NCHU Course Outline
Course Name (中) 大一英文(0906)
(Eng.) Freshman English
Offering Dept Language Center
Course Type Required Credits 2 Teacher Ron-ki Chen
Department General Language 中/英文 Semester 2025-SPRING
Course Description College English is a one-year course of 4 credits, 2 credits for each semester. The course covers four-skill components and is conducted via lectures, lab sessions, and group activities. Students will be exposed to a variety of listening, speaking, reading, and writing situations to improve their English aural-oral as well as literacy skills. The contents include listening and oral communication practice, video viewing, discussion of English articles, analysis of English word formation, intercultural learning, test-taking practice, etc. In addition, every student will be encouraged to do autonomous learning by participating in the language learning activities offered by the Foreign Language Resource Center.
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
(Eng.) The primary goal of this course is to develop the English communicative competence of first-year undergraduate students (non-English majors). Upon completion of the course, students are expected to acquire:
1. the ability to comprehend listening texts strategically;
2. the ability to comprehend written texts strategically;
3. the ability to analyze word formations in the English language;
4. the ability to briefly express an opinion and to give short explanations in English;
5. the ability to understand cultural differences; and
6. the test-taking strategies of various English proficiency tests.
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Course Content and Homework/Schedule/Tests Schedule
Week Course Content
Week 1 Week 1— Brief Introduction
Week 2 Week 2— Unit 1
Week 3 Week 3— Unit 2
Week 4 Week 4— Unit 3
Week 5 Week 5— Unit 4
Week 6 Week 6— Unit 5
Week 7 Week 7— Unit 6
Week 8 Week 8— Unit 1-6 Review
Week 9 Week 9— Midterm
Week 10 Week 10— Unit 7
Week 11 Week 11— Unit 8
Week 12 Week 12— Unit 9
Week 13 Week 13— Unit 10
Week 14 Week 14— Unit 11
Week 15 Week 15— Unit 12
Week 16 Week 16— Unit 13
Week 17 Week 17— Unit 7-12 Review
Week 18 Week 18— Final
Evaluation
以建立良好師生關係的方式,進而因材施教,尋找適合各別學生學習語言較有效率的方法
1 小考 10次 Test 10 times 15%
2 作業 10份 Homework 10 assignments 15%
3 務實活動 5-10次 Practical activities 5-10 times 10%
4 期中考 Midterm 20%
5 期末考 Final 20%
6 參與度 Participation 20%
7 其他 官方作業 輔導作業 加減扣分 Other missions
Textbook & other References
Reference book:
1.空中美語相關教材 AMC(American Magazine Center)
2.American English File 4 (second edition). (2014). Oxford University Press.
Teaching Aids & Teacher's Website
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