大一英文(二)

This course is an integrated 4-skill (listening, speaking, reading, & writing) 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

*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. Class materials will be uploaded to the E3 platform (http://dcpc.nctu.edu.tw/) 2. Active participation is required and will add to your grade. Attendance will be taken in each class. Please join 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. 3. If you are absent due to uncontrollable situations, such as acute/severe illness, emergency, important occasions, etc., please file your application along with the valid proof on NCTU Students Leave System (http://stuoffcourse.nctu.edu.tw/) within 1 week. The medication receipt with correct stamp of date by accredited hospitals can be seen as a valid proof. The instructor reserves the right to refuse or revoke leave of absence application. If you are absent for more than 3 lessons without advance notice, you will fail the course. (For further information, please refer to http://scahss.sa.nctu.edu.tw/?wpdmpro=%E5%AD%B8%E7%94%9F%E8%AB%8B%E5%81%87%E8%A6%8F%E5%89%87) 4. Absence from a class is no excuse for not knowing the assignment and what has been discussed in class. It is the student’s responsibility to find out what has been covered in the class by checking E3 or getting handouts/notes from the classmates. No late work will be accepted (unless you have requested an extension and been given approval ahead of the deadline).

1. 10% Attendance 2. 10% Reading 1 Preparation: The vocabulary preview and the Reading 1 from the weekly assigned unit must be done BEFORE class so that you come to class prepared and ready to learn and discuss. 3. 15% Assignments & in-class activities 3. 20% Midterm Exam 4. 20% Final Exam 5. 10% Writing Assignment: 2 paragraph assignments, a minimum of 200 words each 6. 10 % GEPT Practice Tests: including 1 in-class practice test and 3 new online GEPT practice tests (test: 5, 6, and 7), and 1 online GEPT offered by LTTC by week 16 7. 5 % VOD Passport: including 2 English Table stamps and 3 self-learning stamps on "進行英檢測驗模擬試題". To collect a stamp on “進行英檢測驗模擬試題,” you need to complete a set of GEPT practice test at the Self-study Center located at B1 of the main library (only one stamp per day). Please turn in your answer sheet (available at the counter of the Self-study Center) along with your VOD passport. Remind the staff to record your study time on the passport.

Skillful Reading & Writing 3 Jennifer Bixby & Jamie Scanlon Macmillan (文鶴出版社代理) ISBN: 978-0-230-43196-6

地點

綜合一館 A513

時間

by appointment

聯絡方式

lindawu@mail.nctu.edu.tw