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      2/17     Unit 4 Reading & Listening (R & L; pp. 42-45)

Week 2      2/24     Unit 4 Speaking & Writing (S & W; pp. 46-48)

Week 3      3/03     Unit 4 Writing (W; pp. 49-51)

Week 4      3/10     “Happy News”

Week 5      3/17     “Happy News”

Week 6       3/24     Unit 5 Listening & Speaking (pp. 54-56)

Week 7      3/31     Unit 5 pp. 57-59

Week 8      4/07     Holiday

Week 9      4/14     Unit 5 Writing (pp. 60-61)

Week 10    4/21     Mid-term  

Week 11     4/28     film: Lady Bird

Week 12    5/05     GEPT test

Week 13    5/12     Unit 6 Reading & Listening (pp. 66-68)

Week 14    5/19     Bonus Oral presentation; Unit 6 L & S (pp. 69-71)

Week 15    5/26     Unit 6 Writing (pp. 72-73)

Week 16    6/02     Xeroxed article  

Week 17    6/09     Xeroxed article; film: The Wife (optional; watch it at the Multi-media centre at NCHU library 3F)

Week 18    6/16     Final

Textbook & Useful websites:

1. Odyssey 5, Thomas Hong and Tapanga Koe. Compass Publishing, 2020. ISBN: 978-1-64015-6012. 

The following are references (need not to be purchased):

2. BBC Learning English Websites; CNN 10.

3. Selected films and reflection.
4. NCHU i-learning 3.0.
5. Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary (https://www.merriam-webster.com/).

1. Mid-term+ final: 40%
2. Attendance+ classroom performance + bonus oral presentation: 20% (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 25%
4. 110學年度後測成績佔學期總成績15%；將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.