| 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 trains students to think critically and to present their arguments effectively through reading and listening to news in English. |
| 1.Foreign language skills |
| 2.Professional expertise |
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| Networking/Distance Education |
| Discussion |
| Lecturing |
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| Attendance |
| Oral Presentation |
| Quiz |
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| Course Content and Homework/Schedule/Tests Schedule |
| Week |
Course Content |
| Week 1 |
Course introduction: Why and how should we learn Journalistic English? |
| Week 2 |
Understanding the specifics of the news lead and different types of headlines + political and international news 1 |
| Week 3 |
reading economic news 2 |
| Week 4 |
listening to news 3 + note taking |
| Week 5 |
the first half of the whole class students go online to look for the English news you are interested in; post the web-link on my designated space on i-learning |
| Week 6 |
Starting sharing, demonstrating, and discussion (estimated 5 news items per week) |
| Week 7 |
Quiz 1; news sharing continued |
| Week 8 |
news sharing continued |
| Week 9 |
news sharing continued |
| Week 10 |
Quiz 2; the 2nd half of students in class start posting weblink on i-learning designated site |
| Week 11 |
news sharing continued |
| Week 12 |
news sharing continued |
| Week 13 |
Quiz 3; news sharing continued |
| Week 14 |
news sharing continued |
| Week 15 |
news sharing continued |
| Week 16 |
Final Quiz 4 |
| Week 17 |
holiday |
| Week 18 |
online questionnaire |
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| Evaluation |
| quizzes (60%), presentation (20%) + presence (20%) |
| Textbook & other References |
新聞英語導讀與翻譯要訣。黃永裕，黃湘玲，黃羽璿編著。台北:東華，2013。
新聞英文閱讀與翻譯技巧。廖柏森著。台北:眾文，2014。 |
| Teaching Aids & Teacher's Website |
| BBC News; The Economist; Voice of America, Alzeera news, etc. |
| Office Hours |
| Thu. 14:00-16:00 |
| Sustainable Development Goals, SDGs |
| 01.No Poverty 02.Zero Hunger 05.Gender Equality 06.Clean Water and Sanitation 07.Affordable and Clean Energy 10.Reduced Inequalities 11.Sustainable Cities and Communities 12.Responsible Consumption 13.Climate Action 14.Life Below Water | include experience courses：N |
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