SemesterFall Semester, 2020
DepartmentGeneral Education Courses in Foreign Languages
Course NameCollege English I
InstructorDAVID ARNOLD GERICH
Credit3.0
Course TypeSelectively
Prerequisite
Course Objective
Course Description
Course Schedule

The following schedule may vary from class to class due to different holidays and days off.


































































































































































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



Week 1



Introductions and writing exercises



First impressions of speaking; Writing exercise: Writing an email to your professor



Individual Student Introductions and Email writing HW: Read the first article



3



4.5



Week 2



Making First Impressions and Having a Social Life at the University



Article 1: “Making a Great First Impression”



Group interaction; listening activities; HW: Read the next article; Find own article on making friends in college



3



4.5



Week 3



Staying Healthy in College



Article 2: “Can the Japanese diet help you live to 100?”



Group interaction; listening activities; HW: Read the next article; Find own article on nutrition interest



3



4.5



Week 4



What it Means to be Successful



Article 3: “Taiwan’s top 3D street artist brings illusions to life as he lives his dream”



Group interaction; listening activities; HW: Read the next article; Find own article on a successful person



3



4.5



Week 5



Making Voluntary Changes and Embracing Involuntary Changes



Article 4 “30 days to change your life”



Group interaction; listening activities; HW: Read the next article; Find own article on how to do something new



3



4.5



Week 6



Taking Risks and Facing Fear



Article 5 “Becoming a Risk-Taker”



Group interaction; listening activities; HW: Begin to prepare for midterm presentations



3



4.5



Week 7



Writing  descriptive and narrative paragraphs



Read various accounts of American college student experiences



Group interaction; Describing data and diagrams; listening activities: Compare your experience with American college students; HW: Prepare presentations



3



4.5



Week 8



Individual Presentations



 



Presenting an opinion with support: article and personal experience



3



4.5



Week 9



Individual Presentations



 



Presenting an opinion with support: article and personal experience



3



4.5



Week 10



Reading/Writing Exam



Test of both reading and writing skills



Students complete the reading/writing test; Prepare for final presentations



3



4.5



Week 11



Online Cultural Course



Complete the following unit quizzes as part of the online course:



Unit 1 Hofstede’s cultural dimensions; Unit 2 Stereotypes; Unit 3 Education



Homework: online course writing discussion questions (units 1-3)



3



4.5



Week 12



Online cultural course discussion and seminar



Bring writing homework from online course for in-class discussion; Learn how cultures may or may not be able to interact succesfully in a multi-cultural environment



Group interaction; listening activities



3



4.5



Week 13



Cultural Film Series - College English I



Learn about transplanted families and immigration in England; understand language and cultural barriers



Group interaction; listening activities; Learn vocabulary and discuss cultural differences



3



4.5



Week 14



Cultural Film Series - College English I



Discuss cross-cultural differences and strategies for success



Group interaction; listening activities; Respond in writing with your opinion on a cross-cultural issue



3



4.5



Week 15



Cultural Film Series and Discussion - College English I



Learn about American immigration, prejudice, and racism



In-class discussions in groups; listening activities; writing opinions about and discussing solutions for cultural prejudice, negative stereotypes, and racism



3



4.5



Week 16



Cultural Film Series and Discussion; Final Presentation Preparation



Prepare for the final group presentation



Group discussion and listening activities; Recap of cross-cultural learning; Homework: Prepare for presentations



3



4.5



Week 17



Final Presentations



 



Students present their assigned topics in groups



3



4.5



Week 18



Final Presentations



 



Students present their assigned topics in groups



3



4.5




 


Teaching Methods
Teaching Assistant
Requirement/Grading

Class time will be devoted to activities that allow students to practice and interact in English. To successfully complete the course, students must prepare the assigned homework prior to class and, while in class actively participate in class discussions and pair/group work. Students’ final grades are determined by the following course components:



 



? Participation (attendance, homework, class work): 20%



? Online course: 15%



? Individual presentation: 20%



? Final group presentation: 20%



? Reading/writing exam: 25%



 



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 in-class questions to the instructor, insights and comments regarding class content, answers to the instructor’s questions, and reactions to other students’ contributions. Students will be expected to take notes in class and turn in those notes at the end of the class to be counted for participation credit.



