Instructor: Chung-yi Chu mail: cychu@nchu.edu.tw ; tel: (o) 22840322-1029

Office: 人文大樓1029

Office hours: Mon. 15:00-16:00 p.m. & Thu. 15:00-16:00 p.m or by email appointment.

TA: 林邵彥

助教時間：禮拜五10:00-15:00

助教聯絡方式：

LINE ID: 90491024

Gmail: jimmy90491024@gmail.com

Course name: 1st year English (0927)

(Time and venue: Wed. 13:10-15:00; AA303)

Course objectives:

1. Help students meet the requirement of passing GEPT high-intermediate level test, or its equivalents, like TOEIC, TOEFL, IELTS, on reading and listening.
2. Help students develop speaking skills and critical thinking strategies.

Week 1      9/15     introduction (online)

Week 2      9/22     Unit 1 Reading & Listening (R & L; pp. 4-8) (online)

Week 3      9/29     Unit 1 Listening & Speaking (L & S; pp. 9-11) (online)

Week 4     10/6      Unit 1 Writing (W; pp.12-13)

                               (Preparation for the presentation pp.14-15)

Week 5      10/13   Unit 2 (R & L; pp.16-20)

Week 6       10/20   Unit 2 (L & S; pp. 21-23)

Week 7      10/27   Unit 2 Writing (W; pp. 24-27)

Week 8      11/3    film: Inside Out; reflection as homework

Week 9      11/10   Mid-term

Week 10    11/17   Unit 3 (Listening; pp.28-31)  

Week 11     11/24   Unit 3 (Speaking; pp.32-33)

Week 12    12/1     Unit 3 (Reading; pp. 34-35)

Week 13    12/8     Unit 3 (Writing; pp. 36-37)

Week 14    12/15   Bonus Oral presentation

Week 15    12/22   film: A Christmas Carol; reflection as homework

Week 16    12/29   Unit 4 (Reading; pp. 40-43)

Week 17    1/5       Unit 4 (Listening; pp. 44-45)

Week 18    1/12     Final

Textbook for the whole year.

Book Title: Odyssey 5 Student Book (with Workbook+App+MP3)

Thomas Hong and Tapanga Koe. Compass Publishing, 2020.

ISBN: 978-1-64015-6012. (Available in Caves Books 敦煌書局, NCHU Branch).

For online purchase, please go to http://www.mytb.com.tw/.

Grades:

1. Mid-term+ final: 40%
2. Attendance+ classroom performance + bonus oral presentation: 30% (2% deduction for each absence or extreme tardiness; extra points added for a well-prepared group oral presentation；classroom discussions will be observed and graded.)
3. Quizzes 20%
4. 110學年度第1學期前測成績(online)佔學期總成績10%。下學期後測成績亦決定同學是否通過英語畢業門檻。
5. If you want to convert my final grade to a letter grade, the following is the conversion chart American Universities usually adopt: A= over 90, A- = 85-89, B+ = 80-84, B = 75-79, B- = 70-74, C= 65.