SemesterSpring Semester, 2018
DepartmentGeneral Education Courses in Foreign Languages
Course NameCollege English III: Business Writing & Oral Training
InstructorLAI YU-TUNG
Credit2.0
Course TypeSelectively
Prerequisite
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



Overview of the course



Personal profile



2



3



2



Business Letters



Types of business writing



Lecture



2



3



3



Business Letters



Basic elements of business writing



Discussion



2



3



4



Business Letters



Principles of business writing



Writing



2



3



5



Interview skills



FAQ



Lecture



2



3



6



Interview skills



Role play



Feedbacks



2



3



7



Job Hunting Communications



Want ads



Lecture



2



3



8



Job Hunting Communications



Writing CVs



Samples



2



3



9



Job Hunting Communications



Writing resumes



Writing



2



6



10



Midterm



Midterm exam



Feedbacks



2



3



11



Invitation



Informal invitations



Lecture



2



3



12



Invitation



Formal invitations



Discussion



2



3



13



Invitation



Accepting / declining an invitation



Writing



2



3



14



Autobiography



Analyzing strengths & weaknesses



Lecture



2



3



15



Autobiography



Graduate school application



Discussion



2



6



16



Autobiography



 



Job Application



Writing



2



6



17



Review



Review of the previous writing assignments



Feedbacks



2



6



18



Final



Final Exam



 



2



6




 


Teaching Methods
Teaching Assistant

Photocopying the handouts



Grading the quizzes/assignments



Videotaping the presentations 


Requirement/Grading

Attendance: Regular class attendance is mandatory; please be responsible for your own absence(s) and be punctual all the time! (Only sick leave and official leave with documents are allowed!)

Class Participation: Students are expected to actively participate in oral discussions and activities. Besides, please turn off the cell phone during class time.

Group and individual presentation will be given to evaluate students’ speaking skill. If you miss any test, you MUST PROVIDE A DOCTOR’S NOTE and you should talk to me WITHIN TWO WEEKS, otherwise you will receive ZERO automatically!

NOTE: Poor attendance may lead to the failure of this course!

Grading:

Attendance & Class Participation: 20%

Class discussion & Assignment: 30%

Midterm : 20%

Final: 30%


Textbook & Reference

Business Writing (3rd Edition) by Michelle Witte



Will be available at NCCU bookstore 


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