NCHU Course Outline
Course Name (中) 英語口語訓練(二)(2055)
(Eng.) English Oral Training (II)
Offering Dept Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures
Course Type Required Credits 2 Teacher 詹鄢如
Department Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures/Undergraduate Language English Semester 2025-SPRING
Course Description News articles/videos on a variety of current affairs will be discussed in class including wars, climate, economy, health and so on. Ss are expected to read/watch the news before class and share their perspectives in class.
Prerequisites 英語口語訓練(一) self-directed learning in the course N
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 should learn to watch a variety of news videos, read a wide range of news articles, do further research on the issue of interest while remaining sensible regarding the information they have compiled, and thus share their views on the weekly news.
1.Foreign language skills
3.Communication and presentation skills
50
50
Course Content and Homework/Schedule/Tests Schedule
Week Course Content
Week 1 tentative schedule--
course intro & news 1
Week 2 news 2
Week 3 news 3
Week 4 news 4
Week 5 news 5
Week 6 news 6
Week 7 spring break
Week 8 midterm
Week 9 news 7
Week 10 news 8
Week 11 news 9
Week 12 news 10
Week 13 news 11
Week 14 news 12
Week 15 news 13
Week 16 news 14
Week 17 final 1
Week 18 final 2
Evaluation
1. class participation (40%)
2. midterm--written test on news voca. (25%)
3. final--15-min panel discussion on world issues (35%)
4. You are allowed to be absent for 6 hours at most for any reasons this semester.
Being late for over 20 min/leaving 20 min early is seen as absenteeism.
If you’re absent for 7 hours, 7 points will be deducted from the semester score.
If you’re absent for 8 hours, 10 points will be deducted from the semester score.
If you’re absent for 9 hours, 15 points will be deducted from the semester score.
If you’re absent for 10 hours, 20 points will be deducted from the semester score, and so on.
Textbook & other References
all the news articles/videos will be sent thru iLearning announcements
Teaching Aids & Teacher's Website
iLearing: https://lms2020.nchu.edu.tw
Online dictionaries:
(cambridge) http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english-chinese-traditional/
(longman) https://www.ldoceonline.com/
Office Hours
by appointment only--
LINE: gogosmokif
Sustainable Development Goals, SDGs
03.Good Health and Well-Being   04.Quality Education   16.Peace and Justice   17.Partnerships for the Goalsinclude experience courses：N
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Update Date, year/month/day：None Printed Date, year/month/day：2025 / 1 / 22
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