學術英文聽力與討論
Academic English Listening and Discussion
| 節 | 週二 |
|---|---|
1 08:00–08:50 | 學術英文聽力與討論 A505 2 節連堂 |
2 09:00–09:50 |
* 根據陽明交大上課時間表所列
This course focuses on building academic English listening and discussion skills at the B2 level to prepare students for success in academic studies. Approximately 80% of the course content is academic-related. Students will develop the ability to comprehend extended spoken academic texts—including lectures, talks, and group discussions—and to engage in academic communication with clarity, fluency, and appropriate register. The course emphasizes active listening, critical thinking, synthesizing spoken and visual information, and participating effectively in academic discussions. By the end of the course, students will learn to: - understand the main ideas, key information, and supporting details in extended academic discourses such as lectures and discussions - follow complex lines of argument in spoken academic texts and identify organizational patterns (e.g., cause-effect, comparison, problem-solution) - interpret speakers’ opinions, attitudes, and stances based on word choice, tone, and context - synthesize information from spoken texts and related visuals (e.g., graphs, charts), and make logical inferences - take clear, structured notes during academic listening tasks to support comprehension and recall - participate actively in academic discussions by expressing viewpoints clearly, building on others’ ideas, and using appropriate academic vocabulary and expressions - ask and respond to academic questions appropriately and effectively in group discussions - refer to source material during discussions to support or elaborate on key points
Online resources: MIT OCW, YaleCourses, TED talks, Youtube, ... etc.
(tentative) 1) Participation (in-class activities, quizzes, group/pair discussions) 20% 2) Weekly assignments (preview, review, practice) 30% 3) OCW lecture project (note-taking 5%, report 10%, oral presentation 15%, reflection 5%) 35% 4) Group project presentation 15% 5) Bonus (participating in 5 language activities from LTRC/OBE/LLWC on campus) 1%
| 週次 | 主題 |
|---|---|
| 第 1 週 | Course Introduction; Getting to know your classmates |
| 第 2 週 | Unit 1: Pre-course evaluation • Lecture: Academic Listening (Linguistics) |
| 第 3 週 | Unit 2: The structure of a lecture; Unit 3: Using introductions, conclusions, and digressions |
| 第 4 週 | Unit 4: Note-taking basics • Lecture: Women and Work (Sociology) |
| 第 5 週 | Unit 5: Noting numbers and statistics effectively • Lecture: Milestones in Technology (History/Technology) • Lecture: Immigration to the United Sates (History/Sociology) |
| 第 6 週 | Unit 6: Listening for organization (part 1) • recognizing lecture organization, defining terms, listing subtopics, exemplifying a topic • Lecture 5: Amnesty International (Political Science/Management) • Lecture 6: Two 21st Century Eco-Heroes (Ecology) |
| 第 7 週 | Unit 6: Listening for organization (part 1); Unit 7: Listening for organization (part 2) • describing characteristics, describing a process or sequence of events, classifying subtopics • Lecture 7: Paging Robodoc: Robots in Medicine (Biology/Technology) • Lecture 8: How to Look at Art (Art) |
| 第 8 週 | Unit 7: Listening for organization (part 2) • describing characteristics, describing a process or sequence of events, classifying subtopics • Lecture 7: Paging Robodoc: Robots in Medicine (Biology/Technology) • Lecture 8: How to Look at Art (Art) |
| 第 9 週 | Unit 8: Listening for organization (part 3) • describing a causal relationship, comparing and contrasting, recognizing generalizations and their support • Lecture 9: Hall’s Classification of Cultures (Sociology) • Lecture 10: Earthquakes: Can They be Predicted? (Geology) |
| 第 10 週 | Unit 8: Listening for organization (part 3); How to speak (presentation skills) • videos from OCW/TED |
| 第 11 週 | Psychology (Happiness) • videos from OCW/TED |
| 第 12 週 | Health and Medicine • videos from OCW/TED |
| 第 13 週 | Unit 9: Tying it together: End-of-course evaluation • Lecture 11: Perfectionism (Psychology) • Lecture 12: High-Tech Harvesting: Hope or Horror? (Agriculture/Ecology/Biology) |
| 第 14 週 | OCW lecture project presentations |
| 第 15 週 | OCW lecture project presentations |
| 第 16 週 | Group project presentations |
Lebauer, R. (2010). Learn to listen, listen to learn 2: Academic listening and note-taking (3rd ed.). Pearson Education. Additional course materials will be posted on e3.
- 時間
- After class or by appointment
- 聯絡方式
- scheng@nycu.edu.tw