Course name: 1^st year English (0933) (Time and venue: Tue. 13:10-15:00; AA303)

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

Office and Office hours: 人文大樓1029 &  Mon. 15:00-17:00 p.m. or by email appointment.

TA: 傅巽 (Fanny) s108012024@smail.nchu.edu.tw

TA time: 每禮拜三下午3~5點，請事先寄信預約

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      2/15     Unit 4 Reading & Listening (R & L; pp. 42-45)

Week 2      2/22     Unit 4 Speaking & Writing (S & W; pp. 46-48)

Week 3      3/01     Unit 4 Writing (W; pp. 49-51)

Week 4      3/08     “Happy News”

Week 5      3/15     “Happy News”  

Week 6      3/22     Unit 5 Listening & Speaking (pp. 54-56)

Week 7      3/29     Unit 5 S & R (pp.57-59)

Week 8      4/05     Holiday

Week 9      4/12     Unit 5 Writing (pp. 60-61)

Week 10    4/19     Mid-term  

Week 11    4/26     film: Lady Bird

Week 12    5/03     GEPT test

Week 13    5/10     Unit 6 Reading & Listening (pp. 66-68)

Week 14    5/17     Bonus Oral presentation; Unit 6 L & S (pp. 69-71)

Week 15    5/24     Unit 6 Writing (pp. 72-73)

Week 16    5/31     Xeroxed article  

Week 17    6/07     Xeroxed article

Week 18    6/14     Final

Textbook & Useful websites:

1. Odyssey 5, Thomas Hong and Tapanga Koe. Compass Publishing, 2020. ISBN: 978-1-64015-6012. (和上學期同本)  

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/).