週數
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課程內容
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Reading Strategies
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Presentation and pronunciation
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Topic of Discussion
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Reading to discuss
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1
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2/19
Introduction
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Introduction, house-keeping, and ice-breaking.
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2
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2/26
Unit 1
Free-Therapy
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Listening skill: Listen for supporting evidence
In-class listening: Upgrade Your Life?
Homework: The hidden power of smiling
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3
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3/04
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General reading strategies I:
- Pre-reading: Posing questions (Dirt is good)
- (skimming and scanning)
- vocabulary building (線上課本＆單字)
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Unit 1: Free Therapy
How filthy can children be?
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4
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3/11
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General reading strategies II:
- Finding the main idea and supporting details.
- Note-taking and diagramming (Paragraph structures)
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Chunking 1&2
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Unit 1: Smile
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Facial feedback hypothesis
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5
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3/18
Midterm worksheet
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General reading strategies III:
- Paraphrasing
- Summarizing
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Stress and Pacing
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Unit 5: What fear can teach us (A)
Are you positive or pessimistic about the future of the world?
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Pre-reading
Essay (Editorial)
Pinker, S. (2018, January 4). Times.com. Times.com. Retrieved from https://time.com/5087384/harvard-professor-steven-pinker-on-why-we-refuse-to-see-the-bright-side/
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6
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3/25
Midterm worksheet deadline
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General reading strategies IV:
- Making inference
- Facts and opinions
Deadline for midterm presentation topic approval
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Intonation 1
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Unit 5: What fear can teach us (B)
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Post-reading
Research Report
Media Manipulation and Disinformation Online. (2016). Media Manipulation and Disinformation Online. Retrieved from https://datasociety.net/library/media-manipulation-and-disinfo-online
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7
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4/1
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General reading strategies V:
- Reflecting on reading
- Drawing conclusion
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Intonation 2
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Unit 5: What fear can teach us (C)
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Extra Reading
Identify fake news
Rogers, S. (2018, August 28). Navigating Post-Truth Societies: Strategies, Resources and Technologies. Retrieved from https://www.aace.org/review/navigating-post-truth-societies-strategies-resources-technologies/
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8
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4/8
Midterm topic approval.
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Critical reading
- The author’s purpose
The author’s tone
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Sound Scripting 1
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Unit 6: How I fell in love with a fish (A)
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Pre-reading
Educational Website: Sustainability. (2019, September 5). Retrieved March 10, 2020, from https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/sustainability/
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9
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4/15
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Task: Share your reading report: Group 1
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Dramatic Contrasts 1&2
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Unit 6: How I fell in love with a fish (C)
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Post-Reading
Laffoley, D. & Baxter, J.M. (eds.) (2019). Ocean deoxygenation: Everyone’s problem - Causes, impacts, consequences and solutions.
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10
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4/22 Midterm Exam: Presentation
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Midterm presentation (in pairs)
-After class: Find an article to support your opinion.
Write an argument for your position.
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11
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4/29
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Introduction to rhetoric: The rhetoric triangle
Share your reading report: Group 2
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Tripling
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Unit 7:
The currency of the new economy is trust
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Pre-reading:
Keeley, B. (2007). Human capital: How what you know shapes your life. Retrieved from https://www.oecd.org/insights/humancapitalhowwhatyouknowshapesyourlife.htm
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12
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5/06
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Reading analytically: What is an argument?
Share your reading report: Group 3
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Machine Gunning
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Unit 7:
The currency of the new economy is trust
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13
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5/13
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Reading analytically: Stating a claim
Share your reading report: Group 4 ＆ 5
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Creating Rapport
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Unit 7:
The currency of the new economy is trust
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Post-reading:
Scott, L. (2020, January 18). How the sharing economy erode privacy and trust. The New York Times: Opinion. Retrieved from https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/18/opinion/sunday/privacy-trust.html
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14
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5/20
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No Class
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15
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5/27
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Logical Fallacies: Fallacy of Relevance, Accuracy, Insufficiency.
Share your reading report: Group 6
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Exploiting Visuals 1&2
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Unit 8
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16
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6/03
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Share your reading report: Group 7
Reading infographics
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Change and Development
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Cambridge analytics
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/3/23/17151916/facebook-cambridge-analytica-trump-diagram
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17
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6/10 Presentation
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Final Presentation and feedback (Individual)
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18
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6/17 Presentation
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Final presentation and feedback (Individual)
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