| 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 primary goal of this course is to develop English communicative competence of freshman students (non-English majors).Upon completion of the course, students will be expected to acquired: 1)the ability to guess meanings of unfamiliar words from contexts, 2)the ability to comprehend main idea in everyday conversations, short talks and articles, 3)the ability to understand English spoken in a range of academic, professional and social settings. |
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| topic Discussion/Production |
| Discussion |
| Lecturing |
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| Written Presentation |
| Attendance |
| Oral Presentation |
| Assignment |
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| Course Content and Homework/Schedule/Tests Schedule |
| Week |
Course Content |
| Week 1 |
course orientation
group discussion |
| Week 2 |
unit one- animals
endangered species |
| Week 3 |
unit one- video: great egret and dolphin fishing
predicting content using visuals |
| Week 4 |
unit two- the environment
our changing planet
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| Week 5 |
unit two- video: Colorado river
reading for details |
| Week 6 |
review unit one and unit two
unint three- transport
the jumbo jet |
| Week 7 |
unit three- video: Masdar: city of the future
an essay about traffic congestion |
| Week 8 |
review all units for midterm test
class orientation |
| Week 9 |
midterm test
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| Week 10 |
video performance
speaking project
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| Week 11 |
unit four- customs and traditions
protecting our intangible cultural heritage |
| Week 12 |
unit four- video: South Korea coming of age day
speaking- synonyms to avoid repetition |
| Week 13 |
unit five- health and fitness
an article about exercise and keeping fit
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| Week 14 |
unit five- video: sugar survey supports labellig on food and drinks
speaking- whose responsibility it is to fight obesity |
| Week 15 |
unit six- discovery and invention
the magic of mimicry (mechanical engineering) |
| Week 16 |
unit six- video: China’s man-made river
scanning to find information |
| Week 17 |
review all units for final exam
class orientation |
| Week 18 |
review 2
final exam preparation |
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| Evaluation |
participation 10% oral activities / report 20%
mid term 30%
final exam 40% |
| Textbook & other References |
Unlock Level 3 Reading , Writing and Critical Thinking (unlock 2nd edition)
Cambridge university press / Carolyn Westbrook, Linda Baker
ISBN 9781009031400 |
| Teaching Aids & Teacher's Website |
www.cambridge.org/unlock
NCHU i-learning 3.0 |
| Office Hours |
| office hours |
| Sustainable Development Goals, SDGs |
| | include experience courses：N |
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