 



Attendance: Students must attend class. Those who miss three classes or more will fail the course. If a student is late three times for a class, it will count as an absence.



 



Homework: Students are expected to complete the assigned readings for homework, including the teacher-assigned articles. The rest of the homework will be assigned topics for research. Students must find an English article online related to the assigned topic, print the article, and bring it to class to share with classmates. In addition, students must prove their effort by learning new vocabulary from the article that they choose to read for homework. In class, students will summarize the article and express their opinion based on what they have read.



 



Class work: Students will take notes in class as exercises in listening and speaking. Students mostly play the role of a reporter, interviewing each other in groups or pairs and writing information from what they gather. They will then use that information to write a summary paragraph of what they have learned based on the topic under discussion.



 



Online course



Students must register online to be included in this portion of the course. They will be assigned the first three units of the course (Unit 1 Hofstede’s Cultural Dimensions; Unit 2 Stereotypes; Unit 3 Education), including watching the videos, completing the online quizzes, and writing answers to discussion questions for homework. Students will be graded on their performance on the online quizzes and effort on written homework based on the discussion questions.



 



Individual presentation



For the first presentation, students will share an opinion based on one of the topics that we have discussed in previous lessons. In support of their opinion, students must use their own personal experience as well as cite factual information from an English article that they have read and studied. Students may decide whether or not they would like to use PPT for their presentation. All PPT presentations must be prepared in advance so as not to waste time in class setting up.



 



Final group presentation



For the final presentation, students in groups will be assigned a different region of the world and present a popular city from that region to the class. Students will share information related to that city to an audience that is interested in visiting or living in this city in the future. Each student presents a different aspect of the city, such as culture and customs; what to see and do; what to eat and drink there; popular sports in this city; experience visiting; etc. Students will be graded on the content they present; clarity (including pronunciation); speaking confidence; and their opinion based on the information they learned from their research about the city.



 



Reading/writing exam



The content of this test is from the teacher-assigned articles that students have read and interacted with in the course. There will be questions based on the content of the reading, in which students need to write answers in complete sentences. There will also be a longer writing component, in which students must write a one-paragraph composition based on the topic of the article.


Textbook & Reference

  • Study materials:

    1. Dimensions of national culture [Reading]





http://geert-hofstede.com/national-culture.html






    1. Country comparison [Reading]





http://geert-hofstede.com/countries.html






    1. Applications of national culture [Reading]





http://geert-hofstede.com/applications.html






    1. Hofstede's six cultural dimensions [6 videos]



    2. Host Chris Rock rapped over Asian-American 'joke' [Video]

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9tgjD1B2EA

    3. Chris Rock criticized after Asian joke at Oscars [Video]

      https://youtu.be/0yW1cYWvTMQ

    4. People Aren’t Happy With Chris Rock’s Asian Joke At The Academy Awards [Reading]

      http://www.buzzfeed.com/krishrach/people-are-unhappy-with-all-the-asian-





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    1. Donald Trump vs Barack Obama: Talking About Women [Video]

      https://youtu.be/V9hhOWGxxmw

    2. The Origins of Stereotypes [Reading]

      http://aps.psychologicalscience.org/convention/program_2014/search/viewProgram.cfm?





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    1. Stereotypes and Prejudices [Reading]

      http://remember.org/guide/history-root-stereotypes

    2. College Classroom Culture [5 Videos]









    1. Formal and informal classroom culture in the U.S. [2 videos]










    1. A Conversation with Chinese and American Students [Video]

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rX_7NuOWYMk

    2. How Do American, Chinese and French Students Characterize their Teachers’ Communication? [Reading]

      http://www.immi.se/intercultural/nr38/brassier.html





 




  • Resources:



VoiceTube: https://tw.voicetube.com



BBC Learning English: http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish



TED talks: https://www.ted.com/talks


Urls about Course
inspireenglish.blogspot.tw
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