”.
1.Foreign language skills
3.Communication and presentation skills
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50
Networking/Distance Education
Exercises
Discussion
Lecturing
Written Presentation
Attendance
Oral Presentation
Assignment
Other
Quiz
Course Content and Homework/Schedule/Tests Schedule
Week Course Content
Week 1 Introduction

-Select a student assistant
-Create a LINE group for the class
Week 2 -Great Writing 2: Unit 1
-How to choose and use an English-English dictionary and a Thesaurus
-The four main features of a paragraph (pp. 2-13)

-sentence writing
-Paragraph copying
Week 3 Great Writing 2: Unit 1
-#1 Paragraph Writing

*The instructor collects and grades the papers
Week 4 -Revise #1 Paragraph Writing
-Rules for Italics and Capitalization
-Collocation dictionary
-format

*The instructor corrects and grades the revised papers
Week 5 No class
Week 6 -Unit 2 (pp. 24-43)
-the usage of Italics

-The second revision of #1 Paragraph Writing due (type up)

*The second revision of #1 Paragraph Writing due (type up)
Week 7 -A tour around the Liberal Arts Building
-Brainstorming
#2 Paragraph Writing
Week 8 -Peer review
-Revise #2 Paragraph Writing

*The instructor collects and grades the revised papers
Week 9 *Mid-term Examination week; class continues
-Simple and compound sentences
-Effective titles

-peer review & the first revision due
Week 10 Unit 2: Grammar: Subject-verb Agreement
Unit 3: Complex sentences

-The second revision of #2 Paragraph Writing due (type up)
Week 11 #1 One-on-one conference
Week 12 Unit 3 (pp. 44-61)
-Effective topic sentences
-Features of a Topic Sentence
Week 13 -#3 Paragraph Writing

-Peer Review
Week 14 -Revise #3 Paragraph Writing
-Types of sentences: Complex Sentences (and review simple and compound sentences)

*The instructor collects and grades the revised papers
Week 15 Unit 4
Week 16 #4 Paragraph Writing
#2 One-on-one conference

-The second revision of #3 Paragraph Writing due (type up)
Week 17 Autonomous Learning: peer review and paper revision
Week 18 Autonomous Learning: peer review and paper revision
Evaluation
Grades will be calculated according to the following formula:
a.Writing assignments (including peer reviews, revisions, etc.) & In-class quizzes 85%
b.Attendance and Class Participation 10%
c.Additional points 5%
Textbook & other References
a.Folse, Keith S., April Muchmore-Vokoun, and Elena Vestri. Great Writing 2: Great Paragraphs (Fifth Edition). National Geographic Learning, 2020.
b.Supplementary materials.

Recommended:
a.A good English dictionary -- not a pocket-sized English-Chinese dictionary but a college-edition English dictionary.
b.A good Thesaurus.
Teaching Aids & Teacher's Website
iLearning 3.0
Office Hours
By appointment
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