2024 Fall

2024 Fall: 二技企管一甲 English

國立台北商業大學113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
Classroomscreen: link
Classroom materials
Get Ready for International Business: English for the workplace (Book 2)
by Andrew Vaughan, Dorothy E. Zemach, Sean Kenny, published by Macmillan Education & Crane Publishing. 文鶴書局代理 (620*85%=527)
文鶴書局: 02-23934497#302
Classroom Evaluation
Quizzes & Assignments (in-class & after-class): 50% Midterm Exam: 20% Final Exam: 20% Participation: 10%
Course Objective
In this one-semester course, students will learn English used in a range of different business contexts. The focus of this class is on developing students’ listening and speaking skills through graded activities. Conversation strategies in business contexts will be addressed. Grammar, vocabulary support, and TOEIC practice will be provided as well. Class activities will include listening, speaking, reading, vocabulary learning, and writing exercises. By the end of the semester, students will be familiar with key terms, topics, and skills relevant to today’s business environment.
Group Project
To be announced
Course Requirements
Ground Rules:

  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. You may use your mobile phone during class only for dictionary lookup or information searching related to the lesson.
  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 Activities Assignments
9/9 Orientation
Background Questionnaire
Order the book
9/16 Unit 1 Welcome to the company Two truths and one wish Preview Chapter 1 Reading 1
9/23 Unit 1 Welcome to the company
Song (Season of the heart) (link)
Cambridge Learners’ Dictionary (link)
ChatGPT (link)
Listen to the 5 audio files
9/30 Unit 1 Welcome to the company
Unit 1 Grammar Points
Quiz
Grammar Points
Review Unit 1
Preview Unit 2
10/7 Unit 2 An important visitor Listen to the talk: Why 30 is not the new 20 | Meg Jay (link)
10/14 Unit 2 An important visitor
10/21 Unit 3 What’s on the agenda?
10/28 Unit 3 What’s on the agenda?
11/4 Midterm Exam
11/11 Discuss your midterm exam
Unit 4 That’s a great idea
Self-Study:Jargon for Meeting (link) Be ready for a quiz
11/18 Unit 4 That’s a great idea
Unit 5 I’ll call you back
11/25 Unit 5 I’ll call you back
12/2 Unit 6 Can I get there on foot What is non-verbal communciation (link)
Non-verbal communication (link)
12/9 Unit 6 Can I get there on foot
Unit 7 Best Wishes
12/16 Unit 7 Best Wishes
12/23 Unit 8 That’s good questions!
12/30 Final Exam TOEIC 正式考試成績上傳 (link) (113/12/31 due)
1/6 Wrap-Up

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

  1. 校核心能力指標: 實務技能(50%), 創意創新 (15%), 數位化 (25%)
  2. 系核心能力指標: 商管實務技能 (80%), 創意創新整合(20%)
  3. 全英語教材/9周以上外語授課
  4. SDG: 4 & 8

Note: The syllabus is subject to change based on the progress and needs of the class.

2024 Fall: 五專財金四甲 English 4

國立台北商業大學113學年度第1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)
Class website: https://bb.ntub.edu.tw/ Room: 視聽教室 Room 7
Classroomscreen: link
Classroom materials
  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)
  2. Online materials and handouts.
Classroom Evaluation
Midterm: 20%, Quizzes and Assignments: 50%, Project: 20% Participation: 10%
Course Objective
In this one-year, four-skill integrated course, students will strengthen their language skills essential for college-level coursework. It covers skills and strategies for effective reading and writing, vocabulary building, critical thinking, and academic presentation. Students will be encouraged to discuss and write about the ideas they discover in readings to become better speakers and writers of English. Additionally, students will engage in a variety of activities, including group discussions, personal sharing, group projects, and presentations.
Group Project
To be announced
Course Requirements
Ground Rules:

