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日期 |
單元主題 |
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第1週 |
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Icebreaking and Course Introduction
**Prof. Danny Huang’s project 17:30-17:40 |
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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
**Prof. Danny Huang’s project 17:30-18:20 |
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第3週 |
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Unit 1: Language and Communication--
Internet and new media:
1. Identify Internet speak
2. Alternative facts and post-truth |
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第4週 |
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Unit 1: Language and Communication--
Internet in the age of social media
1. Influencers and memes
2. Filter bubble and echo chamber |
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第5週 |
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Unit 1: Language and Communication--
Getting your ideas across:
1. Effective communication
2. Steve Jobs' presentation techniques
3. Why TED talks work |
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第6週 |
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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 |
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第7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8週 |
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Unit 2: World Through a Lens--
Love thy neighbor:
1. Invisible Japan and visible Korea
2. A Passage to India |
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第9週 |
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Mid-term assessment |
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第11週 |
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Unit 3: State of the World--
Global issues 1:
1. Climate change
2. Global warming
*** Writing workshop 1 |
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第12週 |
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Unit 3: State of the World--
Global issues 2:
1. Disease outbreaks
2. Public health
*2nd writing assignment due |
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第13週 |
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Unit 3: State of the World--
Global issues 3:
1. Geopolitics and history
2. Regional conflict
*** Writing workshop 1 |
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第14週 |
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Unit 3: State of the World--
Group project 2:
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15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16週 |
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Unit 4: Understanding Differences--
Faith:
1. Jerusalem
2. Eastern spirituality
3. Norse mythology |
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第17週 |
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Unit 4: Understanding Differences--
Race:
1. Black Lives Matter:
--Black Panther vs H.U.M.B.L.E.
--Kanye West's Strange Fruit
2. Whitewashing and yellowface in Hollywood |