Semester | Fall Semester, 2020 | ||
Department | General Education Courses in Foreign Languages | ||
Course Name | College English I | ||
Instructor | HUANG HSING-FEI | ||
Credit | 3.0 | ||
Course Type | Selectively | ||
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ATTENDANCE, PUNCTUALITY & ASSIGNMENT/EXAM POLICIES Attendance is important, and students are expected to come to class ON TIME! (Attendance/Lateness policy will be explained in the first class.) Students who are absent for more than half of total class hours without an appropriate reason will receive zero for both Attendance and Class Performance portions, and CANNOT partake in the final exam. All required assignments must be submitted to the instructor before the due dates. Note that NO assignments will be accepted after the given deadline. NO make-up final exam will be given unless you have received the instructor’s permission in advance. To successfully complete the course, you must prepare the assigned homework prior to class and, while in class actively participate in class discussions and pair/group work. Your final grades are determined by the following course components:
Participation Your participation grade will be based on your attendance, homework preparation, and the contribution you make to the learning experience of others. Contribution includes your questions to the instructor, insights and comments regarding class content, answers to the instructor’s questions, and reactions to other students’ contributions in class. Speaking Assignments (SAs) There are two speaking assignments: a paired speaking assignment and an individual oral report. For the paired speaking assignment, you will conversate with one of your classmates on a given topic and record it (3~5 minutes). For the individual oral report, you will summarize one of the interesting group presentations and express your opinions about it (3 minutes). All the recordings must be uploaded to the class website. The grading rubric for the speaking assignments is attached below and will be available on the class website. More details will be provided in class.
Writing Assignments (WAs) There are two writing assignments. You will write a formal email on a given topic. Besides the email, you will respond to the writing prompts regarding a cross-cultural issue. You will summarize a video and describe your experience. Then, you will also provide summaries and insights from a related reading. This assignment should show that you have completed and thought seriously and critically about the video and reading provided for you. The grading rubric for the writing assignments is attached below and will be available on the class website. More details will be provided in class.
Midterm project (Teamwork) The midterm project contains a group oral presentation and a group written summary. You and your group members will report on an assigned topic. Each group should meet with the instructor one or two weeks prior to the presentation to discuss their outline and content. The oral presentation should be approximately 30 minutes, including discussion and Q & A session. Each group will also submit a group written summary of your presentation (about 300 words) on the same day of their group oral presentation. The grading rubrics for both the group oral presentation and written report (writing assignment) are attached below and will be available on the class website. More details will be provided in class.
Final Exam All materials, including the readings, handouts, and information provided in class will potentially be included in the in-class final exam. It contains listening/reading tasks and vocabulary/grammar questions. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Textbook: Perspectives 4 by Amanda Jeffries, Lewis Lansford, & Daniel Barber (2018) National Geographic Learning Useful English media outlets:
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Class website: (Introduction to Cross-cultural Communication) Moodle http://moodle.nccu.edu.tw/ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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College English Rubrics_Rev..pdf Group Presentation Rubric _CE_.pdf |