  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. You may use your mobile phone during class only for dictionary lookup or information searching related to the lesson.
  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 Activities Assignments
9/9 Orientation
Background Questionnaire
Order the book
9/16 Getting to know you
Chapter 1 Cultural Studies: The Lessons of Travel
Finish Reading 1 and the exercises
9/23 Chapter 1 Cultural Studies: The Lessons of Travel
9/30 Chapter 1 Cultural Studies: The Lessons of Travel Listen to the talk:
Why 30 is not the new 20 | Meg Jay (link)
10/7 Introduction to TOEIC TOEIC Practice (Part 1)
10/14 Chapter 1 Cultural Studies: The Lessons of Travel TOEIC Practice (Part 2)
10/21 Chapter 3 Health Science: High Tech, Low Tech, No Tech TOEIC Practice (Part 3)
10/28 Chapter 3 Health Science: High Tech, Low Tech, No Tech
Halloween
TOEIC Practice (Part 4)
11/4 Midterm Exam
11/11 Discuss Midterm Exam
Day of Dead (墨西哥)
The power of music: How to learn English with songs (link)
11/18 Presentation Skills (1) TOEIC 資料上傳網址:
https://forms.gle/JBeM9JyR5LjPBvdaA
11/25 Presentation Skills (1)
12/2 Presentation Skills (2)  & TED Talk 8 secrets of success (link)
12/9 G1 I’m still standing, by Elton John (Kevin, Jolin, Angel, Joe)
G2 This is me, by Keala Settle (Yarina, Delvin, Jimmy, Joyce
G3 There is nothing holding me back, by Sharn Mendes (June, Maya, Janice, Gene)
通過畢業門檻總分加 2 分 (upload the certificate/gradesheet before 12/30/2024)
藍色證書: 730 分~ 855 分 總分加 4 分 (upload the certificate/gradesheet before 12/30/2024)
金色證書: 860 分~ 990 總分加 6 分 (upload the certificate/gradesheet before 12/30/2024)
12/16 G4 Don’t worry child, by Swedish House Mafia (Ray, Stanley, Xuan, Olivia)
G5 Anti Hero, by Taylor Swift (Ling, Jay, Jade, Lion)
G6 Hummy, by Justin Bieber (Clyde, Angelina, Esther, Vincent)
12/23 G7 Payphone, by Marron 5 (Summer, Aaron, Alex, Ellie)
G8 Never gonna to give you up, by Rick Astley (Beebe, Tasi, Austin, Poyna)
G9 A whole new world, by Naomi Scott (Sherry, Sharon, Kenn, Wendy, Andrew)
TOEIC 資料上傳網址:
https://forms.gle/JBeM9JyR5LjPBvdaA
12/30 Quiz on the project
1/6 Wrap-Up

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

  1. 校核心能力指標: 實務技能(50%), 創意創新 (15%), 數位化 (25%)
  2. 系核心能力指標: 商管實務技能 (80%), 創意創新整合(20%)
  3. 全英語教材/9周以上外語授課
  4. SDG: 4 & 8

Note: The syllabus is subject to change based on the progress and needs of the class.

2024 Fall: 四技通識 English 3

國立台北商業大學113學年度第1學期教學計劃表
A tentative syllabus

 

課程名稱: 英文(三) 授課教師: 賴淑麗 (Shu-li Sally Lai)
授課班級: 四技通識 學分/時數: 2/2
E-mail: shulilai@gmail.com Time: Wednesday (15:25 to 17:10)
Class website: https://bb.ntub.edu.tw/ Room: 視聽教室 Room 5
Classroomscreen: link
Classroom materials
  • 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)
  • Online materials and handouts.
Classroom Evaluation
Quizzes & Assignments ( in-class & after-class assignments): 25% Weekly Presenttion: 15%  Midterm Exam: 20%
Term Project: 20% 配合高教深耕計畫相關配分: TOEIC: 10%, Writing: 5%, Speaking: 5% (My ET Account will be ready in Weeek 3)
Course Objective
This is a one-semester, four-skill integrated course. While the first year of English focused on reading and vocabulary, the second year will emphasize speaking and listening. Students will listen to, watch, and discuss topics in pairs, groups, and in front of the entire class. They will also be encouraged to write down their thoughts. Discussion, group activities, and group presentations are examples of class activities.
Group Project
Weekly presentation: Each group will be responsible to provide an overview of the Six Minute Episode or Ted Talk, to prepare your classmates better understand the topic.
Term Project: Each group will have to choose a TED talk of their interest and introduce/recommend it to the class.
Course Requirements
Ground Rules:

