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週次 |
日期 |
單元主題 |
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第1週 |
9/13 |
Icebreaking and Course Introduction |
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第2週 |
9/20 |
GEPT Mock Test (Room 302, Foreign Language Teaching & Resource Center) |
|
第3週 |
9/27 |
Unit 1: Language and Communication
Which English are we speaking?
1. American vs. British English
2. English as a global language |
|
第4週 |
10/4 |
Unit 1: Language and Communication
Getting your ideas across:
1. Effective communication
2. Steve Jobs' presentation techniques
3. Why TED talks work |
|
第5週 |
10/11 |
Unit 1: Language and Communication
Internet and new media:
1. Identify Internet speak
2. Social media and the transition to digital journalism
*1016/10/11- 14:30~15:00 E-Freeway introduction; bring your PC or tablets to class |
|
第6週 |
10/18 |
Unit 2: World Through a Lens
Charting the world:
1. How the West discovered the East or vice versa
2. Cathay through the ages
*1st writing assignment due |
|
第7週 |
10/25 |
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 |
|
第8週 |
11/1 |
Unit 2: World Through a Lens
Love thy neighbor:
1. Invisible Japan and visible Korea
2. A Passage to India |
|
第9週 |
11/8 |
Mid-term assessment:
Listening test using real conversations and talks on topics covered so far
Group project 2:
Each group will select a country or territory and deliver a presentation, which includes research, using appropriate language and ways of engaging the audience |
|
第10週 |
11/15 |
School Holiday |
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第11週 |
11/22 |
Unit 3: State of the World
Global issues 1:
1. Climate change
2. Global warming |
|
第12週 |
11/29 |
Unit 3: State of the World
Global issues 2:
1. Disease outbreaks
2. Public health
*2nd writing assignment due |
|
第13週 |
12/6 |
Unit 3: State of the World
Global issues 3:
1. Geopolitics and history
2. Regional conflict |
|
第14週 |
12/13 |
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 |
|
第15週 |
12/20 |
Unit 4: Understanding Differences
Gender and sexuality:
1. Gender equality
2. "It Gets Better" project
*3rd writing assignment due |
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第16週 |
12/27 |
Unit 4: Understanding Differences
Faith:
1. Jerusalem
2. Eastern spirituality
3. Norse mythology |
|
第17週 |
2017/1/3 |
Unit 4: Understanding Differences
Race:
1. Kanye West's "Blood on the Leaves" and Billie Holiday's "Strange Fruit"
2. Whitewashing in Hollywood |