大一英文(二)
Freshman English (II)
| 節 | 週一 |
|---|---|
7 15:30–16:20 | 大一英文(二) A405 2 節連堂 |
8 16:30–17:20 |
* 根據陽明交大上課時間表所列
Freshman English II is an integrated 4-skill (listening, speaking, reading, & writing) language curriculum with a focus on reading and writing. This course will address reading and paragraph writing while supporting the communicative skills addressed in the first semester. In this course, students will: 1. develop critical reading skills, 2. engage in reflection on readings, 3. apply insights gained from readings, 4. orally paraphrase and summarize texts, and reflect on the texts in oral discussion, 5. write complete paragraphs with topic sentences, relevant supporting details, transition words, and concluding sentences, 6. continue to develop listening and speaking skills.
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The instructor puts a premium on active participation during the class. To meet this requirement, students are supposed to study and prepare each unit before attending each class.
1. Attendance: 10% 2. Midterm exam: 20% ; final exam: 20% 3. Required writing assignments: 10% (2 paragraph assignments, a minimum of 200 words each) 4. Language enhancement activities: 15%, including GEPT related learning activities (10%)and self-study stamps in VOD passport (5%). 5. group oral reports: 10% 6. in-class exercises and participation 15%
| 週次 | 主題 |
|---|---|
| 第 1 週 | Chinese Lunar New Year holiday (no class) |
| 第 2 週 | Introduction to the course demonstrate how to use the Digibook Unit 1 Discuss it online (psychology) What are the three basic types of identity? What does Ali and Paul think about "chosen identity"? (p.9) |
| 第 3 週 | Unit 1 Sports fans and identity (sociology) Identity the thesis statement in an essay and the topic sentences in the supporting paragraphs What's the social identity theory? |
| 第 4 週 | Unit 2 Designing solutions (engineering) scanning: locaing specific information Oral: think of a famous building from around the world and talk about it |
| 第 5 週 | Unit 3 Is your memory online? (neuroscience) |
| 第 6 週 | Unit 3 How does the brain multitask? (biology) |
| 第 7 週 | Paragraph writing: writing a letter of complaint and GEPT in-class listening test |
| 第 8 週 | GEPT in-class reading test and review of textbook units 1-3 |
| 第 9 週 | Midterm exam: Units 1-3 |
| 第 10 週 | Unit 4 Feeling the heat (human behavior) |
| 第 11 週 | Unit 7 Adrift, a book report (literary studies) |
| 第 12 週 | Unit 7 A semester on ice (environmental studies) Paragraph writing: How to write a narrative paragraph about a time when you faced danger (p.43, 45) |
| 第 13 週 | Unit 8 Making a difference (business studies) due date of the completion of GEPT online tests |
| 第 14 週 | Unit 8 Most likely to succeed (psychology) |
| 第 15 週 | Unit 10 Global graduates (sociology) |
| 第 16 週 | Unit 10 Career trends (economics) |
| 第 17 週 | Final exam: Units 4,7, 8,10 |
| 第 18 週 | Dragon Boat Festival (no class) |
Bixby& Scanlon, Skillful reading and writing 3: Macmillan Publishers Limited, 2013.
- 地點
- classroom
- 時間
- during the break or after the class
- 聯絡方式
- biezhan08@gmail.com