SemesterSpring Semester, 2018
DepartmentGeneral Education Courses in Foreign Languages
Course NameCollege English III: English Proficiency Through Fiction
InstructorSU JING-FEN
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



228 Peace Holiday



no class



NA



0



0



2



Orientation



Introduction to 2 novels



Ice-breaking activity; Homework: Reading Part 1 of For One More Day



2



3



3



For One More Day, Part 1



For One More Day, pp. 1-34 [34 pages]



Quiz 1; Warm-up activity; Homework: Reading Part 2 of For One More Day



2



3



4



For One More Day, Part 2



For One More Day, pp. 35-69 [35 pages]



Warm-up activity;



Reading circles 1; Homework: Reading Part 3 of For One More Day



2



3



5



For One More Day, Part 3



For One More Day, pp. 70-100 [31 pages]



Quiz 2; Warm-up activity; Homework: Reading Part 4 of For One More Day



2



3



6



Children’s Holiday



no class



Homework: Reading Part 4 of For One More Day



0



0



7



For One More Day, Part 4



For One More Day, pp. 101-133 [33 pages]



Warm-up activity;



Reading circles 2; Homework: Reading Part 5 of For One More Day



2



3



8



For One More Day, Part 5



For One More Day, pp. 134-163 [30 pages]



Quiz 3; Warm-up activity; Homework: Reading Part 6 of For One More Day



2



3



9



For One More Day, Part 6



For One More Day, pp. 164-197 [34 pages]



Warm-up activity;



Reading circles 3; Preparation for Midterm Exam



2



3



10



Midterm Exam



In-class Midterm Exam



Homework: Reading Part 1 of Five People You Meet in Heaven



2



3



11



The Five People You Meet in Heaven, Part 1



Five People You Meet in Heaven (Hyperion 1-31/Sphere 1-33)



Quiz 4; Warm-up activity; Homework: Reading Part 2 of Five People You Meet in Heaven



2



3



12



The Five People You Meet in Heaven, Part 2



Five People You Meet in Heaven, “The First Person” (H 32-55/S 34-57)



Warm-up activity;



Reading circles 4; Homework: Reading Part 3 of Five People You Meet in Heaven



2



3



13



The Five People You Meet in Heaven, Part 3



Five People You Meet in Heaven, “The Second Person” (H 56-97/S 58-102)



Quiz 5; Warm-up activity; Homework: Reading Part 4 of Five People You Meet in Heaven



2



3



14



The Five People You Meet in Heaven, Part 4



Five People You Meet in Heaven, “The Third Person” (H 98-144/S 103-152)



Warm-up activity;



Reading circles 5; Homework: Reading Part 5 of Five People You Meet in Heaven



2



3



15



The Five People You Meet in Heaven, Part 5



Five People You Meet in Heaven, “The Fourth Person” (H 145-178/S 153-190)



Quiz 6; Warm-up activity; Homework: Reading Part 6 of Five People You Meet in Heaven



2



3



16



The Five People You Meet in Heaven, Part 6



Five People You Meet in Heaven, “The Fifth Person” (H 179-196/S 191-208)



Warm-up activity;



Reading circles 6



2



3



17



Film watching



Five People You Meet in Heaven



Film watching;



Writing & Discussion;



Homework: Review vocabulary



2



3



18



Final Exam



Final Exam



Final Exam



2



3



Teaching Methods
Teaching Assistant
Requirement/Grading

Grading Criteria:



Attendance & Participation: 15%



Quizzes: 10%



Reading circle role sheets: 35%



Midterm exam: 20%



Final exam: 20%



Requirements:




  1. Attendance: You are required to attend classes regularly and on time. Absences (including sick leave and personal leave), tardiness, or early departure will damage your attendance grade. Contact me about your absence before class if you must miss class. *If you have FIVE (or more) unexcused absences, you will not be allowed to take the final exam.

  2. Participation: Speaking up in class, either being called or voluntarily, will add points to your participation grade. Try to catch any opportunity to speak up in class to earn bonus points!

  3. Quizzes: We will have overview quizzes before starting class every other week. *Missed quizzes cannot be made up.

  4. Reading Circles: You will be grouped into teams of 5-6 members. Each person in your own team will take turns assuming different roles of the Discussion Leader, Summarizer, Connector, Word Master, Passage Person, and Culture Collector. You are required to complete your role sheets at home so that you can join the reading circle discussions in class. *Late submission will lead to lower grades of your written assignment. You need to submit all the role sheets you have done in a portfolio by due date for grading. See attachment 1 for Reading Circle Role Sheet.


Textbook & Reference

  1. Albom, Mitch. For One More Day. (Hyperion edition)

  2. Albom, Mitch. The Five People You Meet in Heaven. (Hyperion or Sphere edition)

  3. Supplemantary materials prepared by the instructor


Urls about Course
http://moodle.nccu.edu.tw/
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