College English I & II is a two-semester course designed to help students to become proficient in English used in both social and academic environments. In this learner-centered class, students are expected to improve their receptive skills as well as productive skills in a cooperative learning atmosphere.

Listening: Students will be able to understand English in social, broadcast and academic situations relevant to the teaching materials. Strategies such as listening for examples and time periods, previewing, taking notes, getting main idea and etc. will be taught.

Speaking: Students are expected to carry on conversations, narrate events, participate in pair or group discussions, and deliver presentations. Skills such as asking for and giving clarification, understanding interjections, asking for information over the phone, expressing an opinion will be introduced and practiced.

Reading: Students will learn basic reading strategies, including vocabulary building, scanning, skimming, guessing meaning from context, identifying main ideas and supporting details, and marking a textbook to name a few.

Writing: students will be trained steps by steps through guided and paragraph writing. This will include instruction on grammar points for sentence construction, process writing, and rhetorical forms.

During this course, students will be given the opportunity to have daily language practice in the safe and relaxed environment of their classroom. The students are able to gain language knowledge from their participation both as speakers and listeners. These personal interactions are meaningful because the students are able to interact with one another, carry on conversations, and hear significant rules being modeled involving sentence structure. The skills learned from this class will help to develop the students’ oral language, which is necessary to become successful academic learners in the classroom.

Students will meet the following objectives:
To develop vocabulary through listening, speaking, reading and writing.
To discuss and respect the opinions of others about written, oral and visual materials.
To recognize values and beliefs included in a text.
To determine purpose, point of view and choose an appropriate written, oral or visual format.
To use oral language with fluent and accurate format to communicate a message.

每周課堂教學時數： 2 小時

每周預習/複習時數： 3 小時

Students are expected to:
preview all assigned readings;
attend classes punctually (attendance WILL count!);
actively participate in all activities held in class;
hand in every homework assignment on time (no late turn-in is accepted);
attend midterm and final examinations.

Grading Criteria
Attendance ----------------------------------------------- 10%
In-class participation ----------------------------------- 10%
Homework assignments/quizzes / oral test ------------20%
Midterm examination -------------------------------------30%
Final Examination -----------------------------------------30%

Week 1: Self-introduction and Course Introduction
Week 2: Unit 1 A Test of Endurance
Week 3: Unit 1 A Test of Endurance
Week 4: Unit 2 Avoiding Identity Theft
Week 5: Unit 2 Avoiding Identity Theft (Quiz)
Week 6: Unit 3 Why Explore Space?
Week 7: Unit 3 Why Explore Space?
Week 8: Unit 4 Words that Persuade (Assignment)
Week 9: Unit 4 Words that Persuade
Week 10: Midterm Exam Unit 1-4
Week 11: Unit 5 Follow your Passion
Week 12: Unit 5 Follow your Passion
Week 13: Unit 6 Culture and Commerce
Week 14: Unit 6 Culture and Commerce (Oral Presentation)
Week 15: Unit 7 Before You Say “I Do”
Week 16: Unit 7 Before You Say “I Do”
Week 17: Unit 8 Reducing Your Carbon Footprint
Week 18: Final Exam (Unit 5-8)

At the classroom or faculty longue

The basic responsibilities include but are not limited to:
1. Grade papers and keep track of grades
2. Make photo copies of handouts and materials
3. Prepare or set up course-related audio and video equipment (such as CD player) for
each class
4. Be familiar with the NCCU online classroom platform
5. Preparing document, audio, and video files and uploading them
6. Act as a bridge between the teacher and students

REQUIRED TEXT
NorthStar 3: Listening & Speaking (4th edition) by Helen S. Solorzano & Jennifer P. L. Schmidt, Published by Pearson, distributed by Cavebooks in Taiwan

SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIALS
Online resources: NorthStar 3: Listening & Speaking (4th edition)、World Pass Upper-intermediate
Issues for today (3rd ed.). (2004). Boston、MA: Heinle、Thomson Corporation.
Listen in 3 (2nd ed.). (2003). Boston、MA: Heinle、Thomson Corporation.
Explorations 1 & 2. (2000、2001). Oxford、UK: Oxford University Press.
Academic encounters: Reading、study skills、and writing. (1997). Cambridge、UK:
Cambridge University Press.
ACTIVE skills for reading: Book 4 (2nd ed.). (2008). Boston、MA: Heinle、Thomson Corporation.