課程概述 |
一、內容:
This required course for sophomores offers opportunity for further development of English oral skills, correcting pronunciation errors, and listening comprehension practice through (1) creative individual oral presentation projects; (2) poetry recitation; and (3) take-home listening comprehension exercises.
(1) Oral presentation projects: These may include practice in reading an article aloud, telling ghost stories, presenting a ski8ll to the class, giving movie reviews, practicing telephone English, writing and performing skits and plays, producing a mock TV-news program, and writing/translating poetry and reading it to the class.
(2) Poetry: Students will be asked to memorize and recite one poem each week. Students will receive intensive individual guidance and correction on their pronunciation when they recite the poems.
(3) Take-home listening comprehension exercises: These will include transcriptions, cloze exercises, and answering questions on the content of recorded pieces, e.g. stories, book readings, talk radio, TV and movie dialogs, and pop songs.
二、成績評量方式:
Students who are absent from more than three classes or late to class more than five times without a valid excuse will not receive a grade for this course. Students are requested to bring a blank 90-minute cassette tape on which will be recorded the poems and some of the listening exercises.
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