英文閱讀與寫作
English Reading and Writing
| 節 | 週二 |
|---|---|
3 10:10–11:00 | 英文閱讀與寫作 A307 2 節連堂 |
4 11:10–12:00 |
* 根據陽明交大上課時間表所列
The aim of this course is to enhance students' critical English reading abilities and develop students’ ability to write well-developed paragraphs of college writing. Students will read a variety of texts styles with enhanced fluency following coherent and effective use of reading strategies. Students will also actively engage in extensive reading with a critical perspective (e.g., distinguishing between fact and opinion, evaluating sources, and identifying points of view).For writing, students will build their paragraph writing skills and eventually learn to the ability to write a five paragraph essay following logical division of ideas.
Be sure to attend the first class for details in course introduction.
1 Attendance & in-class quizzes:25% Regular quizzes on basic academic vocabulary are conducted. Role call will be done in the beginning of every class. Being 30 minutes late will be regarded as absence. 1 point will be deducted from your final academic grade for each unexcused absence. A valid proof is required for any excused absence. 2. Midterm: 30% There will be a formal in-class midterm based on the reading and writing materials covered in class. 3. Writing assignments: there will be two writing tasks 20% In-class discussion and Group presentation are made weekly. Students are required to actively participate in those activities and finish the assigned task. 4. Students are required to compile a Final Reading and writing portfolio, covering all the skills and notes in reading and writing discussed in class. A feedback to this course of at least 120 words is needed and to be placed at the end page of this portfolio.
1. Attendance & in-class quizzes: 25% 2. Midterm 30% 3. Writing assignments: 20% 4. English Reading and Writing Final Portfolio 25%
| 週次 | 主題 |
|---|---|
| 第 1 週 | course overview : Introduction of this courseUnit 1. Discussion: social commerce |
| 第 2 週 | Unit 1 Reading 1The rise of crowdfunding Reading skill: Identify assumptions in the readingWriting skill: proof-reading |
| 第 3 週 | Unit 1 Reading 2Are online friends a threat to development? Reading skill: synonym and registerWriting skill: using synonyms |
| 第 4 週 | Unit 1 reading 2 Critical thinking : Identify types of evidence: date, statistics. research from unbiased source, an opinion from unbiased expert, anecdotal evidenceWriting skill: a concessive clauses. contrastive structures, and how to analyse essay questions. |
| 第 5 週 | Grammar: a concessive clauses and contrastive structuresWriting skill: key words, restriction words, and instruction words |
| 第 6 週 | Writing Task: Brainstorm , plan, write, share, rewrite, and proof reading |
| 第 7 週 | Unit 2 Understand Gaming by PercentageReading 1: Instant satisfactionReading skill: interpreting graphs |
| 第 8 週 | Unit 2 Reading 2: Gaming societyReading skill: understand the author's stance by indicating the adverbs used. ( admittedly, obviously...) |
| 第 9 週 | Academic wordsVocabulary for the description of dataCompleting a description of a bar chart |
| 第 10 週 | Critical Thinking: Evaluating supporting dataUsing inverted real and unreal conditions ( Should this trend continues, ....) to support opinion |
| 第 11 週 | Midterm: Unit 1 Vocabulary/ Grammar/ ReadingReview the results |
| 第 12 週 | Midterm: Unit 2 Vocabulary/ Grammar/ ReadingReview the results |
| 第 13 週 | Individual instruction with writing task 1: 15 students The other 15 students work on writing Task 2 |
| 第 14 週 | Individual instruction with writing task 1: 15 students The other 15 students work on writing Task 2 |
| 第 15 週 | Individual writing proof reading: final draft |
| 第 16 週 | Turn in the half-done portfoliopair work: give suggestions |
| 第 17 週 | Turn in Final Portfolio |
| 第 18 週 | Discussion and overview of the students' portfolio. from the teacher's point of view |
Skillful 4 Reading & Writing Macmillan education ISBN 978-1-380-01090-2
- 地點
- Assembly Building In class 線上課程連結請見E3
- 時間
- Tuesday 08:00~09:50
- 聯絡方式
- jk9167@nycu.edu.tw / jk9167@nctu.edu.tw