英文聽力與寫作
English Listening and Writing
| 節 | 週一 |
|---|---|
7 15:30–16:20 | 英文聽力與寫作 A507 2 節連堂 |
8 16:30–17:20 |
* 根據陽明交大上課時間表所列
This course aims to advance students' listening and writing skills. Students will further develop listening skills (e.g., identifying main ideas, details, making inferences, and note-taking) through less simplified and authentic listening materials. Students will also develop writing skills through a variety of interactive activites. By the end of the course, students will learn to: 1. comprehend listening materials which cover more specialized or sophisticated topics. 2. identify and analyze points of view, arguments, or implicit information in the listening material. 3. learn to summarize and respond to listening materials in proper writing (e.g., a summary, reflection passage, or short essay). 4. continue to build paragraph and essay writing skills.
Students need upper-intermediate level of English proficiency.
Useful links: http://www.ted.com/talks http://www.britishcouncil.org/learnenglish.htm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/4977678.stm http://www.langcent.manchester.ac.uk/resources/ http://www.cnn.com/
Students who take this course need to be aware that it is mandatory to attend most sessions. The scores will be evaluated upon the following criteria: Attendance (10%) Participation (20%) Mid-term Exam (25%) Final Exam (25%) Required writing assignment: (10%) (2 paragraph and essay assignments, a minimum of 200-250 words each) Quizzes (10%)
| 週次 | 主題 |
|---|---|
| 第 1 週 | Introduction & Episode: Friends (Series 9) with a small talk. *May ask students to express their thinking after seeing it. |
| 第 2 週 | Theme: Cultural Literacy *Warm-up activities. Several questions related to the theme will be given at first. Then, based on each context, do the varied interactive activities. For example, ask students with books close to listen a conversation and fill in the blanks after that. Check students’ comprehension through discussions, sharing...etc. |
| 第 3 週 | Theme: It's All in Your Mind |
| 第 4 週 | Theme: Dreams Come True *Music: Introduce a song(Activity) |
| 第 5 週 | Off |
| 第 6 週 | Theme: Character Counts |
| 第 7 週 | Theme: Character Counts + Paragraph Writing |
| 第 8 週 | Mid-term Examination |
| 第 9 週 | Theme: Dealing with Adversity *Design a fashion show (walk on a runway) (Activity) |
| 第 10 週 | Theme: Life Choices *Fun discussion of controversial topics – the “Tap-In Debate”(Activity) |
| 第 11 週 | Theme: Personality and Life |
| 第 12 週 | Theme: Personality and Life *Story telling (Activity) |
| 第 13 週 | Theme: It's All in Your Mind |
| 第 14 週 | Short Essay |
| 第 15 週 | Activity + Review |
| 第 16 週 | Final Examination |
| 第 17 週 | Exercise: TOEIC |
| 第 18 週 | Exercise: IELTS |
Handouts 參考資料Saslow, Joan. & Ascher, Allen. (2012). Summit 2A. New York: Pearson Education.http://wps.pearsonlongman.com/Summit 2/
- 地點
- M78-Room A507
- 時間
- If needed, students can make an appointment in advance via email or contact number.
- 聯絡方式
- qupiimelody@hotmail.com