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週次 |
日期 |
單元主題 |
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Week 1 |
2/25 |
course introduction; filling out the beginning-of-the-semester questionnaire |
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Week 2 |
3/4 |
TED talk: Suleika Jaouad "What almost dying taught me about living"
Song: Miley Cyrus "The Climb" |
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Week 3 |
3/11 |
TED talk: Aimee Mullins "My 12 pairs of legs"
Podcast: Before Breakfast with Laura Vanderkam
Discussion in class: Have you ever tried to break a bad habit?
Song: Seven Years by Lukas Graham |
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Week 4 |
3/18 |
Debate Workshop with Cristina Chuang |
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Week 5 |
3/25 |
TED talk: Cameron Russell "Looks aren't everything. Believe me, I'm a model."
LLN Chrome extension (learning a language with Netflix)
Song: PINK's "Fucking Perfect" |
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Week 6 |
4/1 |
Spring break |
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Week 7 |
4/8 |
TED talk: Larry Smith "Why you will fail to have a great career"
Ashley: Sylvia Plath's poems
Michelle: Depression
Song: Marianne Faithful's As Tears Go By
News: Train Derailment Tragedy in Eastern Taiwan |
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Week 8 |
4/15 |
TED talk: Julian Treasure "5 ways to listen better"
Jason: the conducting styles of Karajan & Abaddo
Peggy: Gordon Ramsey's Beef Wellington
Song: Alan Parsons Project "Eye in the Sky" |
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Week 9 |
4/22 |
Mid-term week
Remember to upload your recordings before 4/29 |
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Week 10 |
4/29 |
Shadowing: Oscar acceptance speeches by Chloe Zhao, Francis McDormand and Yuh-Jung Youn
Elise: The story of Dingwu Lanting (定武蘭亭刻石)
Yuhan: About 莫子儀
Reading Assignment: BBC's article on Why the world should pay attention to Taiwan's drought |
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Week 11 |
5/6 |
Reading: Economist cover story--Is Taiwan the most dangerous place on earth?
Jacky: A brief introduction to LUCY
Victoria: Why you procrastinate
Sandy: How I became a rice farmer--my rice paddies in Yilan
Alex: The gaming culture in Korea |
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Week 12 |
5/13 |
Chloe: Jin Yong and his Wuxia Novels
Esther: Jun's Kitchen
Cindy: The Southern Sulfur Creek
Shadowing: How to stay calm under pressure |
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Week 13 |
5/20 |
TED talk: Sir Ken Robinson "Do schools kill creativity?"
Connie: Dogs on campus, our best study mates
Ryan: The importance of low notes in songs
William: World champion badminton player Tai Tzu Ying. |
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Week 14 |
5/27 |
Shadowing: Tomorrow will be a better day by Josh Rittenberg (This I Believe, a public dialog on NPR)
Kyle: Two sled dog breeds:--the Alaskan Malamute and the Siberian Husky
Stephanie: How to make a picture book
Joanne: Begin Again, introducing my favorite Korean TV show |
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Week 15 |
6/3 |
TED talk: Cleo Wade--Want to change the world? Be brave enough to care.
Vivian: Introducing a painter from Belgium: René Magritte
Yugo: J pop
David: My favorite sitcoms--the Big Bang Theory, Modern Family & Friends
Isaac: Youtuber--Crazy Man |
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Week 16 |
6/10 |
wrapping up |
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Week 17 |
6/17 |
End-of-semester recording due |