Week of Feb. 26: Introduction and Grammar Review

Week of Mar. 5: Vocabulary and News

Week of March 12: Reading and Summarizing News Stories, vocabulary quiz

Week of March 19: Reading and Summarizing News Stories, vocabulary quiz

Week of March 26: Reading and Summarizing News Stories, vocabulary quiz

Week of April 2: No class, Tomb Sweeping Holiday

Week of April 9: Writing Documents: Letters to the Editor, vocabulary quiz

Week of April 16: Vocabulary and News

Week of April 23: Midterm

Week of April 30: Writing Documents: General Correspondence, vocabulary quiz

Week of May 7: Understanding Legislation: Taiwan Relations Act, vocabulary quiz

Week of May 14: Understanding Regulations: US State Department Regulations Regarding Relations with Taiwan, vocabulary quiz

Week of May 21: Understanding Important Documents: WTO, vocabulary quiz

Week of May 28: Understanding Important Documents: APEC, vocabulary quiz

Week of June 4: Understanding Documents: Think Tank and Other Reports, vocabulary quiz

Week of June 11: Understanding Documents: Academic Journal Articles, vocabulary quiz, Other topics

Week of June 18: New stories, quiz

Week of June 25: Final

Class attendance

Quizzes

Vocabulary report: before the date of the final exam (June 24), identify a news report that includes one of this semester’s vocabulary words, and discuss how it is used, if it is used in the same way as the dictionary defines it, and why it is important. The report is to be four pages in length, 12 point font, regular margins.

Midterm: 35%

Final: 40%

Vocabulary quizzes: 15%

Vocabulary Report: 10%

G.R. Berridge, Alan James, Lorna Lloyd, The Palgrave Macmillan Dictionary of Diplomacy. Palgrave Macmillan, 3rd edition, ISBN 978-0230302990