This class is designed for students who are motivated to challenge themselves in the learning of English. Theme-based English reading and listening materials are used to develop students’ skills in reading, listening, writing, and speaking.

Topics covered in this semester are as follows:

(1) News and polls (Peeping Tom journalism; The trouble with polls)
(2) Gender and language (Taboo or not taboo?)
(3) Marketing strategies (Why McDonald’s is such a winner?)
(4) Environmental issues (Coronavirus, climate change, and the environment;
6 enviro-myths you can stop believing)
(5) Human cloning (The world after cloning; Human cloning? Don't just say no)
(6) Genetically-modified food (What do food originally look like?)
(7) Dating and cohabitation (Love is a fallacy; Should couples live together first?)