  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. You may use your mobile phone during class only for dictionary lookup or information searching related to the lesson.
  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 Activities Assignments
9/11 Orientation Two truths and one wish Explore the website: Six Minute English
9/18 – Invite 3 students to share the two truths and one wish
– What is a podcast? (link)
– Six Minute English (link)
– News 1: How learning to read changes lives (link)
9/25 – Invite 3 students to share the two truths and one wish
BBC Learning English (link)
News 1: How learning to read changes lives (link)
G1: Patrick, Ashley, Nora, Judy Chen
10/2 Typhoon: No Class
10/9 News 2: Keeping kids off smartphones (link)
News 3: Why sitting is bad for health (link)
G2: Linda, Sharon, Gina, Bill
G3: Mason, Daniela, Eva, Jenny
10/16 My ET G4: Kate, Chris, Steven, Erin
10/23 How to write a good paragraph? (Part 1) Writing Assignments
10/30 Midterm Exam One Moment in Time (link)
11/6 TED Talk (link)
Guidelines for the term project
G5: Wayne, Selina, Nita, Iris, Judy Lai
11/13 TOEIC Test (全校) Paper-based
11/20 Talk 1: Inside the mind of a master procrastinator (link) G6 Hebe, Austin, Cindy, Camellia
11/27 Talk 2: The Key to Success: Grit (link) G7 Jason, Jane, Yuni, Ochei, Kristina
12/4 Project Discussion
12/11 G1: How AI can enhance our memory,work and social lives by Tom Gruber (Judy Lai, Sharon, Cindy, Nita, Chris)
G2: Why the secret to success is setting the right goals (Iris, *Kate, Bill, Eva, Linda)
12/18 G3:10 ways to have a better conversation by (*Hebe, Nora, Ashley, Kristina, Daniela)
G4: Connected, but alone? by (*Jenny, Judy Chen, Gina, Selina, Wayne))
12/25 G5: How to make stress your friend? by (*Steven, Camellia, Jason, Austin, Ochei)
G6:
How to build your confidence—and spark in others by (Mason, Yuni, Erin, Janet, *Patrick, Malcolm) 
TOEIC 高於 550 總分加 2 分 (upload the certificate/gradesheet before 12/30/2024)
藍色證書: 730 分~ 855 分 總分加 4 分 (upload the certificate/gradesheet before 12/30/2024)
金色證書: 860 分~ 990 總分加 6 分 (upload the certificate/gradesheet before 12/30/2024)
1/1 Holiday (No Class)
1/8 Discussion and Wrap-Up

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

  1. 校核心能力指標: 實務技能(50%), 創意創新 (15%), 數位化 (25%)
  2. 系核心能力指標: 商管實務技能 (80%), 創意創新整合(20%)
  3. 全英語教材/9周以上外語授課
  4. SDG: 4 & 8

Note: The syllabus is subject to change based on the progress and needs of the class.

