NCHU Course Outline
Course Name (中) 大一英文(0941)
(Eng.) Freshman English
Offering Dept Language Center
Course Type Required Credits 2 Teacher LIAO,HSIU-FEN
Department General Language English Semester 2024-FALL
Course Description The course aims to develop vocabulary, academic, and critical thinking skills. Students experience topics through fascinating readings in a wide variety of genres and formats to become familiar with material they might face in or outside the college classroom. The course emcompasses academic lectulres and thematic interviews of diverse content areas. Language usage and structural analysis are the pivotal concerns of the classroom activities.
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
The primary goal of this course is to develop English communicatiove competence of first-year C-level students (non-English majors) Upon completion of their course, students are expected to acquire: (1)the ability to guess the meaning of unfamiliar words from context; (2)the ability to comprehensive main ideas in everyday conversations, short talks and articles;(3)the ability to understand English spoken in a range of academic,professional and social settings.
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Course Content and Homework/Schedule/Tests Schedule
Week Course Content
Week 1 course orientation
gruop discussion
Week 2 unit one- places
video:destination Jakarta
Week 3 unit one- reading one: rise of the megacities
reading two: homestay holidays
Week 4 Freshmann English pre-test
15%
Week 5 critical thinking: evaluating positives and negatives
Week 6 unit two- festivals and celebrations
video: new year celebrations in the UK
Week 7 unit two- reading one: celebrate
reading two: muscat festivals
Week 8 identifying important information; prepositions of time and place
review units for midterm
Week 9 midterm test
Week 10 unit three- the internet and technology
video: predictive advertising
Week 11 unit three- reading one: someone’s always watching you online
reading two: video games for kids
Week 12 critical thinking: identifying appropriate answers
Week 13 unit four- weather and climate
video: toradoes
Week 14 unit four- reading one: extreme weather
reading two: surving the sea of san
Week 15 critical thinking: analyzing graphs
describe the place where you live
Week 16 review all units
additional assignment
Week 17 online workbook orientation
workbook assignment
Week 18 final exam
Evaluation
class performance 15% (attendance, in-class activity & discussion, external reading & practice)
midterm 30% final 30%
pre-test 15% assignment 10%
Textbook & other References
Unlock 2 (reading, writing and critical thinking), 2nd edition
ISBN 978-1-00-903139-4 (Richard O’Neill and Michele Lewis)
Cambridge University Press



Teaching Aids & Teacher's Website
www.cambridge.org/better learning
NCHU i-learning 3.0
Office Hours
office hours
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