SemesterSpring Semester, 2018
DepartmentGeneral Education Courses in Foreign Languages
Course NameCollege English II
InstructorSHERIDAN CHERYL LYNN
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



Welcome back



Introduction



Unit 6 Backing Up History Lesson A



Purchase textbook if needed



HW: Prepare U6LA



2



2



2



Unit 6 Backing Up History



Lesson A



Textbook material presentation sign-up



HW: U6LB



2



2



3



Unit 6 Backing Up History



Lesson B



Review/Preview



2



2



4



Unit 6 Backing Up History



 



Writing a Summary Paragraph about a historic site



HW: Write a Summary paragraph about a historical site: Post to Moodle Assignment Review/Preview



2



2



5



Food Inc.



Movie



HW: Food Inc. responses



2



2



6



Unit 7 Food for All



Lesson A



HW: Review/Preview



2



3



7



Unit 7 Food for All



Lesson A



HW: Review/Preview



2



3



8



Unit 8 Future



Lesson A



HW: Prepare U8 Lesson A



2



3



9



Unit 8 Future



Lesson A



HW: Prepare U8 Lesson A



2



3



10



Exam



21st Century Reading Units 6, 7, 8



 



2



3



11



Cross-cultural communication



PC Language



Watch video



Complete checkpoint quiz



2



3



12



Cross-cultural communication



PC Language



Discussion and writing



2



3



13



Cross-cultural communication



Non-verbal Communication



Watch video



Complete checkpoint quiz



2



3



14



Cross-cultural communication



Non-verbal Communication



Discussion and writing



2



3



15



Cross-cultural communication



Globalization



Watch video



Complete checkpoint quiz



2



3



16



Cross-cultural communication



Globalization



Discussion for presentation



2



3



17



Finals Week



Final presentations



 



2



 



18



Finals Week



Final presentations



 



2



 



Teaching Methods
Teaching Assistant

Preparing materials, posting on Moodle, Grading exams, Recording grades, Maintaining records


Requirement/Grading

Final grades will be heavily based on classroom participation and homework/regular preparation. There will also be midterm and final exams, writing assignments, or presentations. All materials, including the written text, handouts, and any information spoken in class or written on the board will potentially be included on quizzes. Take notes. Keep all of the work you do during the course until after the final grades have been announced.



Final grades will be determined by the following:





  • Attendance: 15%




  • Projects presented to class: 25%




  • Homework & textbook material presentation: 15%




  • Midterm: 25%




  • Final: 25%




Textbook & Reference

Title: 21st Century Reading: Creative Thinking and Reading with TED Talks Book 4 (2015)



Authors: Laurie Blass and Jessica Williams



Publisher: National Geographic Learning / CENGAGE Learning


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