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
103-1 
授課對象
電機資訊學院  
授課教師
吳宜儒 
課號
FL1007 
課程識別碼
102E83310 
班次
52 
學分
全/半年
半年 
必/選修
必修 
上課時間
星期四7,8,9(14:20~17:20) 
上課地點
外教205 
備註
本課程以英語授課。須繳交語言實習費。第9節在外教202。
限工學院學生(含輔系、雙修生) 或 限電資學院學生(含輔系、雙修生) 或 限法律學院學生(含輔系、雙修生)
總人數上限:34人 
Ceiba 課程網頁
http://ceiba.ntu.edu.tw/1031FL1007_52 
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課程概述

This course aims to enhance students’ English proficiency at the high-intermediate level. Students will be introduced to diverse topics that are relevant, engaging, and helpful to college life. Topics will include language learning, intercultural communication, hobbies, entertainment, education, career, and others. Students will be participating in all kinds of classroom activities involving four skills (reading, listening, writing, and speaking) in the first two teaching hours. For the third teaching hour, students are expected to complete a unit of listening practice through an on-line listening comprehension program under the instructor and teaching assistant’s guidance. 

課程目標
Specific course objectives include: (1) developing an aural and oral language ability to understand conversations, lectures, news reports, TV/radio programs, and to carry on conversations in social settings, (2) enhancing comprehension in written information, newspapers, magazines, and general documents, (3) enhancing oral fluency and accuracy, (4) developing students’ critical thinking and analyzing skills to help them develop and organize their ideas while writing, and (5) equipping students to take on both personal and professional writing tasks they may face in social occasions. 
課程要求

(1) Attend classes. Two (2) points will be deducted from the student’s final grade for each absence that occurs without advance notification and teacher permission. If you want to take leave, please contact the TA by e.mail in advance.
(2) Actively participate in in-class activities, which will take the form of question-and-answer sessions, group discussion, written reports, on-line listening comprehension program, and other formats. The class will be taught in English; students are encouraged to interact with the instructor, the TA, and their classmates in English.
(3) Complete three (3) essays throughout the semester. Essays that are handed in within 3 days after deadline will be deducted 30% of the grades. Essays that are handed in after 3 days after the deadline will not be accepted.
(4) Complete the weekly listening practices from the on-line listening comprehension program (OLCP program)developed and required by National Taiwan University in the third teaching hour http://140.112.185.55/site/login. You will get a grade from each practice. Ten (10) highest grades out of fourteen (14) weekly practices will be counted into the final grade.
(5) Complete at least three (3) reading practices from the on-line reading comprehension program (ORCP program) after class meetings. Students will get 0.5 point of your final grade for completion of extra one unit of the reading practice. Please be advised that the programs start three days before each class meeting and will last until 4 days after the class meeting. So you won’t be able to do the practice set up for the previous weeks. In order to complete at least three reading practices, start as early as you can! http://140.112.185.55/site/login
(6) Complete the assignments and hand in the assignments to the TA in the beginning of each class meeting. Please be advised that the assignments may change. The announcement and email notification will be made immediately after the class meeting under this circumstance. Late written assignments will not be accepted.
 
預期每週課後學習時數
 
Office Hours
另約時間 
指定閱讀
 
參考書目

(1) Selected book chapters from the books:
- Scott Miles (2007). Essential Reading 3, Student’s book. Macmillan Education ELT
- Michael McCarthy & Felicity O’Dell (2008). Academic Vocabulary in Use. Cambridge University Press
- John M. Swales & Christine Feak (2004).Academic Writing for Graduate Students, Second Edition: Essential Tasks and Skills. University of Michigan Press/ESL; Second Edition edition
- Jeremy Harmer (2005).Just Right Student's Book. Langenscheidt ELT
(2) Selected articles and listening clips from the New York Times, NPR, the Wall Street Journal, the economist and various university websites.
(3) On-line listening comprehension program (OLCP) and reading comprehension program (ORCP) http://140.112.185.55/site/login


2. Web-based resource:

˙On-line dictionary
Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
http://oald8.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/
Thesaurus.com http://thesaurus.com/
˙Corpus resources:
COCA (Corpus of Contemporary American English)http://corpus.byu.edu/coca/
AWL (Academic Word List) http://www.academicwords.info/
Compleat Lexical Tutor http://www.lextutor.ca/
˙On-line listening comprehension program (OLCP) and reading comprehension program (ORCP) http://140.112.185.55/site/login
 
評量方式
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課程進度
週次
日期
單元主題
Week 1
09/18  Movie(I) 
Week 2
09/25  Syllabus 
Week 3
10/02  Second language learning 
Week 4
10/09  Money and Happiness 
Week 5
10/16  Languages and Cultures 
Week 6
10/23  Love and Marriage (I) 
Week 7
10/30  Love and Marriage (II) 
Week 8
11/06  Travel 
Week 9
11/13  Midterm : Movie (II)  
Week 10
11/20  Movie Activity,
Exam (I) 
Week 11
11/27  Food and Health (I) 
Week 12
12/04  Food and Health (I) 
Week 14
12/18  Success and Legend (I)  
Week 15
12/25  Christmas 
Week 17
2015/01/08  Exam (II) 
Week 18
2015/01/15  Final Drama Performance