NCHU Course Outline

Course Name	(中) 實用英文(一)(3070)
	(Eng.) Practical English (I)
Offering Dept	Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures
Course Type	Elective	Credits	2	Teacher	Chen, Po-Chu
Department	Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures/Undergraduate	Language	English	Semester	2026-FALL
Course Description	1. Students will learn to apply English language skills to a wide range of categories including daily communication as well as academic fields. 2. During each class session, selected units from English learning Websites will be introduced. 3. Class performance of students will be examined through quizzes and discussion.
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
Upon completing the course students are expected to • be able to apply morphological rules and to segment words into parts. • have the English language skills necessary to succeed in an academic setting. • know words of various fields for GEPT and TOEFL.			topic Discussion/Production Exercises Discussion Lecturing	Attendance Study Outcome Quiz
Course Content and Homework/Schedule/Tests Schedule
Week Course Content Week 1 Course introduction & preview CNN10-Sep. 8 Week 2 BBC Ideas-How what you eat affects your immune system (Medical science) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Cn2L2y6O0I CNN10-Sep. 15 Week 3 WSJ-The Economics Of 7-Eleven (Business) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RATHbP1bAhI CNN10-Sep. 22 Week 4 BBC Ideas-How nuclear should our future be? (Environment & Energy crisis) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRke-WXRvME CNN10-Sep. 29 Week 5 WSJ-Why Japan's Shrinking Economy Is Stuck in the ‘90s (Economy) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8MldJsSjl4 CNN10-Oct. 6 Week 6 VOX-Why can’t prices just stay the same? (Financial literacy) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLtnm_bRzPw CNN10-Oct. 13 Week 7 VOX-Why you don’t hear about the ozone layer anymore (Environment & Climate change) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CaLOiGEDPJQ CNN10-Oct. 20 Week 8 Midterm exam Week 9 VOX- Why US gun laws get looser after mass shootings (Social study & law) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BB3qNWRaxGE CNN10-Nov. 3 Week 10 VOX-How America became a superpower (Geopolitics) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BShvYeyMm_Y CNN10-Nov. 10 Week 11 BBC Ideas-Should human kidneys be bought and sold? (Medical ethics) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQYF5twXZgU CNN10-Nov. 17 Week 12 WSJ-Why America’s Biggest Brands Are Failing to Keep Up in China (Business) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHOSEFRtaNc&t=15s CNN10-Nov. 24 Week 13 CNBC—Why do we have chemicals in our food? (Health & Diet) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ssu3MR6ql4k&t=250s CNN10-Dec. 1 Week 14 WSJ-The Plan to Secure Taiwan’s AI Chips Amid Fears of a Chinese Invasion (Business and Geopolitics) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTaXzHc5N3I CNN10-Dec. 8 Week 15 BBC Ideas-Why smart people make stupid mistakes (Psychology) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDxNh1wVamg Week 16 Final exam WSJ-Why Japan’s Shrinking Economy Is Stuck in the ‘90s (Economy) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8MldJsSjl4 Final exam self-directed learning    02.Viewing multimedia materials related to industry and academia.
Evaluation
Class performance: 30% Midterm exam: 30% Final exam: 40%
Textbook & other References
BBC Learning English YouTube National Geographic British Council-Learn English CNN
Teaching Aids & Teacher's Website
iLearning 3.0
Office Hours
Tuesday 13:00~15:00
Sustainable Development Goals, SDGs(Link URL)
include experience courses：N

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