NCHU Course Outline

Course Name	(中) 英文作文(一)(1511)
	(Eng.) English Composition (I)
Offering Dept	Continuing Bachelor Program in Foreign Languages and Literatures
Course Type	Required	Credits	2	Teacher	陳雅雯
Department	Continuing Bachelor Program in Foreign Languages and Literatures(N)Undergraduate	Language	中/英文	Semester	2026-FALL
Course Description	This course introduces students to the process of paragraph and essay writing and teaches how to produce great paragraphs and essays by generating, developing and organizing their ideas.
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
Students will learn the structure of academic writing that provides a basic and solid foundation for later real writing. At the end of the course, students can write a qualified paragraph.			Exercises Discussion Lecturing	Written Presentation Attendance Assignment Quiz
Course Content and Homework/Schedule/Tests Schedule
Week Course Content Week 1 Class introduction Elaborately designed thought-provoking activities and great example paragraphs and essays are provided to aid understanding and composing writings. Students will do paragraph analysis and revision, as well as to correct grammatical mistakes. 1. Paragraphs 2. Features of Good Writing 3. Types of Paragraphs Week 2 Unit 1 : Paragraphs Week 3 Unit 1 Week 4 Unit 1 Week 5 Unit 1 Week 6 Unit 1 Week 7 Unit 1 Week 8 Mid-term exam (exam time may be rescheduled depending on class progress) Week 9 Unit 2 Features of Good Writing Week 10 Unit 2 Week 11 Unit 2 Week 12 Unit 2 Week 13 Unit 3 Types of Paragraph Week 14 Unit 3 Week 15 Unit 3 Week 16 Final-term exam 指定寫作作業 self-directed learning
Evaluation
Attendance & class participation 25% (累積達5次缺課,平時分數為0 / This part of grades will be 0 if you are absent from class up to 5 weeks ) 2 paragraph writing assignments 20% (10% each) mid-term exam 25% final-term exam 30%
Textbook & other References
Great Writing 3: From Great Paragraphs to Great Essays (5th edition) by Keith S. Folse et al., Cengage Learning (敦煌書局) (教科書訂購網www.myTB.com.tw)
Teaching Aids & Teacher's Website
ISBN: 978-0357-021071
Office Hours
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Sustainable Development Goals, SDGs(Link URL)
04.Quality Education include experience courses：N

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Update Date, year/month/day：None	Printed Date, year/month/day：2026 / 6 / 19
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