週次
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課程內容與指定閱讀
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教學活動與課前、
課後作業
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學生學習投入時間
（含課堂教學時數）
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Week 1
(20th February)
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Introduction
Definition
In-class reading and discussion: ‘Jane Austen’ from the Norton Anthology of English Literature
Brain-storm exercise
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Class time: 3 hours
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Week 2
(27th February)
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Definition
In-class reading and discussion: A model definition essay: ‘What is Language?’
Brain-storm exercise
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Class time: 3 hours
After class: 2 hours
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Week 3 (6th March)
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Definition
What is success?
Ellen Goodman’s essay: ‘Its Failure, Not Success?’
Brain-storm exercise
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Class time: 3 hours
After class: 3 hours
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Week 4 (13th March)
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Definition
What does loving a person mean?
‘A Three-Component View of Love’ by Robert Sternberg
In-class reading and discussion: a love story about 阿居和彧子; excerpted from 藤井樹《B棟11樓》
Brain-storm exercise
課外延伸閱讀: 「戀愛模型」by台灣「自信教練」Mr. P
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After class:
Use definition to write an essay
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Class time: 3 hours
After class: 2 hours
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Week 5 (20th March)
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First assignment: A definition essay due
Peer review
言情小說中的書信
Brain-storm exercise
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Week 6 ( 27th March)
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Comparison and Contrast
In-class reading and discussion:
A model comparison and contrast essay: ‘The Naturally Inferior Choice’
Brain-storm exercise
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Class time: 3 hours
After class: 2 hours
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Week 7 (3rd April)
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National holiday
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Class time: 3 hours
After class: 3 hours
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Week 8 (10th April)
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Comparison and Contrast
《那些年我們一起追的女孩》中的今昔對比
Roger Rosenblatt’s essay ‘The Silent Friendship of Men’
Brain-storm exercise
繳交course pack
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Class time: 3 hours
After class: 2 hours
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Week 9 (17th April)
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Individual supervision: return assignments to students and discuss their works with them
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Class time: 3 hours
After class: 2 hours
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Week 10 (24th April)
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Comparison and Contrast
比較兩位19世紀英國女作家(Sarah Ellis and Charlotte Brontë)，對於女性居家生活的態度
比較《傲慢與偏見》與《傾城之戀》中的舞會
Brain-storm exercise
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After class:
Use comparison and contrast to write an essay
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Class time: 3 hours
After class: 2 hours
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Week 11
(1st May)
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Second assignment: A comparison-and-contrast essay due
Peer review
比較《傲慢與偏見》與《對面的學長和念念》中的夯哥
Brain-storm exercise
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Class time: 3 hours
After class: 2 hours
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Week 12
(8th May)
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Cause and Effect
A model cause-and-effect essay: ‘Rural Communities Left Behind’
Brain-storm exercise
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Class time: 3 hours
After class: 2 hours
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Week 13 (15th May)
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Cause and Effect
Susan Roach’s essay ‘My Father the Geezer’: the effect of old age on parenting
Brain-storm exercise
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Class time: 3 hours
After class: 3 hours
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Week 14 (22nd May)
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Cause and Effect in an academic book
Pamela Regis’s ‘The Romance Novel and Women’s Bondage’ in her book The Natural History of Romance
為什麼言情小說會招來負評
Brain-storm exercise
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After class: write an essay to examine the cause/effect of a phenomenon
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Class time: 3 hours
After class: 2 hours
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Week 15
(29th May)
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The 3rd assignment due: the cause-and-effect essay
Peer review
為什麼《傲慢與偏見》與《我們不結婚好嗎》中被拒絕的男生，不相信自己被拒絕?
Brain-storm exercise
繳交course pack
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Class time: 3 hours
After class: 2 hours
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Week 16 (5th June)
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Individual supervision: return assignments to students and discuss their works with them
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Class time: 3 hours
After class: 3 hours
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Week 17 (12th June)
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Self-study
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Class time: 3 hours
After class: 2 hours
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Week 18 (19th June)
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Self-study
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