*Note. No class at Week# 3 (Sept.29 national holiday)

Miss Elva Lee

110204015@g.nccu.edu.tw

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: 20%


• Speaking assignments: 20%


• Writing assignments: 20%


• Midterm project: 20%


• Final exam: 20%

Participation

Your participation grade will be based on your attendance (10%), 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 (5%). Taking part in the online courses (Moodle) will also be counted as class participation (5%).   

Speaking Assignments

There are 2 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 available on the class website.

Writing Assignments

There are 2 writing assignments. You will write a formal email on a given topic to the instructor. Besides the email, you will respond to the writing prompts regarding a cross-cultural issue. You will first summarize a given video; then, you will describe your own experience and provide insight. This assignment should show that you have completed and thought seriously and critically about the video and the topic provided for you. The grading rubric for the writing assignments is available on the class website.

Midterm Project (Teamwork)

The midterm project contains a group oral presentation (10%) and a group written summary (10%). You and your group members will report on an assigned topic. Each group could 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 a class discussion session and Q & A in the end of the presentation. Each group will also submit a group written summary of your presentation (about 300 words) on the same day of oral presentation. The grading rubrics for both group presentation and the written summary assignment are available on the class website.

Final Exam

All materials, including the readings and information provided in class will potentially be included in the in-class final exam. It contains listening/reading tasks and vocabulary/grammar questions.

• Textbook: 
  

  Perspectives 4 by Amanda Jeffries, Lewis Lansford, & Daniel Barber (2018)

  
  
  

  National Geographic Learning

  
  


• Resources:

VoiceTube: https://tw.voicetube.com

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

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

LTTC BESTEP: https://bestep.tw/