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週次 |
日期 |
單元主題 |
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第1週 |
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Icebreaking and Course Introduction |
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第2週 |
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Unit 1: Language and Communication--
Which English are we speaking?
1. American vs. British English
2. English as a global language |
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第3週 |
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Unit 1: Language and Communication--Getting your ideas across: 1.Effective communication 2.Steve Jobs' presentation techniques *10:30-11:00: Introduction to E-Freeway |
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第4週 |
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Mid-Autumn Festival |
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第5週 |
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Unit 1: Language and Communication--Internet and new media:1.Identify Internet speak2.Social media and the transition to digital journalism |
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第6週 |
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Unit 1: Language and Communication-- *Body image and the reinvention of vegans |
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第7週 |
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Unit 2: World Through a Lens--Charting the world:1.How the West discovered the East or vice versa2.Cathay through the ages |
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第8週 |
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Unit 2: World Through a Lens--
Our place in the world:
1. Conversing about Taiwan in English
2. Representations of Taiwan in films and literature |
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第9週 |
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Mid-term Evaluation |
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第10週 |
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Midterm review |
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第11週 |
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Unit 2: World Through a Lens-- |
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第12週 |
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Unit 3: State of the World--Global issues 1: 1.Climate change2.Global warming |
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第13週 |
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Unit 3: State of the World--Global issues 2: 1.Disease outbreaks2.Public health |
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第14週 |
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Unit 3: State of the World--Global issues 3: 1.Geopolitics and history 2.Regional conflict |
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第15週 |
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Unit 3: State of the World--
Group project 3:
In-class discussion; students will team up to decide on a topic introduced in this class to prepare an end-of-term presentation |
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第16週 |
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Unit 4: Understanding Differences--
Gender and sexuality:
1. Gender equality
2. "It Gets Better" project
*3rd writing assignment due |
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第17週 |
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Unit 4: Understanding Differences--
Race:
1. Kanye West's "Blood on the Leaves" and Billie Holiday's "Strange Fruit"
2. Whitewashing in Hollywood |