NCHU Course Outline
Course Name (中) 學術英文讀寫(9928)
(Eng.) English for Academic Communication: Reading & Writing
Offering Dept Language Center
Course Type Required Credits 2 Teacher Yi Fan Hsieh
Department General Language 中/英文 Semester 2024-FALL
Course Description This course aims at interpreting articles in written
academic forms, identify and synthesize language use by reading
articles, in the mean time, attempts to provide students with various knowledge-based articles. Relevant film clips will be presented to motivate students’ active exploration and in-depth discussions throughout the class.
Prerequisites
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
Upon completion of this lesson, students will be trained to be able to reflect on academic reading through using English effectively.Meanwhile, recognise the benefits of overlooking how perception affect language learning in terms of using quotation in academic paper by the end of the course.
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Exercises
Discussion
Lecturing
Written Presentation
Attendance
Oral Presentation
Assignment
Quiz
Course Content and Homework/Schedule/Tests Schedule
Week Course Content
Week 1 Group orientation
Week 2 Generating a theme
Week 3 Outline & Peer reievew
Week 4 Researching for information:(Solar energy)
Week 5 The structure of mapping:( Healthcare)
Week 6 Avoiding plagiarism
Week 7 Academic writing : (quotation & synthesizing )
Week 8 Film Appreciation
Week 9 Thesis statement :( World population)
Week 10 Academic hedges& signal phrases
Week 11 In-text citation : (Hybrid vehicle)
Week 12 Extended article practice with in-text citation
Week 13 Analyze & Proofread
Week 14 Academic language (Abstract)
Week 15 Cohesion & Coherent of writing
Week 16 Paraphrasing & editing
Week 17 Format of research paper
Week 18 Course reflection
Evaluation
1. Synthesized writing Assignment (20%)
2. Class discussion & attendance (30%)
3.Individual practice (20%)
4.Independent learning(10%)
5 Final Assessment (20%)
Textbook & other References
Reading and Vocabulary Development 3: Forth Edition, National Geographic Learning.
Teaching Aids & Teacher's Website
I Learning 3.0 (https://lms2020.nchu.edu.tw/)
Office Hours
Friday (By appointment )
Sustainable Development Goals, SDGs
include experience courses:N
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Update Date, year/month/day:None Printed Date, year/month/day:2024 / 9 / 08
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