課程資訊
課程名稱
英文(附一小時英聽)一
Freshman English (with 1-hour Aural Training)(Ⅰ) 
開課學期
105-1 
授課對象
生命科學院  
授課教師
何泰鈞 
課號
FL1007 
課程識別碼
102 83310 
班次
19 
學分
全/半年
半年 
必/選修
必修 
上課時間
星期三2,3,4(9:10~12:10) 
上課地點
外教103 
備註
須繳交語言實習費。
限管理學院學生(含輔系、雙修生) 或 限生命科學院學生(含輔系、雙修生)
總人數上限:34人 
Ceiba 課程網頁
http://ceiba.ntu.edu.tw/1051FL1007_19 
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課程概述

With a wide range of classroom activities and exercises, this one-year course is designed to enhance the English skills and proficiency of first-year NTU undergraduates. The lecturer will guide participants through a wealth of English learning resources and authentic materials dealing with the following topics: 1) language learning, 2) technology, 3) art and museum, 4) gender, and 5) heroism.

In order to facilitate learning and classroom discussion, students are required to complete listening and reading assignments before coming to class. Every week, they will have to take quizzes, speak English both in small groups and in front of the class, and engage in a series of writing tasks.

A communicative approach which emphasizes teacher-student interaction is adopted, though attention is also paid to familiarize students with the complex sentence structure and grammar of the English language as well as common English expressions used in a variety of topics and daily-life situations.  

課程目標
With a wide range of classroom activities and exercises, this one-year course is designed to enhance the English skills and proficiency of first-year NTU undergraduates. The lecturer will guide participants through a wealth of English learning resources and authentic materials dealing with the following topics: 1) language learning, 2) technology, 3) art and museum, 4) gender, and 5) heroism.

In order to facilitate learning and classroom discussion, students are required to complete listening and reading assignments before coming to class. Every week, they will have to take quizzes, speak English both in small groups and in front of the class, and engage in a series of writing tasks.

A communicative approach which emphasizes teacher-student interaction is adopted, though attention is also paid to familiarize students with the complex sentence structure and grammar of the English language as well as common English expressions used in a variety of topics and daily-life situations.  
課程要求
Absences
1) Sickness:   
If you can’t come to class because you’re sick, please show me your doctor’s notes in the next class. You will need to show me absent notes approved by the university on the day of a quiz or test; otherwise, your absence will be unexcused. Each class absence will drop 1 point off your final grade.

2) Tardiness:
You should come to class on time. If you arrive late after I take attendance, you will be marked absent. 
預期每週課後學習時數
 
Office Hours
備註: Tue. 13:10-15:10 pm 
指定閱讀
1. Sarah Johnson’s ‘Learning a Language in Later life: are you ever too old?’ in The Guardian
2. Eliana Dockerman’s ‘The Digital Parent Trap’ in The Times;Simon Parkin’s ‘How Pokémon Takes Us Back to the Real World’ in The Guardian
3. Andrew Solomon’s ‘Don’t Mess with our cultural patrimony’ and ' ‘A Choice of Political Colours’,
4. Obama's article on Feminism; Emma Watson’s Speech on Feminism
5. Cindy Sui’s ‘Taiwan, the place to be woman in politics’
6. The Iliad Book 1, 9 and The Odyssey Book 9  
參考書目
Speakout 2ND Edition Intermediate level (published by Pearson)
Homer’s The Iliad and the Odyssey (translated by Robert Fagles) 
評量方式
(僅供參考)
 
No.
項目
百分比
說明
1. 
In-Class  
40% 
3 minute-talk 5%; group presentations 15%; class participation 15%; writing tasks 5% 1) 3 minute-talk: You will have to give an individual 3 minute-prepared speech on any topic of your choice. For each week, 2-3 students will take turns presenting. 2)Group presentation: 4 group presentations on the film ‘Pygmalion’ and selected readings. 3)Class participation: I will give points for every time you speak out without being prompted. These points will be used to calculate class participation grade. 4) Writing Tasks: 3 writing tasks. You should type and submit your assignments on time. There is a 10 point penalty for each day late. Any homework that is copied from another source will receive a ‘0’. 
2. 
attendance 
10% 
 
