| Relevance of Course Objectives and Core Learning Outcomes(%) |
Teaching and Assessment Methods for Course Objectives |
| Course Objectives |
Competency Indicators |
Ratio(%) |
Teaching Methods |
Assessment Methods |
1. To get students familiarized with different types of essays.
2. To train students to write short English essays coherently and fluently.
3. Students are required to write weekly journal entries and present their essays in Peer review groups for the other peers to give you suggestions for further revisions. |
| 1.Foreign language skills |
| 3.Communication and presentation skills |
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| topic Discussion/Production |
| Exercises |
| Discussion |
| Lecturing |
| Networking/Distance Education |
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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 |
Introduction to the Textbook; Brain-storming; Writing draft in session. |
| Week 2 |
Peer review of draft 1 in session; use Chatgpt or other other online sources to improve your draft 1 and generate draft 2. |
| Week 3 |
Draft 2 returned in session; peer discussion again in session; draft 3 turned in at the end of the session |
| Week 4 |
Peer review of draft 3; reading |
| Week 5 |
response paper draft 1 in session and due at the end of class |
| Week 6 |
draft one returned; draft two done at session and due |
| Week 7 |
response paper finalized |
| Week 8 |
Personal consultation time available at the intructor’s office (A 1029) |
| Week 9 |
Assignment 3 draft one in session; due at the end of session |
| Week 10 |
peer review and discussion; draft 2 due at the session |
| Week 11 |
draft 3 finalized in session |
| Week 12 |
response paper draft 1 in session |
| Week 13 |
response paper draft 2 in session |
| Week 14 |
response paper draft 3 (finalized) in session |
| Week 15 |
final |
| Week 16 |
Final returned and oral presentation volunteer open to registered students (auditor not allowed from the beginning of the class) |
| Week 17 |
holiday; digital week (further revision to earn extra points) |
| Week 18 |
digital week (further oral presentation practice choice) |
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| Evaluation |
1. 4 essays + final (80%)
2. Attendance: 10% (2% deduction for each absence or extreme tardiness)
3. Peer review performance (presentation, summarizing and critical thinking ability) 10%
4. If you want to convert my final grade to a letter grade, the following is the conversion chart American Universities usually adopt: A= over 90, A- = 85-89, B+ = 80-84, B = 75-79, B- = 70-74, C= 65.
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| Textbook & other References |
The Writer’s Response. (Available in Caves Books 敦煌書局, NCHU Branch).
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| Teaching Aids & Teacher's Website |
| NCHU i-learning. |
| Office Hours |
Thurs. 14:00-16:00 p.m. or by email appointment.
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| Sustainable Development Goals, SDGs |
| 04.Quality Education 05.Gender Equality 08.Decent Work and Economic Growth 10.Reduced Inequalities 17.Partnerships for the Goals | include experience courses：N |
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