SemesterSpring Semester, 2018
DepartmentGeneral Education Courses in Foreign Languages
Course NameCollege English II
InstructorDAVID ARNOLD GERICH
Credit2.0
Course TypeSelectively
PrerequisiteCollege English I
Course Objective
Course Description
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週次



Week



課程主題



Topic



課程內容與指定閱讀



Content and Reading Assignment



教學活動與作業



Teaching Activities and Homework



學習投入時間



Student workload expectation



課堂講授



In-class Hours



課程前後



Outside-of-class Hours



1



Introduction and Time Management Strategies



In-class activity: listening and speaking in groups



Student-centered learning: group cooperation and discussion



Lecture: class introduction and time management



2



2~3



2



Department Listening Test – Unit 1 Lessons for Life



In-class activity: reading, speaking, listening in groups



Student-centered learning: group cooperation and discussion



Lecture: vocabulary



2



2~3



3



Unit 1 Lessons for Life



In-class activity: video watching and discussion; reading in groups



Student-centered learning: group cooperation and discussion



Lecture: idiomatic expressions



2



2~3



4



Unit 2 More Than a Job



In-class activity: writing paragraphs, speaking, listening in groups



Student-centered learning: group cooperation and discussion



Lecture: writing strategies



2



2~3



5



Unit 2 More Than a Job



In-class activity: writing paragraphs, speaking, listening in groups



Student-centered learning: group cooperation and discussion



Lecture: writing strategies



2



2~3



6



Spring break – Children’s Day and Tomb-Sweeping Day



 



 



 



 



7



Unit 3 Four Walls



In-class activity: writing paragraphs, speaking, listening in groups



Student-centered learning: group cooperation and discussion



 



2



2~3



8



Unit 4 Innovation



In-class activity: writing paragraphs, speaking, listening in groups



Student-centered learning: group cooperation and discussion



Lecture: introduce presentation topic



2



2~3



9



Group Presentations



Students give presentations in groups, introducing a social entrepreneurship



Student-centered learning (Presentations and listening)



2



2~3



10



Group Presentations



Students give presentations in groups, introducing a social entrepreneurship



Student-centered learning (Presentations and listening)



2



2~3



11



Unit 5 The Writer’s Journey



In-class activity: reading, speaking, listening in groups



Student-centered learning: pronunciation; group cooperation and discussion



Lecture: pronunciation strategies



2



2~3



12



Unit 6 Body Matters



In-class activity: speaking, listening in groups



Student-centered learning: group discussion



Lecture: listening and speaking strategies



2



2~3



13



Unit 7 Stories from History



In-class activity: reading, speaking, listening in groups



Student-centered learning: group cooperation and discussion



Lecture: vocabulary



2



2~3



14



**Reading/Writing Exam**



Students take a reading/writing test based on readings in units 1-7



Complete exam



2



2~3



15



Online Course



Students complete the online course for units 4-6



Students complete online quizzes and writing



2



2~3



16



Online Course Discussion and Review



In-class activity: reading, speaking, listening in groups



Student-centered learning: group cooperation and discussion



Lecture: review of units 4-6



2



2~3



17



Cross-cultural Film on Foreign Friendships



In-class activity: watch the film and take notes



Student-centered learning: listening focus



2



2~3



18



**Final Paper Due**



Submit a final paper on the topic of international friendship/relationship experience, including film response content



Writing



2



2



Teaching Methods
Teaching Assistant
Requirement/Grading

Participation: 30%



Mid-Term Exam: 20%



Final Exam: 20%



Group Presentation: 25%


Textbook & Reference

Dummett, Hughes, and Stephenson. Life: National Geographic Learning 6. National Geographic Learning/Cengage Learning, Boston, 2015.


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