English—Spring 2011

Course Introduction

Main texts

Wegmann, Brenda, and Miki Knezevic. Mosaic 2: Reading.

Course websites:

http://memo.cgu.edu.tw/yu-yen/ Reading (Spring 2011)http://memo.cgu.edu.tw/yu-yen/2011R.htm

http://readfall2009.wordpress.com/

Course design

Weeks 1-5, 7-11, 13-17Weeks 1-5, 7-11, 13-17 Weekly quiz (listening and/or reading) Weekly recitations practice (group work/

“learning by heart”!) Understanding the reading texts Q &A Classroom discussion

Weeks 6, 12, 18Weeks 6, 12, 18

Mid-term exams and final exams

Weekly quiz

Listening practice and introduction to useful listening materials

Some questions based on reading assignments and/ or lectures

10-20 minutes

Weekly recitation practice From week three Students will be divided into 12 groups. Every student must read some parts of

the texts. Based on reading assignments <freely

select some paragraphs for recitation>! 4-5 minutes Learned by heart !!

Understanding the reading texts

Topics related to the assigned readingRelated and/or supplementary

materials will be posted on the website.30-40 minutes

Q &AVocabulary practiceExplain the difficult

sentences.Discuss extra questions

submitted from students.30-40 minutes

Group discussion

Review Comments and feedback10 minutes

Mid-term exams and final exams

3/31 (week six) 5/12 (week twelve) 6/23 (week eighteen)

Syllabus (weeks 1-3)1. Introduction and A Pre-test2.Listening practice: VOA

Special English/Chapter 1 “English as a Universal

Language”3 Listening practice: Breaking

News EnglishChapter 1—“Mongolians Learn to

Say ‘Progress’ in English” / Recitation Practice (1)

Weeks 4-5

4 Listening practice: BBC Learning English

Chapter 2—“Into Thin Air” /Recitation Practice (2)

5 Listening practice: ESL Podcast

Chapter 2—“Into Thin Air” and Recitation Practice (3)

Syllabus (weeks 7-11)

Chapter 4, Chapter 6Listening Materials Recitations (4) –(8)

Syllabus (week 13-17)

Chapter 7, Chapter 8, Chapter 10

Homer’s Odyssey (“Book Homer’s Odyssey (“Book Twelve”) Twelve”)

Listening practiceRecitations (9)- (12)

Grading policyMid-term Exam  (I) 20%

Mid-term Exam  (II) 20 %Final Exam 20 %

Recitation Practice 10%Assignments, quizzes,  attendance and otattendance and othershers  30 %

Attending one of the activities held by Attending one of the activities held by Language Center, or -3 of final grades.Language Center, or -3 of final grades.

英文讀書會http://lc.cgu.edu.tw/files/11-1023-1684-1.php

英語說故事比賽http://lc.cgu.edu.tw/files/11-1023-1687-1.php

比賽時間： 比賽時間： 20112011 年年 55 月月 1717 日 日 (( 星期二星期二 )) 下午 下午 6:006:00

比賽規則： 每組報名以 1 ～ 3 人為限。 呈現方式可加入肢體語言或自備音樂、道具 ( 含直式

半開海報一張，寫上劇名及角色名單 ) 。 比賽長度以 5~6 分鐘為限。時間不足五分或超過 6

分，扣總平均成績。逾 6 分 30 秒者強制結束比賽。

First Week

Grouping (for recitations) 12 groups

A pretest

After class. . .

(1) Textbooks and handouts: Wegmann, Brenda, and Miki Knezevic.

Mosaic 2: Reading. Homer’s Odyssey (Book Twelve:

http://records.viu.ca/~johnstoi/homer/odyssey12.htm)

(2) dictionaries