3. 
quizzes 
10% 
10 quizzes. All quizzes are held at the start of the class. 
4. 
Mid-term, Final 
40% 
20 % each 
 
課程進度
週次
日期
單元主題
第1週
9/14  Introduction  
第2週
9/21  Topic: Language Learning:

Quiz 1:
‘How Quickly Can you Learn English’

Selected Reading:
Sarah Johnson’s ‘Learning a Language in Later life: are you ever too old?’ in The Guardian

Speaking/Writing Tasks
Speak about your experience of learning languages  
第3週
9/28  Topic: Language Learning:

Watching the 1938 film adaption ‘Pygmalion’ (available on YouTube with English subtitles); followed by group discussion
 
第4週
10/05  Topic: Language Learning:

Quiz 2
‘Speak any language instantly’

Group Presentations on scenes, themes and issues of Pygmalion  
第5週
10/12  Topic: Technology

Quiz 3
‘Are computers making us dumb’?

Selected Readings:

Eliana Dockerman’s ‘The Digital Parent Trap’ in The Times;
Simon Parkin’s ‘How Pokémon Takes Us Back to the Real World’ in The Guardian

Speaking/Writing Tasks
Speak about the impact of technology in your daily life

Writing Lesson 1:
Learning about how to argue
 
第6週
10/19  Topic: Museum

Quiz 4
‘A Threat to London’s Art work

Group Presentations on
Andrew Solomon’s ‘Don’t Mess with our cultural patrimony’,pp.181-190

Speaking/Writing Tasks
Speak about the politics, cultural heritage and identity of Taiwan  
第7週
10/26  Topic: Museum

Quiz 5
‘A History of the World in 100 objects’

Group Presentations
Andrew Solomon’s ‘Don’t Mess with our cultural patrimony’ pp. 191-202

Speaking/Writing Tasks
Speak about the politics, cultural heritage and identity of Taiwan  
第8週
11/02  Topic: Artists

Group Presentations on
Andrew Solomon’s ‘A Choice of Political Colours’, pp. 205-217

Speaking/Writing Tasks
Speak about the challenges facing Taiwanese artists  
第9週
11/09  Mid-term
 
第10週
11/16  Watching King’s Speech, followed by group discussion  
第11週
11/23  Topic: Gender

Quiz 6
‘100 Women’

Selected Readings:
Obama’s article on Feminism; Emma Watson’s Speech on Feminism at the UN

Writing Lesson 2
Rhetoric  
第12週
11/30  Topic: Gender

Quiz 7
‘Men are the Weaker Sex’

Selected Reading:
Cindy Sui’s ‘Taiwan, the place to be woman in politics’

Speaking/Writing Tasks
Speak about the gender equality/problems in Taiwan  
第13週
12/07  Topic: Heroism

Quiz 8
‘What Makes A Super Hero’

Group Presentations on
The Iliad Book 1

Speaking/Writing Tasks
Speak about your heroes  
第14週
12/14  Topic: Heroism

Quiz 9
‘Literacy Hero’

Group Presentations on
The Iliad Book 9

Speaking/Writing Tasks
Speak about your regrets

Writing Lesson 3:
Compare and Contrast  
第15週
12/21  Topic: Heroism

‘Quiz 10
‘A Peruvian Hero’

Group Presentation on
The Odyssey Book 9

Speaking/Writing Tasks
Speak about a Taiwanese hero or heroine.

Writing Task 3
Which Hero do you prefer? Achilles, Hector or Odysseus  
第16週
12/28  Practical English/Review

Think of a job you like and write a job application/cover letter  
第17週
1/04  Finals