NCHU Course Outline
Course Name (中) 英文作文(一)(1513)
(Eng.) English Composition (I)
Offering Dept Continuing Bachelor Program in Foreign Languages and Literatures
Course Type Required Credits 2 Teacher 陳雅雯
Department Continuing Bachelor Program in Foreign Languages and Literatures(N)Undergraduate Language 中/英文 Semester 2024-FALL
Course Description This course introduces students to the process of paragraph and essay writing and teaches how to produce great paragraphs and essays by generating, developing and organizing their ideas.







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
Students will learn the structure of academic writing that provides a basic and solid foundation for later real writing. At the end of the course, students can write a qualified paragraph.
Exercises
Discussion
Lecturing
Written Presentation
Attendance
Assignment
Quiz
Course Content and Homework/Schedule/Tests Schedule
Week Course Content
Week 1 Class introduction
Elaborately designed thought-provoking activities and great example paragraphs and essays are provided to aid understanding and composing writings. Students will do paragraph analysis and revision, as well as to correct grammatical mistakes.
1. Paragraphs
2. Features of Good Writing
3. Types of Paragraphs







Week 2 Unit 1 : Paragraphs
Week 3 Unit 1
Week 4 Unit 1
Week 5 Unit 1
Week 6 Unit 1
Week 7 Unit 1
Week 8 Unit 1
Week 9 Mid-term exam (exam time may be rescheduled depending on class progress)
Week 10 Unit 2 Features of Good Writing
Week 11 Unit 2
Week 12 Unit 2
Week 13 Unit 2
Week 14 Unit 3 Types of Paragraphs
Week 15 Unit 3
Week 16 Unit 3
Week 17 1/1 No class
Week 18 Final-term exam (may be earlier to week 16 depending on class progress)
Evaluation
Attendance & class participation 25% (累積達5次缺課,平時分數為0 / This part of grades will be 0 if you are absent from class up to 5 weeks )
2 paragraph writing assignments 20% (10% each)
mid-term exam 25%
final-term exam 30%








Textbook & other References
Great Writing 3: From Great Paragraphs to Great Essays (5th edition)
by Keith S. Folse et al., Cengage Learning (敦煌書局)
(教科書訂購網www.myTB.com.tw)
Teaching Aids & Teacher's Website
ISBN: 978-0357-021071








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