大一英文(一)

This course is an integrated 4-skill (listening, speaking, reading, & writing) curriculum with a focus on listening and speaking. In this course, students will: 1. Identify listening problems and develop listening strategies and skills 2. Gain confidence in speaking and improve speaking fluency, pronunciation, and conversation strategies 3. Develop general reading skills, including word skills and comprehension strategies 4. Develop writing fluency by writing a short passage in 170-200 words 5. Develop awareness of cross-cultural communication and enhance cross-cultural communication skills.

Prerequisites *第一堂課必須要到! 沒到的學生,會被自動退選! The teacher will distribute and explain a detailed syllabus on the first class. Unless you have a good reason, please do not be absent. If you are absent without prior notice, you will be automatically removed from the list.

 Participate: Learning is a social act and can be best achieved within a community of learners (this class) through engaging, collaborative, and participatory class discussions. Each student is expected to engage in the assigned readings carefully, actively, and critically and come prepared to be an active participant of class discussions. Your individual contributions and serious participation in class activities benefit the entire community of learners (the class).  Be an independent learner: You and you alone are responsible for your learning (not the instructor), and you also have an impact on the learning of others. Just going through the motions of completing course assignments at the bare minimum level of effort is not the type of academic work that earns a good grade. Points will be deducted off late work. If you feel you might have difficulty turning in any assignments, please contact me as soon as possible before the due date.  Attend all classes: Attendance will be taken in every class and the class does not allow any excused absences. That means not coming to class even with a legitimate reason or excuse will result in no attendance and participation marks for that class. Having said that, students do not need to email the teacher with an excuse since no points will be granted for not showing up to class. However, please note that more than 3 unexcused absences with no further explanation denotes a lack of effort and dedication to the course and will result in a direct failure of the course. Take this course only if you are sure that you can dedicate time and effort.

 Attendance 10% If you miss class, you cannot make up any of it afterwards. Coming to class and being an active learner is very important in this course.  Participation 15% This includes quizzes, in-class activities, homework, and impromptu speaking. The more you participate, the higher your score will be.  VOD Passport語言學習護照 5% Students must go to the Library Language Center to practice GEPT practice tests or study English related materials. You will get one stamp on your passport after spending 30 minutes in the center. By the end of the semester, you need to have 10 stamps. Mind that you can only get one stamp per day. English Tables can also count as one stamp.  GEPT after-class activities 10% URL: http://140.113.9.17/ ( 學生帳號及密碼 : 學號 ) If you have log in problems, please contact: Echo Wang ext. 52761. Freshman English (I): 新版1, 3, 5, 7 Freshman English (II): 新版2, 4, 6, 8 You will do 1 in-class practice test and 4 new online GEPT practice tests. You have the entire semester to pace yourself and finish these three online tests. You will receive scores for the amount of tests you do. For example, if you do all three tests, you will receive 4/4, if you only do two tests, you will receive 3/4. Then this score will be averaged with a GEPT exam you will take in class in the semester. The average score will be your GEPT total score which will take up 10% of your total grade. *Having “computer or log in problems” cannot be an excuse for incomplete tests. Please start doing the tests early; DO NOT wait until the deadline is around the corner!  Required writing assignment (a passage of 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 for this assignment.  Midterm Exam 20% This will be a listening exam based on the content covered before the midterm.  Final Exam 20% This will be a listening exam based on the content covered before the final.  Cross Cultural video presentation 15% Students will form groups of 6 (with a 30 student classroom, there will be 5 groups). Each group needs to find a video source that allowed them to learn cross-cultural knowledge about another culture. Each group will make a 5 minute recorded video presenting the gist of the video and what cross cultural knowledge and English skills they have learned.

1. American English File 4A by Christina Latham-Koenig & Clive Oxenden ISBN: 978-0-19-477628-8 2. Online teaching videos will be available on www.amstarcreative.com 3. Online videos and teaching content will be uploaded on New E3. 4. Google docs will be used to co-work writing tasks in class and after class.

地點

Rm. A513, Assembly Building I (綜合一館)

時間

By appointment

聯絡方式

Email: chintiffany@nctu.edu.tw Tel: +886-03-571-2121 ext.52768 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Tiffany.Yutin.Chin/