NCHU Course Outline

Course Name	(中) 英文作文(二)(2048)
	(Eng.) English Composition (II)
Offering Dept	Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures
Course Type	Required	Credits	2	Teacher	鄭朱雀
Department	Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures/Undergraduate	Language	English	Semester	2026-SPRING
Course Description	The course is conducted in lectures, peer editing, group discussions, mock conferences, and film watching.
Prerequisites	英文作文(一)			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 aims to strengthen sophomores' ability in writing short English essays coherently and fluently.	1.Foreign language skills 3.Communication and presentation skills	50 50	topic Discussion/Production Exercises Discussion Lecturing	Written Presentation Attendance Oral Presentation Assignment Study Outcome
Course Content and Homework/Schedule/Tests Schedule
Week Course Content Week 1 2/25 Discussion & In-class writing Week 2 3/4 Discussion & In-class writing ”Killing Women: A Pop-Music Tradition (59-62) Week 3 3/11 “Unity and Coherence (115-120) Essay-1 Writing Week 4 3/12 Chapter Five ”Summarizing and Respoinding to Reading” (157-161) Peer Editing (Essay-1) & Rewriting Week 5 3/25 “The Bachelor”(169) & “For Better,For Worse: Marriage Means Something Different Now” (173) Brain Storming for Midterm topics. Week 6 4/1 Spring Break Week 7 4/8 Mid-term Exam Week 8 4/15 Individual Meeting Week 9 4/22 Chapter Eight "Arguing from Several Reading Sections” (279-286) In-class Writing Week 10 4/29 Peer Editing of inclass writing Week 11 5/6 “Why Competition” (426) & “The Neglected Suicide Epidemic”(98) Week 12 5/13 Essay-2 Writing Week 13 5/20 Peer Editing (Essay-2) & Rewriting Week 14 5/27 “Are You Living Mindlessly?”(430) & Overall Review of writing issues Week 15 5/28 Final Exam Week 16 6/4 Check Grade Individual Conferencing self-directed learning    01.Participation in professional forums, lectures, and corporate sharing sessions related to industry-government-academia-research exchange activities.    02.Viewing multimedia materials related to industry and academia.
Evaluation
40% In-class writing & editing 20% Mid-term Exam & First Mock Conference 20% Final Exam & Second Mock Conference 20% Participation and Contribution Attendance Policies: 1. Arrival 5 minutes after the class starts is counted as tardiness; arrival 20 minutes after the class starts is counted as one absence. 2. For tardiness, one point is deducted from your final grade; for absence, five points are deducted from your final grade. 3. No make-up exam will be given unless you could justify your absence on the day of exam. 4. All leaves must be proved with valid documents.
Textbook & other References
The Writer’s Response Sixth Edition ISBN-13: 978-1-305-10025-1 (Caves Bookstore on campus)
Teaching Aids & Teacher's Website
BBC PBS
Office Hours
10-12 Wednesday
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