Semester	Fall Semester, 2020
Department	Selective courses of undergraduate level,College of Commerce
Course Name	Advanced Oral Training
Instructor	YANG CHIEN-WEI
Credit	3.0
Course Type	Elective
Prerequisite	English Writing、Writing and Oral Training、Writing and Oral Training I,Writing and Oral Training II

Course Objective

Course Description

Course Schedule

Session	Topic	Activities and Assignments	Invested Time
1	Course Introduction; Warmers; Career Prospecting (CP) Phase 1	Independent research: Career Prospecting 1	4 or above
2	CP Phase 2 Résumé and CV: format and language Covering Letter: format and language	Sample Discussion 1; Assignment 1: Résumé and CV draft	4 or above
3	Holiday CP Phase 3: Online Forum	Sample Discussion 2; CL and FUL draft Submission of Assignment 1	2 or above
4	Holiday CP Phase 4: Instructor’s feedback Job Interview: Pre-interview Preparation Announcement	Experience sharing; Self-Intro. Practice Project I: Job interview preparation i	2 or above
5	Job Interview: Skills and Trouble-Shooting II; Interview Types and Question Bank	Tricky Question Practice; Project I: Job interview preparation ii	4 or above
6	Mini-Interview & Feedback	Project I: Job interview preparation iii	4 or above
7	Job Interview Simulation I	Assignment 2: Self-Evaluation	4 or above
8	Job Interview Simulation II	Assignment 2: Self-Evaluation	4 or above
9	Career Workshop 1 Video CV: Introduction & Samples	Video CV proposal	4 or above
10	Video CV: Delivery and Text	Video CV Script submission	4 or above
11	Video CV: Work Week	Video CV Production	5 or above
12	Video CV Showcase	Assignment 3: Peer-feedback	4 or above
13	Business Meeting: participation & essential business vocabulary I	In-class Practice	4 or above
14	Business Meeting: chairing & essential business vocabulary II	In-class Practice; Project II preparation: An A&M meeting	4 or above
15	Business Meeting: handling, confrontations, clarification, Negotiation in Business: An Intro. FP announcement	Project II preparation: Choosing the role	4 or above
16	Holiday Research for the A&M negotiation Sample Video	Sample Discussion; Project II preparation: position statement preparation	2 or above
17	Negotiation in Business: Bargaining, Probing, and making counteroffers	scenario practice; Project II preparation: position statement	5 or above
18	Final Project:　The M&A Meeting Simulation	Assignment 4: Peer Evaluation	4 or above

Teaching Methods

Teaching Assistant

To be announced.

Requirement/Grading

Course Requirements

1. Regular attendance is strictly required. Absence from TWO weekly sessions will result in failure to pass.

2. We will have a Moodle website for this course, so please visit it on a weekly basis and on the day before the class in case you miss important announcements.

3. Those who need to ask for leaves should notify the instructor through e-mail in advance. DO NOT simply ask your classmate to pass the request.

4. Please specify who you are and which class you are in in your e-mail. Also, use only English in your email message.

5. Punctuality is essential; Lateness of over FIVE minutes will be counted as a half absence.

6. Delayed or missed assignments are forbidden. Make-up assignments are downgraded by 10 percent.

7. Some oral tasks require drafts, which should be completed in advance and submitted in class.

9. The draft and visual aids file of each task MUST be submitted at the time the instructor specifies. Late submission will result in grade deductions of 5 to 20 percent.

10. Students are expected to preview the course materials and make full preparation for each task.

11. Every student is expected to attend the LAST weekly session in the final week; No leave or absence is excusable.

12. You are also expected to volunteer to take on some responsibilities and earn bonus points; such opportunities will be announced in class.

Assessment

Class Participation: 35%	Attendance	10%
Class Participation: 35%	Pair Work & Simulation Practice (5)	25%
Assignments: 15%	Pair and Team Assignments (3)	15%
Projects: 50 %	Business Brief	25%
Projects: 50 %	Policy Debate	25%
*Bonus Points	Class Leader, Team Leader, or Competition Winners	2-5%

Grading Rubrics

A+/5	Very fluent speech; natural intonations and standard pronunciation; organized, coherent, and well-supported content; able to form and elaborate personal perspective; very few usage errors; full cooperation with other team members; flawless body languages
A- →A /4→4.5	Near fluent speech; variations in intonations and almost standard pronunciation with a few errors; organized, coherent, and well-supported content; showing attempt to form personal perspective; some usage errors; full cooperation with other team members; near perfect body languages with a few
B→B+ /3.5→4	Near fluent speech but with some breaks; intonations flat and almost standard pronunciation with a few errors; less organized, coherent, or supported content; unclear personal perspective; some common usage errors; insufficient team match; a few adaptive gestures
C→B-/2.5→3.5	Speech lacking fluency with breaks; intonations lacking in variations and major mispronunciations; content requires further support and incomplete in structure; lack of personal perspective; more than average number of usage errors; insufficient team match; unnatural body language
D/1.5→2.5	Failure to reach the required standard in most of the aspects of the project; required to improve the overall performance in the second attempt
F/0.5-2	Failure to reach the required standard in all of the aspects of the project; failure to submit the work on schedule

Textbook & Reference

Bibliography

No textbook is required. The course will use various materials and handouts will be distributed in class.

Urls about Course

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