2024 Fall: 四技通識 English 1

國立台北商業大學113學年度第1學期教學計劃表
A tentative syllabus

 

課程名稱: 英文(一) 授課教師: 賴淑麗 (Shu-li Sally Lai)
授課班級: 四技通識 學分/時數: 2/2
E-mail: shulilai@gmail.com Time: Wednesday (13:30 to 15:15)
Class website: https://bb.ntub.edu.tw/ Room: 視聽教室 Room 5
Classroom materials
  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)
  2. Online materials and handouts.
Classroom Evaluation
Midterm: 20%; Final Exam: 10; Quiz: 20% Assignments: Chat Worksheet and Sharing: 30% TOEIC Test: 10%
Speaking and Writing (10%) 全校統一 (Writing 5%, My ET 5%)
Course Objective
In this one-year, four-skill integrated course, students will strengthen their language skills essential for college-level coursework. It covers skills and strategies for effective reading and writing, vocabulary building, critical thinking, and academic presentation. Students will be encouraged to discuss and write about the ideas they discover in readings to become better speakers and writers of English. Additionally, students will engage in a variety of activities, including group discussions, personal sharing, group projects, and presentations.

In the first semester, this class will integrate a chatbot as the students’ conversation partner for weekly interactions. This will provide students with practical speaking opportunities, aiming to improve their speaking confidence, vocabulary use, and learning motivation.

Group Project
To be announced
Course Requirements
Ground Rules:

  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. You may use your mobile phone during class only for dictionary lookup or information searching related to the lesson.
  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 Activities Assignments
9/11
  • Orientation to the class and to the study
  • New Students, get to know each other
  • Students sign the consent form
  • Background Questionnaire
  • Order the book
下周將執行全校深耕計畫, 請自備2B鉛筆, 將準時開始考試, 請務必準時
開學第一週, 班級將微調, 請於下周上課前再次確認自己的所屬班級
9/18
  • TOEIC Test (Listening, Reading)
全校深耕計畫, 請自備2B鉛筆
將準時開始考試, 請務必準時
9/25
  • Introduce CoolE Bot to students
  • Hands-on Exercise (Practice)
  • *10-minute robot chat (Invited Talk)
Pre-Test (Speaking)
1. Vocaroo (link)
2. Google drive for Speaking files (link)
3. For Chatbot (link for Chat1, Chat2)
10/2 Typhoon: No Class
10/9
  • Cartoon and Famous People (6 Minutes)
  • Chapter 1 Cultural Studies: The Lessons of Travel (Chapter 1.2)
* In Class Practice (Chat) Chat1 Cartoon_John
*Chat 1 Cartoon
10/16
  • Chapter 1 Cultural Studies: The Lessons of Travel (Chapter 1.2)
  • Share your chat experience (in group)
Chat2 Cartoon_John (Sunday night due)
Vocabulary Note (Hand-in hard copy next week)
* Chat 2 Cartoon
10/23
  • Quiz 2
  • Chapter 1 Reading 2
* Chat 3 Famous People (Entrepreneur)
10/30
  • Chapter 1 Reading 2
  • Review
* Chat 4 Famous People (Entrepreneur)
11/6 Midterm Exam
11/13 Discuss Midterm
My ET (In-Class Practice) (Before 12/6)
*Chat 5 Famous People (Celebrities or Athelets)
11/20 Writing Practice Writing Assignment upload to shared folder *Chat 6 Famous People (Celebrities or Athelets)
11/27 Thanksgiving tradition
Chapter 3 Reading 1
*Chat 7 Job (Invited Talk)
12/4 Chatper 3 Reading 1 *Chat 8 Job (Invited Talk)
12/11
  • Chapter 3 Reading 1
  • Speaking Test (20 minutes)
12/18
  • Chapter 3 Reading 1
12/25 Discuss Exercises and Review
1/1 Holiday (No Class)
1/8 Final Exam and check your scores

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

  1. 校核心能力指標: 實務技能(50%), 創意創新 (15%), 數位化 (25%)
  2. 系核心能力指標: 商管實務技能 (80%), 創意創新整合(20%)
  3. 全英語教材/9周以上外語授課
  4. SDG: 4 & 8

Note: The syllabus is subject to change based on the progress and needs of the class.