NCHU Course Outline

Course Name	(中) 高級英語會話(5512)
	(Eng.) Advanced English Conversation
Offering Dept	Continuing Bachelor Program in Foreign Languages and Literatures
Course Type	Elective	Credits	2	Teacher	詹鄢如
Department	Continuing Bachelor Program in Foreign Languages and Literatures(N)Undergraduate	Language	English	Semester	2024-FALL
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				self-directed learning in the course	Y

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.			topic Discussion/Production Networking/Distance Education Discussion Lecturing	Attendance Oral Presentation
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 national holiday Week 6 news 5 Week 7 news 6 Week 8 midterm exam 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 final exam Week 16 final exam Week 17 60~90 sec. elevator pitch Week 18 60~90 sec. elevator pitch
Evaluation
1. class participation (40%) 2. midterm--written test on news voca. (25%) 3. final--10-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   07.Affordable and Clean Energy   09.Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure   11.Sustainable Cities and Communities   12.Responsible Consumption   16.Peace and Justice   17.Partnerships for the Goals include experience courses：N

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