2022 Fall: 二技企管一甲 English

國立台北商業大學111學年度第1學期教學計劃表

A tentative syllabus

 

課程名稱: 英文

授課教師: 賴淑麗 (Shu-li Sally Lai)

授課班級: 二技企管一甲

學分/時數: 2/2

E-mail: shulilai@gmail.com

Time: Monday (10:10 to 12:00)

Class website: https://bb.ntub.edu.tw

Room: 視聽教室 Room 7

Google Meet: Link

 

Classroom materials
1. Online materials and handouts.

Classroom Evaluation

Quizzes & Assignments (in-class & after-class): 50% Weekly Presentation: 15% Midterm Project: 15% Final Project: 20%

Course Objectives

This is a one-semester four-skill integrated course. It aims to develop and improve students` academic listening and speaking skills. Students will be able to listen to and respond to a variety of topics in English. Class activities include discussion, group activities, and group presentations.

Group Project

To be announced

Course Requirements

1. If you must miss a class due to an unavoidable circumstance (e.g., sick leave, injury, or a family emergency), please notify me in advance by email.
2. There will be no late assignments or make-up tests.
3. Please turn your cell phone to silent mode during class. Please do not use your mobile phone during class unless it is for dictionary lookup or information searching.
4. There will be quizzes and exams based on the materials presented in class and in the textbooks. Please preview and review the class materials every week.

Date

Content

Presenters

Assignments
9/12 Orientation
Background Questionnaire		 Listen to the podcast next week and look up the difficult words in advance.
9/19 Topic 1: Do emojis make language better? (link)
Cambridge Learners’ Dictionary (link)
Longman Dictionary (link)		 1. Background information
2. Issue discussed
3. Some good words to learn
4. Your comments on the topic
5. Questions for your audience
* Upload the ppt to BB 2 days before your presentation.
* Printout one copy for me when you present in class.		 Review and preview. Be ready for a quiz.
9/26 Topic 2: The food delivery revolution (link) 1, 11, 21, 31, 8 1. Review topic 2 and study the keywords. Find one example sentence for all the keywords.
2. Preview topic 3.
10/3 Topic 3: Is it good to disagree? (link) 2, 12, 22, 32, 11035012 1. How to Disagree in English Politely
2. Disagree politely
3. Phrases for expressing an opinion
10/10 Holiday (No Class)
10/17 Topic 4: Body language online (link)
8 Top Tips For Improving Your Body Language During Virtual Meetings (link)		 3, 13, 23, 33, 18 Read the article and try to answer the following questions: What are two of the important aspects of body language you want to improve the most when having an online meeting/class next time? Why?
10/24 Topic 5: Why take a gap year? (link)
Work on your midterm project		 4, 14, 24, 34, 28
10/31 1. Shadowing (link)
2. Listen, practice shadowing, record yourself, listen back		 1. Upload your files before Friday night.
2. Print out your ppt next week (4 slides on one page).
11/7 Midterm Project (Showcase)
11/14 Topic 6 Inside the mind of a master procrastinator (link) 5, 15, 35, 9, 19
11/21 Topic 7 The Key to Success: Grit (link) 6, 16, 26, 10, 20
11/28 Topic 8 Why 30 is not the new 20 (link) 7, 17, 27, 29, 30
12/5 Topic 8 Why 30 is not the new 20 (link)
12/12 Group Project: Recommend a good talk to the class.
G1: What you can learn from people who disagree with you (link)
G2: Do schools kill creativity? (link)
12/19 G3: 10 things you didn’t know about orgasm (link)
G4: The power of believing that you can improve (link)
G5: How to cope with anxiety (link)
12/26 G6: Your body language may shape who you are (link)
G7: A simple way to break a bad habit (link)
1/2 Holiday (No Class)
1/9 Wrap-Up
Bloom’s Taxonomy (link)

以上所有課程每堂課皆對應以下指標:

校核心能力: 外語能力、專業素養

通識課程核心能力: 語言思辯表達、問題溝通解決


Note. We’ll adjust the schedule as we go along.