學術英文聽力與討論
Academic English Listening and Discussion
| 節 | 週三 |
|---|---|
1 08:00–08:50 | 學術英文聽力與討論 A209 2 節連堂 |
2 09:00–09:50 |
* 根據陽明交大上課時間表所列
This course aims to advance students' listening and speaking skills. Students will develop listening skills through more complex and authentic listening materials on a wide variety of topics taken from film, television, modern music, podcasts, and news media such as the BBC online. Students will then further develop speaking skills through the discussion stemming from these listening resources and other topic related oral presentations. Topics discussed will cover a wide range of fields including the environment, business, technology, entertainment and world news. By the end of this course students will learn to: 1. Lead and participate in discussions to practice linguistic objectives and effective communication techniques 2. Deliver oral presentations of varied style and genre 3. Comprehend listening materials which cover more specialized and sophisticated topics 4. Identify and analyze points of view, arguments. or implicit information in the listening materials
CEFR: B2 / C1
Students should be aware that attendance is mandatory for all parts of the course. Final grades will be calculated upon the following: Participation (10%) Oral presentations / performances (80%) Self-study (10%) Students will be expected to conduct a minimum of 10 sessions of additional language practice in the Language Self-Study Center (Library 3F) and will be required to submit their “English Self-study Centre Passports”, with 10 stamps, at the end of the semester. Useful websites; Current affairs: www.bbc.co.uk www.cnn.com www.guardian.co.uk www.time.com/time www.newscientist.com/home.ns www.forbes.com Listening exercises and practice: www.eslgold.com www.1-language.com/audiocourse/index.htm www.esl-lab.com www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish
| 週次 | 主題 |
|---|---|
| 第 1 週 | Introduction |
| 第 2 週 | Crime - Legalization |
| 第 3 週 | Film 1 - The Movie Industry |
| 第 4 週 | Film 2 - Movie reviews (Assessed activity) |
| 第 5 週 | Sport - Sporting idioms |
| 第 6 週 | Business - Corporate structure and recruitment |
| 第 7 週 | TV 1 - Television genres and reality shows |
| 第 8 週 | Technology |
| 第 9 週 | TV 2 - Sales pitch (Assessed activity) |
| 第 10 週 | Music 1 - Understanding lyrics |
| 第 11 週 | Humour |
| 第 12 週 | American Slang and Colloquialisms |
| 第 13 週 | Music 2 - Music Videos (Assessed activity) |
| 第 14 週 | British Slang and Colloquialisms |
| 第 15 週 | Australian / New Zealand Slang and Colloquialisms, Standard English vs American English |
| 第 16 週 | Slanging matches (Assessed activity) |
Due to the current, topical and varied nature of the course content there is no set text for the course. However, authentic audio and video articles acting as the basis for presentation and discussion will be chosen from various media sources and online resources.
- 地點
- A518 of Assembly Building (Joint Education Hall)
- 時間
- Please call or email to make an appointment
- 聯絡方式
- Email: mpnicholas@nycu.edu.tw Tel: x52773