SemesterFall Semester, 2023
DepartmentGeneral Education Courses in Foreign Languages
Course NameCollege English I
InstructorHUANG HSING-FEI
Credit3.0
Course TypeSelectively
Prerequisite
Course Objective
Course Description
Course Schedule























































































































































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



1



Class Orientation



Course Introduction



 



Moodle & Introduction to Cross-Cultural Communication (CCC) course



3



4.5



2



Hopes and Dreams



-Textbook Unit 1



 



[Vocab.& Listening] Dreams & ambitions



 



-[Reading] Living the Dream



-Grouping



 



[Speaking] Your dreams



 



Speaking Assignment (SA) #1



3



4.5



4



Hopes and Dreams



-Textbook Unit 1



 



[TED TALK] 5 Ways to Kill Your Dreams



[Writing] summary & graphic info. description writing



 



 



3



4.5



5



Ideas



-Textbook Unit 10



 



[TED TALK] TED's secret to great public speaking



- Presentation basics (+ Q&A session)



 



[Discussion] Ideas



 



3



4.5



6



Education



-Textbook Unit 6



 



[Reading] Are our kids tough enough? Chinese School



 



[Vocab.& Listening] School rules



 



[Writing] Informal/formal Email



 



Writing Assignment (WA) #1 (Email)



3



4.5



7



Education



-Textbook Unit 6



Different types of school & learning



 



-Multiple Intelligences



-Group Presentation (GP) #1



 



[TED TALK] How to Fix a Broken School? Lead Fearlessly, Love Hard



3



4.5



8



Reading the World



[Writing exercise] revising + common errors



 



-Textbook Unit 2



[Game] World Knowledge



 



-Prepare to talk about your favorite books/movies



3



4.5



9



Reading the World



-Textbook Unit 2



 



[TED TALK] My Year Reading a Book from Every Country in the World



-GP#2



 



[Vocab. & Speaking] describing books/movies



 



[Reading] Ms. Marvel



3



4.5



10



Stereotypes



-Textbook Unit 8



(Ms. Marvel)



 



-Gender & Age stereotypes



 



WA #2-1 (summarize CCC Unit 2 video)



 



[Reading] You are Not Your Country: Top 10 National Stereotypes



3



4.5



11



Stereotypes



[Reading] Science gets the last laugh on ethnic jokes



-GP#3



 



WA #2-2 (describe experience)



 



Watch CCC Unit 1 video + Note-taking (handout)



3



4.5



12



Hofstede’s Cultural Dimensions



-Individualism vs. Collectivism



-Uncertainty Avoidance



-Long-term orientation vs. Short-term orientation



 



-Power distance



-Masculinity vs. Femininity



-Indulgence vs. Restraint



-GP#4



 



 



 



-GP#5



 



 



3



4.5



13



Cross-cultural issues



-Hofstede’s Cultural Dimension application



 



-Culture Shock (CS)



[Discussion] CS experience & preparation



 



[Board Game] Taboo  



3



4.5



14



Moving Forward



-Textbook Unit 7



 



[Debate] High-Tech or No Tech?



 



 



-GP#6



 



[Listening] Mexico City vs. Istanbul



 



[Reading] Biological blueprints



3



4.5



15



Moving Forward



-Textbook Unit 7



 



-Sustainable Cities



 



 



[TED TALK] What a Driverless World Could Look Like



 



SA #2



first deadline



3



4.5



16



Final exam



in-class written exam



 



1.5



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17



Cross-Cultural Communication



 



Moodle lessons, Unit 1-3



-Finish online quizzes



 



SA #2



second deadline



3



4.5



18



Cross-Cultural Communication



Moodle lessons, Unit 1-3(Online module)



-Finish online quizzes



3



4.5




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



 


Teaching Methods
Teaching Assistant

Miss Elva Lee



110204015@g.nccu.edu.tw


Requirement/Grading

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.










Plagiarism is strictly prohibited. Plagiarism is presenting someone else’s work or ideas as your own, with or without their consent, by incorporating it into your work without full acknowledgement. The University regards plagiarism as a serious matter. Cases will be investigated and penalties may range from deduction of marks to expulsion from the University.




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 & Reference

  • 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/


Urls about Course
Online Module on Intercultural Communication: https://moodle.nccu.edu.tw/
Attachment

College English Rubrics_Rev..pdf