2023 Spring: 五專財金四甲 English 4
國立台北商業大學111學年度第2學期教學計劃表
A tentative syllabus
課程名稱: 英文四 |
授課教師: 賴淑麗 (Shu-li Sally Lai) |
授課班級: 五專財金四甲 |
學分/時數: 2/3 |
E-mail: shulilai@gmail.com |
Time: Monday (13:30 to 16:15) |
Google Meet: link |
Room: 視聽教室 Room 7 |
Classroomscreen: https://classroomscreen.com/ |
Cambridge Learners’ Dictionary (link) |
Classroom materials |
1. Longman Academic Reading Series: Reading Skills for College (2), published by Pearson Education, Inc. (2014) 2. Online materials and handouts. |
Classroom Evaluation |
Quizzes & Assignments (in-class & after-class): 50% Midterm Exam: 20% Project: 20% Participation: 10% |
Course Objective |
This is a one-year four-skill integrated course that prepares students to become more effective and confident readers. While the focus will be on academic reading and vocabulary, this class will also encourage students to discuss and write about the ideas they discovered in the readings, aiming to make them better speakers and writers of English as well. Students will engage in a variety of activities, including discussion, group activities, and group presentations. |
Group Project |
To be announced |
Course Requirements |
Participation and Attendance |
Date |
Content |
Assignments |
2/13 | Back to School Chapter 3.3 Water is shown to help people lose weight |
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2/20 | Quiz 1 Chapter 4.1 Bloom’s Taxonomy 好想講英文 (link) Convenience store (link) Slam Dunk Contest (link) (link) Focus Taiwan (link) |
Review Chapter 4.1 Bloom’s Taxonomy Explore the YouTube channel 好想講英文 Review Convenience Store |
2/27 | Holiday (No Class) | |
3/6 | Quiz 2 (Convenience store & Chapter 4.1) Chapter 5.1 Types of Intelligence 7 Common Business Idioms/好想講英文 (link) |
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3/13 | Quiz 3 Chapter 5.1 Types of Intelligence Chapter 5.2 Transforming students’ motivation to learn 2023 WBC Highlights (link) |
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3/20 | Quiz 4 Chapter 5.2 Transforming students’ motivation to learn Grit: The power of passion and perseverance (link) Chapter 6.1 The one week job: 52 jobs in 52 weeks |
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3/27 | Chapter 6.1 The one week job: 52 jobs in 52 weeks Learn English Happily (link) |
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4/3 | Holiday (No Class) | |
4/10 | Midterm Exam |
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4/17 | Guideline for the group project | |
4/24 | Presentation Skill Talk 1: Talk 2: link |
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5/1 | Chapter 8.2 The best way to structure a speech How to speak so people want to listen? (link) Your body language may shape who you are (link) |
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5/8 | Chapter 8.1 The power of public speech Barack Obama graduation speech: Arizona State University (link) Steve Jobs’ 2005 Stanford Commencement Address (link) |
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5/15 | Project 1 (Germany, Iceland, Sweden) Natural Reader (link) Grammarly (link) QuillBot (link) |
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5/22 | Project 2 (Switzerland, UK, Netherlands) | |
5/29 | Project 3 (South Korea, Japan) 黃仁勳在台大2023年畢業典禮致詞 (link) 台大演講網 (link) MIT Open Courseware (link) |
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6/5 | Project 4 (New Zealand) Email Etiquette (link 1) (link 2, worksheet) (link 3) 統測/插大準備: 技專院校入學測驗中心 (link) |
Email Writing on BB: 6/10 (Saturday) Time: 23:30 |
6/12 | Email writing (print it out) Wrap-up/Check your grades |
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.