NCHU Course Outline

Course Name	(中) 英語會話(0950)
Course Name	(Eng.) English Conversation
Offering Dept	Language Center
Course Type	Elective	Credits	2	Teacher	CHEN LI HENG
Department	General	Language	English	Semester	2026-FALL
Course Description	The course is mainly designed to help students to gain communication skills. It features some introductions to speaking strategies, such as introducing someone to someone, talking about the possibility, giving directions, giving suggestions, daily-life issues discussions, etc. Students are supposed to practice conversations with their partners, make short speeches, and deliver an oral presentations in class. Through oral training, the course aims at encouraging students to speak out loud and helping students to express their own ideas in English.
Prerequisites				self-directed learning in the course	Y

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1.Build up their vocabulary and phrase banks for real-life conversations
2.Make them confident of using English to express their own ideas
3.Communicate with others in different contexts.

Discussion

Lecturing

Attendance

Oral Presentation

Assignment

Internship

Course Content and Homework/Schedule/Tests Schedule

Week	Course Content
Week 1	Week 1 (09.08): Class Orientation
Week 2	Week 2 (09.15): Find Your Partner + Select your Seat+ Fill out Personal Profile
Week 3	Week 3 (09.22): Topic 01:Get to Know Your Partner/Classmate
Week 4	Week 4 (09.29): Topic 01:Get to Know Your Partner/Classmate +Pair Work 01
Week 5	Week 5 (10.06): Topic 02:Talk about Personality
Week 6	Week 6 (10.13): Topic 02:Talk about Personality+Pair Work 02
Week 7	Week 7 (10.20): Midterm Exam-(1)
Week 8	Week 8 (10.27): Midterm Exam-(2)
Week 9	Week 9 (11.03): Talk About A Typical Day
Week 10	Week 10(11.10): Topic 03:Talk About A Typical Day +Pair Work 03
Week 11	Week 11(11.17): Topic 04:Talk About Hobbies
Week 12	Week 12(11.24): Topic 04:Talk About Hobbies+Pair Work 04
Week 13	Week 13(12.01): Topic 05: Talk About Shopping
Week 14	Week 14(12.08): Topic 05: Talk About Shopping+Pair Work 05
Week 15	Week 15(12.15): Topic 06: Talk About Any Topic Your Pair Would Like to Have
Week 16	Week 16(12.22): Topic 06: Talk About Any Topic Your Pair Would Like to Have+pair Work 06
self-directed learning	03.Preparing presentations or reports related to industry and academia. 05.Participation in various workshops organized by different departments of NCHU. Speaking Practice: Students can choose any activities or workshops to participate in and then record their feedback to the activity or workshop in English in one minute or two.

Evaluation

1. Class Attendance: 15％
Students show up for each class and they will get “ONE” point.
They can be absent for the class one time.
2.Pair Work: In-class Dialogue Practice & Discussions 45%
3.Midterm Exam:20% (TA Ali will decides how the midterm goes)
4.Self-Directed Learning Recording:20% (Self-Introduction 10%+Speaking Practice 10%)
※Pair Work & Discussion: (45%)
1.Students are asked to work with their partner to do some in-class activities, or discussions about each topic and articles in class.
2.Students are expected to practice some conversations with their partners about each topic in class after each topic has been finished.

※Self-Directed Learning Recording: (20%)
1.English Self-Introduction: 10%
Students are supposed to do a self-introduction in English in 1 to 2 minutes with a PPT file.
They have to video their self-introduction and then upload their file onto iLearning 3.0 by December 22nd before the midnight.
2.Speaking Practice: 10%
Students have to select one issue/topic that they are interested it and give one-minute or two-minute feedback to the topic/issue.
Students can sing an English song.
They can tell a story or tell a joke in English.
They can read out loud one short passage from the textbook.
They can have a conversation with their partner.
They can share anything in English with the teacher.
They are supposed to record/video their speaking practice and upload onto iLearning by December 22nd before the midnight.

Textbook & other References

Reference Books:
Hanley, Joseph. It’s My Turn 2. Taipei: Cengage Learning, 2016. (ISBN:9789865632489)
Saslow, Joan, and Allen Ascher. Connectivity: Connecting People Through English Level 2. N.J.: Pearson Education, 2022. (ISBN: 9780136834472)
Kisslinger, Ellen, and Lida Baker. Skillful 3: Listening and Speaking. London: Macmillan Education 2018. (ISBN:978-1-380-01071-1)

Teaching Aids & Teacher's Website

iLearning 3.0

Office Hours

By appointment or Class hours (10:10-20:00, every Tuesday)

Sustainable Development Goals, SDGs(Link URL)

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