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National Tsing Hua University
FL102003
Freshman English II Syllabus 2008 Spring
Course Code Number: FL 100205 Instructor: Hsien-Chin Liou 劉顯親
E-mail: hcliu@mx.nthu.edu.tw TEL: 03-57-42709
Class hours: Wednesdays & Fridays 10:10 a.m. – 12:00 noon Classroom: C412
Office
hours: R 9-11am, F 8:30-9:30am; other time, make an appointment with
me in advance Office: 人社院 B517
Textbook: Mosiac I: Reading, Writing (2007 edition)
Goals:
Integrated skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing
to prepare students for college English demand.
Requirements & Rules:
1. Class attendance, lesson preparation and active class participation are required.
2. Absence from a class is no excuse for not knowing the assignment and what has been discussed in that class. It is your responsibility to ask your classmates or me what has been covered in the class.
3. Cheating on the exam is absolutely not permitted. If someone is found cheating on an exam, it means he/she will get a zero point for that exam.
4. There will be no make-up exams unless you have valid and official reasons for absence beforehand.
- The handouts I give you should be kept at least to the end of this semester for later reference or final exam.
- Please turn off your cell phone during the two-hour class period.
- Keep quiet when the instructor or some student(s) are talking or presenting on the platform.
Grading:
Attendance and participation – 10% (if one is absent 6 times from this course in this semester, one fails in this course; absent twice, 1 point lost; absent 3 times, 3 points lost; 4 times, 5 points lost; 5 times, 8 points lost)
Midterm exam – 17%
Final exam – 18%
Online writing assignments – 20% (blogging) late more than one week, one gets zero in that assignment
3 Vocab quizzes – 18%
Speaking activities
(+podcasting) 17%
Lab sessions: 2/29, 3/28, 4/18, 5/2, 5/23 (postcasting, and blogging)
| Wednesday 2/20 | Orientation, Textbook: reading—chapter 6: money matters | Friday 2/22 | Ch6 writing: money matters |
| 2/27 | Vocab quiz; Reading: ch6 cont’d | 2/29 Lab | Podcasting/Writing assignment 1 “Success in ____ business” (p. 117) |
| 3/5 | Supplementary materials (補充教材) “college pressure” | 3/7 | Meaning of college education, cont’d |
| 3/12 | Reading ch7 remarkable individuals | 3/14 | Writing: ch7 remarkable individuals |
| 3/19 | homework | 3/21 | homework |
| 3/26 | First speaking activity; ch7 | 3/28 Lab | Writing assignment 2, “A leader I admire” (p. 138) or “An ideal leader for Taiwan of 2012” |
| 4/2, 4 | SPRING | BREAK | |
| 4/9 | Reading ch8 creativity | 4/11 | Writing Ch8 creativity |
| 4/16 | MID-TERM EXAM | 4/18 Lab | writing assignment 3, a creative person/project (p. 156) |
| 4/23 | Reading ch9 human behavior | 4/25 | Vocab quiz (units 12, 13, 14);Writing Ch9 human behavior |
| 4/30 | Reading ch9 cont’d | 5/2 Lab | Writing assignment 4, p. 181 Nonverbal behavior+ media for illustration |
| 5/7 | Reading—ch 10: crime and punishment | 5/9 | writing ch10 crime & punishment |
| 5/14 | Reading ch10 cont’d | 5/16 | Speaking activities; Writing 10 cont’d |
| 5/21 | Reading ch10 | 5/23 Lab | Writing assignment 5, Summary/reaction essay OR for/against crime/punishment, p. 204 |
| 5/28 | Supplementary materials, “Cultural patterns and rhetoric” | 5/30 | Cont’d |
| 6/4 | Cont’d | 6/6 | “How ideas affect us” |
| 6/11 | Vocabulary Quiz units 15, 16 | 6/13 | FINAL EXAM |
(Keep this sheet for a semester!!)
Vocabulary: Word power made easy
Blog entries: When no topic is assigned, you can write anything, including some assignments given in our textbook. Blog comments on 2 different classmates’ each time. Try to read as many different classmates’ blog entries in this semester as you can.
