教學大綱 Syllabus

1. Requirements: Feasible topic, organized research, good writing, professional presentation and timely revision for publication
   1. Each student is required to find a feasible topic and submit it together with an abstract, outline and reference to the instructor for approval. Failing to obtain approval before the prescribed deadline, a maximum of 10 points will automatically be deducted for the particular assignment.  For late approval, 1 point will be deducted each day of delay; 2 points will be deducted on the fourth and fifth day of delays; 3 points will be deducted on the sixth day of delays. （未於期限內核題，延遲一天扣1分；第四天起一天扣2分；第六天起一天扣3分，該篇作品至多扣10分。）
   2. Each student is required to submit to the instructor and the whole class a draft paper based on the research it has done for the approved topic before the prescribed deadline. Failing to comply with this requirement, a maximum of 3 points will also be deducted from the score of the particular work. For late submission, 1 point will be deducted each day of delay. Besides, the submission of the draft is limited to ONCE, so each student is required to carefully proofread the draft paper. Any submission after the first one will be ignored. （未於期限內繳交初稿，延遲一天扣一分，該篇作品至多扣3分；初稿僅得繳一次，初稿表現以第一次繳交者為準）
   3. Each student is required to present the above paper professionally with power point slides in class. Each presentation is limited to 40 minutes, including the time for comments made by the instructor and peers of the class.

Note: each presented paper should meet the following requirements:

1. analysis and argument,

2. organization and structure - logic and coherence,

3. writing - clarity and fluency,

4. footnotes - accuracy and correct format.

1. 4. After presentation, the presenting student is required to revise the paper properly based on in-class discussion and the instructor’s comments and submit the final work before the prescribed deadline. Failing this deadline, a maximum of 6 points will be deducted from the particular work. For late submission, 1 point will be deducted each day of delay. Note: the submission to the editor-in-charge should contain the complete reference materials the paper cites so as to facilitate the editor-in-charge’s citation-check work. （未於期限內繳交完稿，並獲得老師核可，延遲一天扣一分，該篇作品至多扣6分）
   5. Each student should submit youtube video to the instructor for approval. Failing to obtain approval the day before publishing date, 5 points will automatically be deducted from the particular work. （未於發刊前一天規定時限前獲得影片之核可，該篇作品扣 5 分）
   6. In any event, as long as the paper is deemed by the instructor or reported by editor-in-charge to the instructor as lack of publishable quality and therefore missing the scheduled publishing date, 30 points will be deducted automatically. （欠缺發刊品質以致誤了預定發刊期別，該篇作品扣30分）

1. 7. During the time after submission of the final work and before publication, the author student should be reachable all the time so that the editor-in-charge can consult timely and requests revision if necessary.
2. Grading Standards

 The grade has two components:

• Grading of exercises (90%):

The evaluation is based on

1. The ability of identifying feasible topics
2. The quality of the research
3. The quality of the paper presented, including the presentation performance
4. The effectiveness of revision
5. Meeting deadlines: The grading of each exercise writing will be deducted the relevant points accordingly if there is any deadlines missed as listed above. 

• Grading of class participation (10%):

The evaluation is based the frequency and the substance of comments given to the others’ presentation. If there is no comment or question ever given at all in the whole semester, the grade of this part will be zero. (上課時未對其他同學作品發表意見者，此部分評分以零分計)