SemesterFall Semester, 2020
DepartmentGeneral Education Courses in Foreign Languages
Course NameCollege English I
InstructorTSUI CHENG-FANG
Credit3.0
Course TypeSelectively
Prerequisite
Course Objective
Course Description
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日期



Date



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



9/17



Introduction



Email Essentials & Etiquette



MOOC Unit 1:



Hofstede culture theory



Socializing exercise;



Writing a formal email;



MOOC Unit 1 video



complete quizzes



3



4.5



9/24



College life



College: New demands and expectations



Listening tasks + summary exercise



group discussion



3



4.5



10/01



National holiday



Moon Festival



 



3



4.5



10/08



Intelligence



Emotional intelligence



Listening tasks + summary exercise+



description of graphs and data



Written assignment of MOOC Unit 1 due



3



4.5



10/15



Intelligence



Multiple intelligences



Listening tasks + summary exercise



group discussion



3



4.5



10/22



Paragraph writing



Paragraph structure; topic sentence writing



Lecture +



writing exercises



3



4.5



10/29



The invisible



Ghost Month vs. Halloween MOOC Unit 2: Stereotypes



Video viewing +



summary exercise



group discussion



MOOC Unit 2 video



Complete quizzes



3



4.5



11/05



Sports



What makes an Olympic champion?



Listening task



summary exercise



group discussion



3



4.5



11/12



Midterm



Midterm Exam



Individual oral report



 



3



6



11/19



Beauty



Plastic surgery and



eternal youth



Video viewing



group discussion



Written assignment of MOOC 2 due



3



4.5



11/26



Beauty



Body image



Video viewing + debate



Summary writing



3



4.5



12/03



Computer culture



Unmasking virus writers and hackers



Listening task + summarizing key points



+ group discussion



3



4.5



12/10



Computer culture



White-hat and black-hat hackers



Vocabulary exercise + listening task



3



4.5



12/17



Ethics in journalism



Peeping Tom journalism



Case study + debate



3



4.5



12/24



Cross-cultural communication



MOOC Unit 3: Education



MOOC Unit 3 video



Complete quizzes



3



4.5



12/31



Bullying



Cyberbullying + Case study



Listening task +



group discussion



Written assignment of MOOC Unit 3 due



3



4.5



1/07



Oral exam



Group Presentations



 



3



6



1/14



Final Exam



Final Exam



 



3



6



Teaching Methods
Teaching Assistant
Requirement/Grading

COURSE EVALUATION



Attendance (10%), class participation (10%), quizzes/homework (20%) -------------------------- 40 %



Midterm examination ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 15 %



Final examination ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 15 %



Oral presentations -------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------- 20%



E-learning (http://moocs.nccu.edu.tw) ----------------------------------------------------------- 10%



 



COURSE REQUIREMENTS



Attendance and Participation



Attendance will be recorded in every class, when possible. Any absence will be counted against your records unless a leave of absence is requested to the instructor by phone or email, prior to or by the end of the absent day. Habitual lateness and unauthorized use of cell phone will also jeopardize your attendance records. Participation grade will be based on your before-class preparation and the contribution you make to the learning experience of others. Contribution includes your in-class questions to the instructor, insights and comments regarding class content, answers to the instructor's questions, and reactions to other students' contributions.



In-class exercises/quizzes



Periodically throughout the semester, writing/listening exercises and pop quizzes will be given in class. These exercises and quizzes can NOT be made up. However, with an approved leave of absence, missed quizzes, which otherwise would count as zero, will not count towards your composite final grade.



 



Oral presentations



You will give an individual oral report and a group presentation during the semester. For the individual report, you will tell a 3-minute personal anecdote. For the group presentation, you and 3 (or 4) other students will report on a current event. The presentation should be approximately 15 minutes, followed by a 5-minute discussion. More details will be provided in class. The grading rubric for the speaking performance will be made available to you.



 



Written assignments



In addition to the periodic in-class and take-home writing exercises, there will be three (3) written assignments based on the online MOOC learning materials for the course. In each assignment, you will respond to the writing prompts regarding a cross-cultural issue. Your papers should show you have completed and thought seriously and critically about the readings and videos provided for you. You are also encouraged to research the topic and cite your sources. The grading rubric for the written assignments shall be made available to you.



 



Examinations



All materials, including the readings, handouts, and information provided in class will potentially be included on mid-term and final exams. The mid-term and final exams are written tests that include vocabulary/grammar questions, a reading section, and short writing tasks. No make-up exams will be given unless you have received the instructor's permission in advance.


Textbook & Reference

REQUIRED TEXT



A collection of readings from different sources, available for purchase at Campus Photocopy Shop



 



RESOURCES



Useful English media outlets:






Urls about Course
Attachment

Syllabus_College English I_Fall 2020.pdf