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單元主題 |
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第1週 |
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1. Introduction;
2. Assignment 1:Listening, reading, writing and vocabulary exercises (individual work): Read an article from www.voa.gov and underline the words and phrases you don’t know. List all the words, phrases and collocations separately. Check the levels of the English words of this article by accessing the website
http://140.112.185.57/~mahanaim/cgi-bin/readability1.0.pl
For the levels of words not identified on this website, that is, level 7 words, check the Advanced English word list on the Ceiba course website to identify their levels. For the words and phrases you don’t know, make two sentences with each of the words and phrases. (Please refer to the sample of vocabulary study.) Also write a commentary on this article. (See the sample.) Email this assignment to the instructor before next Tuesday.
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第2週 |
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Initial evaluation of the students’ English listening, speaking, reading and
writing abilities (including vocabulary).
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第3週 |
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1. Discussion of assignment 1.
2. Assignment 2: Listening, reading,
writing and speaking exercises (pair
work).
Listen to a news report at www.bbc.com (or www.bbc.co.uk) while reading the transcript. One partner writes a summary (about 100 words) and the other writes a commentary (about 100 words).
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第4週 |
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1. Presentation and discussion of
assignment 2.
2. Assignment 3: View Dr. Seuss’ animated
cartoons and prepare for panel
discussions (group work)
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第5週 |
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Panel discussions on Dr. Seuss’ animated cartoons (assignment 3). |
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第6週 |
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1. Panel discussions on Dr. Seuss’
animated cartoons (continued).
2. Assignment 4: Read an article at www.time.com, www.nyt.com, or www.washingtonpost.com and write a summary and commentary. Work on the vocabulary as you did assignment 1.
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第7週 |
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1. Oral presentation of assignment 4 (pair work).
2. Assignment 5 (group work):Prepare for another panel discussion on comparing a novel with its movie version.
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第8週 |
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Play language games. |
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第9週 |
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Panel discussions on assignment 5 (comparison of a movie with its
original novel).
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第10週 |
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1. Panel discussions on assignment 5 (continued):
2. Assignment 6 (autobiography and CV).
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第11週 |
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1. Oral presentation of assignment 6.
2. Assignment 7 (biographical sketch).
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第12週 |
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1. Oral presentation of assignment 6 (continued).
2. Assignment 8: Listening, writing and role-playing exercises (group work).
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第13週 |
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1. Act out your skit of assignment 8.
2. Assignment 9: application letters writing
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第14週 |
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1. Discussion of assignment 9.
2. Assignment 10: Reading and writing (Statement of Purpose).
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第15週 |
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Discussion of assignment 10. |
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第16週 |
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Discussion of assignment 10 (continued). |
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第17週 |
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Final evaluation of the students’ English listening, speaking, reading and writing abilities (including vocabulary). |