9/24 (Monday)-10/7 (Sunday) Vocabulary Unit 3: personality types
9/27 1st blog entry in the diary: around 300-word draft in MS Word to be uploaded to vox next day in computer lab (Topic to be announced); 10/7 2 blog comments on any two classmates’ blog entries in around 50 words respectively 10/24 final version of the first writing
10/8-21 Unit 4 types of doctors
2nd blog entry and 2 comments due on Friday night of 10/12, 19 at the latest Sunday night
10/22-11/4 Unit 5 practitioners 11/7 quiz on first 3 vocabulary units
3rd blog entry and 2 comments due on Friday nights of 26, 11/2
11/5-18 unit 6 science and scientists
4th blog entry and 2 comments due on Friday nights of 11/9, 16
11/19-12/2 unit 7 liars and lying
5th blog entry and 2 comments due on Friday nights of 11/23, 30
12/3-16 unit 9 actions 12/19 quiz on second 3 vocabulary units
6th blog entry and 2 comments due on Friday nights of 12/7, 14
7th blog entry and 2 comments due on Friday nights of 12/21, 28
Winter break: Vocabulary Units 8, 10, 11
National Tsing Hua University
FL101003 Freshman English I Syllabus 2007 Fall
Course Code Number: FL 100205 Instructor: Hsien-Chin Liou 劉顯親
E-mail: hcliu@mx.nthu.edu.tw TEL: 03-57-42709
Class hours: Wednesdays & Fridays 10:10 a.m. – 12:00 noon Classroom: C412
Office hours: W12:40-2:00pm, F8-10am; other time, make an appointment with me in advance Office: 人社院 B517
Textbook: Mosiac I: Reading, Writing (2007 edition)
Goals: Integrated skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing to prepare students for college English demand.
Requirements & Rules:
1. Class attendance, lesson preparation and active class participation are required.
2. Absence from a class is no excuse for not knowing the assignment and what has been discussed in that class. It is your responsibility to ask your classmates or me what has been covered in the class.
3. Cheating on the exam is absolutely not permitted. If someone is found cheating on an exam, it means he/she will get a zero point for that exam.
4. There will be no make-up exams unless you have valid and official reasons for absence beforehand.
5. The handouts I give you should be kept at least to the end of this semester for later reference or final exam.
6. Please turn off your cell phone during the two-hour class period.
7. Keep quiet when the instructor or some student(s) are talking or presenting on the platform.
Grading:
Attendance and participation – 15%
Midterm exam – 2%
Final exam – 25%
Online assignments – 25% (blogging)
Assignments – 15%
TimeTable
Blank: Wait for updating announcements in class or email announcements. To bring two textbooks is the safest tip. You are welcome to provide input on this table/syllabus.
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Wednesday 9/12 |
Orientation, Textbook: reading—chapter 1: new challenges |
Friday 9/14 LAB |
Orientation, introduction to blogging and vox |
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9/19 |
“First impressions”; my country |
9/21 classroom |
Textbook-writing “new challenges” |
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9/26 |
Reading+writing textbooks |
9/28 Lab |
Writing chapter 1; “First Impressions of Tsing Hua”
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10/3 |
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10/5 Lab |
Peer review |
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10/10 |
HOLIDAY |
10/12 Classroom |
Reading ch2: Teamwork & competition |
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10/17 |
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10/19 Lab |
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10/24 |
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10/26 Lab |
Writing ch2; “Cooperation or competition in learning” |
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10/31 |
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11/2 Lab |
Peer review |
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11/7 |
reading—ch3: Gender & relationships |
11/9 Lab |
writing ch3: “A friend or family member I admire” |
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11/14 |
ALTHETICS DAY |
11/16 Classroom |
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11/21 |
MID-TERM EXAM |
11/23 Lab |
Peer review |
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11/28 |
Reading—ch4: health & leisure |
11/30 Lab |
writing assignment ch4 “Activities that contribute to good health” |
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12/5 |
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12/7 |
Peer review |
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12/12 |
Writing textbook |
12/14 |
Vocabulary instruction, writing Unit 5 |
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12/19 |
Vocabulary quiz |
12/21 |
Peer review |
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12/26 |
Movie |
12/28 |
Teacher-student conferences |
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1/2 |
Speech |
1/4 |
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1/9 |
FINAL EXAM |
1/11 no class |
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T-S conference: students come to the instructor’s office one by one to discuss their writing
學生資料 2007 Fall, 大一英文 當天交回【Pleaes write in ENGLISH】
1. Do you like English in general? Do you like English writing?
2. 如英文有需加強處,是那些方面? What aspect of English do you think you need to put more efforts on?
3. How’s your English typing on computers? Internet search skills? Word processing using MS Word? Do you dislike the use of computers?
4. 對老師之課程綱要有何建議(增加、減少、修改)，對本課程有何期待 What is your expectation for this course? Any change to make on the current syllabus? Anything you want the instructor to know about you?
