NCHU Course Outline
Course Name (中) 進階英語聽講(1005)
(Eng.) Advanced English Listening and Speaking
Offering Dept Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures
Course Type Elective Credits 2 Teacher 邱幸珍
Department Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures/Undergraduate Language English Semester 2026-SPRING
Course Description This course develops advanced English listening comprehension for academic and professional contexts using Listening Pro 3 (2nd Edition): Total Mastery of TOEIC Listening Skills by Jamie Blackler. The course trains students to understand extended conversations, workplace discussions, announcements, instructions, and implied meanings typical of the TOEIC Listening test and real workplace communication.
Students will learn to identify key information, speaker intention, inference, tone, and pragmatic meaning. Emphasis is placed on listening strategies such as prediction, note-taking, shadowing, and recognizing paraphrases and distractors. Through repeated practice, students improve processing speed, accuracy, and confidence in real-time listening.
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
By the end of the semester, students will be able to:
1. understand extended workplace conversations and short talks
2. identify main ideas and supporting details
3. recognize paraphrases and distractors in listening tests
4. infer speaker intention, attitude, and implied meaning
5. follow announcements, instructions, and problem-solution discussions
6. take effective listening notes
7. respond to spoken English without reading transcripts
1.Foreign language skills
3.Communication and presentation skills
50
50
topic Discussion/Production
Exercises
Lecturing
Attendance
Oral Presentation
Assignment
Quiz
Course Content and Homework/Schedule/Tests Schedule
Week Course Content
Week 1 2/26 Class orientation / Seat & Group arrangement
Week 2 3/5 U 1-2 employees & employers
Week 3 3/12 U 3-4 company & budget
Week 4 3/19 U 5-6 credits & investment
Week 5 3/26 U 5-6 credits & investment
Week 6 4/2 U 7-8 management & communication
Week 7 4/9 U 7-8 management & communication
Week 8 4/16 Mid-term Exam
Week 9 4/23 U 9 presentations
Week 10 4/30 U 10 brands
Week 11 5/7 U 10 develop a new brand
Week 12 5/14 U 11 prices
Week 13 5/21 U 11 prices competitive in the market
Week 14 5/28 U 12 merging
Week 15 6/4 U 12 merging & review
Week 16 Final Exam
self-directed
learning		    03.Preparing presentations or reports related to industry and academia.
Final Project — Brand & Logo Design Pitch
Project Title: Create Your Brand: Product Identity & Logo Pitch
Purpose: The goal of this project is to apply English listening and speaking skills to a realistic workplace task. Students will design a new brand and present it as if they were pitching to a company or investors. Students must clearly explain ideas, respond to questions in real time, and demonstrate professional communication without reading a script.

Task Description: Students will work in groups of 2–3 to create an original product, service, or company.
They must design a brand identity and logo, then present and defend their idea in English.
The presentation simulates a business pitch meeting.
Students must prepare:
1. A brand name
2. A company background
3. A logo design (digital or hand-drawn)
4. A target market
5. A product/service description
6. A marketing message (slogan)
Evaluation
Grade Distribution:
Attendance & Participation: 35% (better not be absent more than 3 times),
Quizzes: 20%,
Assignment 15%
Mid-term & Final exam 30%
Textbook & other References
Blackler, J. (2018) Listening PRO 3, Cengage
ISBN: 978-986-95861-8-4
Teaching Aids & Teacher's Website

Office Hours
Thursday 15:10-17:00
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