大一英文(一)

Freshman English I is an integrated course designed to develop students’ four English skills (listening, speaking, reading, & writing) with an emphasis on speaking and listening. In this course, students will:  Identify listening problems and develop listening strategies and skills,  Gain confidence in speaking and improve speaking fluency, pronunciation, and conversation strategies,  Develop general reading skills, including word skills and comprehension strategies,  Develop writing fluency by giving students opportunities to articulate ideas in short writings of approximately 170-200 words. For example, students can respond to topics addressed in class through writing assignments that focus on content and expression of ideas, rather than the structure of the written English. Other practical examples could include emails, note-taking, letter writing or comments.

*欲修課者,第一堂請務必準時到課,否則視為自動放棄修課權利* The teacher will distribute and explain a detailed syllabus with a tentative course schedule on the first class. If you do not attend the first class, you will lose your spot in this class.

1. Handouts and online discussion platform: E3 http://dcpc.nctu.edu.tw/ 2. Attend the class ON TIME. Being late for more than twenty minutes is regarded as being absent for that hour. TWO POINTS will be taken off from your final grade for each hour of absence. Do not be absent for more than TEN HOURS, or you will fail this course. 3. If you are absent in case of uncontrollable situations (e.g. illness, emergency and important occasions), you need to submit a FORMAL PROOF (a leave permit or a receipt of medical treatment) within ONE WEEK. DO NOT send it through e-mail. Your active participation and performance in class will add to your grade. 4. If you are caught cheating or plagiarizing on the exam, you will fail the exam and even the course. 5. There will be no make-up exam unless you have valid and official reasons for absence in advance. 6. No late work will be accepted (unless you have requested an extension and been given approval ahead of the deadline).

1. Attendance 10% 2. Participation 30% It includes quizzes, in-class activities, homework, and impromptu speaking. The more you participate, the higher your score will be. 3. Midterm Listening Exam 20% This will be a listening exam based on the content covered before the midterm. 4. Final Exam Group Role Play Presentation 25% Students will form groups of 3 (with a 30 student classroom, there will be roughly 10 groups). Each group need to write a 10 minute role play conversation on any of the topics related to our textbook. Students must use key vocabulary and phrases learned in class (at least 20 vocabularies or phrases that will be checked by the teacher). Then students will rehearse and role play their act in front of the classroom. The goal is to try to review the content learned and make the conversation as natural and smooth as possible. 5. Writing Assignment (a writing passage in 170-200 words) 5% You will watch a video and write a passage on that video. Students will be taught how to write a short passage that contains a topic sentence and supporting details. Please follow the structure taught in class to obtain full score in this assignment. 6. GEPT Practice Tests 10 % This part includes 1 in-class practice test and 4 online practice tests (新版1-4回) by week 16 (http://140.113.9.12:8000/#).

Latham-Koenig, C., & Oxenden, C. (2014). American English File. 4A (2nd ed.). New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN: 978-0-19-477628-8

地點

綜合一館 A513

時間

Thursdays (E) or by appointment

聯絡方式

lindawu@mail.nctu.edu.tw