2021 Spring: 大一通識英文
2021 Spring: 大一通識英文 English 2
國立台北商業大學109學年度第2學期教學計劃表
A tentative syllabus
| Course: English 2 | 授課教師: 賴淑麗 Shu-li (Sally) Lai |
| 授課班級: 大一通識英文 | 學分/時數: 3/3 |
| Email: shulilai@gmail.com | Time/Location: Wednesday (13:30 to 15:15)/Room7 |
| 研究室: 承曦樓 904 (by appointment) | Course website: https://www.shulilai.idv.tw |
| Textbooks 1.Longman Academic Reading Series: Reading Skills for College (2), published by Pearson Education, Inc. (2014). NT $485 (原價570) 東華書局代理 (黃政瑋先生 0912-278-109; 02-2311-4027#407) 2. New TOEIC Test 多益一站600字彙 眾文出版社 (藍小姐 02-8369-1198 ext: 24 ) 3. Online materials and handouts. |
| Overview of the course 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. 對應校核心能力: 外語能力、專業素養 對應通識課程核心能力: 語言思辯表達、問題溝通解決 |
| Grading Policy Midterm Exam: 20% Quizzes & Assignments (in-class & after-class): 40% Project: 20% TOEIC: 10% Participation: 10% |
| Group Project |
| Requirements 1. If you have to miss a class for an unavoidable reason (e.g., sick leave, injury, family emergency), please email me in advance. 2. No late assignments or make-up tests will be allowed. 3. Please switch your mobile phone to silent mode during class time. Unless it’s used for dictionary lookup or for information searching, please don’t use your mobile phone during class time. 4. There will be quizzes and exams based on the materials in the textbooks and the materials presented in class. Please preview and review the class materials every week. |
| Date | Major Textbook | TOEIC Book | Assignments |
| 2/24 | Back to school Chapter 6.1 The one week job: 52 jobs in 52 weeks Quiz 1 (TOEIC Book Unit 6) |
1. Visit the website and learn more about the six personality types: Holland’s six personality types 2. Be reading for Quiz 2 |
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| 3/3 | Quiz 2 (TOEIC Book Unit 7) Chapter 6.1 The one week job: 52 jobs in 52 weeks |
Preview Chapter 6.2 and look up the difficult words in the dictionary. | |
| 3/10 | Chapter 6.2 Flip flops and Facebook breaks: Millennials enter the workplace Covid vaccines: How fast is progress around the world? |
Unit 8 | Read the news one more time. Preview Chapter 6.3 and look up the difficult words in the dictionary. |
| 3/17 | Chapter 6.3 Eight keys to employability Listening Practice (link) |
1. download the Six Minute English app 2. Listen to the episode we introduced in class. |
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| 3/24 | Chapter 6.3 Eight keys to employability Quiz 3 TOEIC Unit 8 (40%) Chapter 6.2 Six keywords and T & F Question (60%) |
Unit 9 | |
| 3/31 | Chapter 8 Public Speaking Reading One: The power of public speech Barack Obama 1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzEZHiI_pMQ 2. President Obama’s Best Speeches 3. https://www.businessweekly.com.tw/careers/blog/21084 |
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| 4/7 | Chapter 8 Public Speaking Reading One: The power of public speech Quiz 4 1. T/F Questions and 6 keywords from Chapter 8.2 (50%) 2. TOEIC Book Unit 9 & 10 (50%) |
Unit 10 | |
| 4/14 | Reading One: The power of public speech | ||
| 4/21 | Midterm Exam | ||
| 4/28 | Guideline for the term project Chapter 9 Peace studies |
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| 5/5 | Listening Practice (Food delivery revolution) Chapter 9.1 Social Entrepreneurship (A video) Project: Some examples |
Unit 11 | 1. Easy Test practice online. 2. Review Chapter 9.1 and work on the exercises. 3. Be ready for a quiz next week. |
| 5/12 | Chapter 9.1 Social Entrepreneurship Quiz 5 (TOEIC Vocabulary, T/F question) |
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| 5/19 | TOEIC Test (承曦樓 3.4 節/ 707深耕計畫後測) (cancelled) 1. Learn how to use Google Meet (link) 2. Chapter 9.2 A Poverty-Free World 3. Happy Snowman Song (link) |
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| 5/26 | G1: Italy G2: France Comments (link) |
Unit 12 | |
| 6/2 | G3: USA (recording) G4: Denmark (recording) Comments (link) |
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| 6/9 | G5: Germany G6: Sweden Comments (link) |
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| 6/16 | TOEIC (10%) | ||
| 6/23 | Wrap-Up 核對成績 |
Dictionaries
1. Cambridge bilingual dictionary (https://dictionary.cambridge.org/zht)
2. Longman (https://www.ldoceonline.com)
3. Oxford (https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/us)
4. Yahoo Kimo (https://tw.dictionary.search.yahoo.com)
Screen Recorder
1. Screencast-O-Matic (free) https://screencast-o-matic.com/screen-recorder
2. PowerCam (one-month trial) https://tw.formosasoft.com/cpage/download/
Some tools
1. Random name picker! https://www.classtools.net/random-name-picker/