Integrated College English Han-yi Lin Instructor Foreign Language Center National Chengchi University

 Course Title: College English II  Instructor: Han-yi Lin

 Aims and Objectives: This course will help students to - gain confidence in language use - build vocabulary - develop listening skills and strategies in general - develop discussion and communicative skills - develop basic reading skills - expand critical thinking - put their ideas into written English

 Course Description ： This communicative course is designed for intermediate learners of English. It features an innovative, topic- based syllabus which integrates practice in reading, listening, speaking and writing around engaging, meaningful tasks. Using readings coming from a variety of sources, along with abundant usage of related cultural information, the course aims to sharpen learners’ vocabulary-building, language analysis skills and learning strategies in all four skills. Listening activities give learners the opportunity to hear people using the language in a variety of different contexts, and the content of the recording often serves as useful input for task-based discussions that follow.

Then, the discussions can also serve as a springboard for additional project work and writing activities. In general, with a combination of bottom- up (based on language decoding) and top-down processing skills (based on context and background knowledge), students are allowed to develop their language ability through integrated practice in linguistic and cultural points presented in the course.

 Timeline Week 1: Sep. 15, 16 & 18 Orientation Week 2: Sep. 22, 23 & 25 Week 3: Sep. 29, 30 & Oct. 02 Week 4: Oct. 06, 07 & 09 Week 5: Oct. 13, 14 & 16 Week 6: Oct. 20, 21 & 23 Week 7: Oct. 27, 28 & 30 Week 8: Nov. 03, 04 & 06

 Timeline Week 9: Nov. 10, 11 & 13 Week 10: Nov. 17, 18 & 20 Midterm Week 11: Nov. 24, 25 & 27 Week 12: Dec. 01, 02 & 04 Week 13: Dec. 08, 09 & 11 Week 14: Dec. 15, 16 & 18 Week 15: Dec. 22, 23 & 25 Week 16: Dec. 29, 30 Week 17: Jan. 05, 06 & 08 (Final Exam) Week 18: Jan 12 & 13 Final Exam

 Requirements ／ Assessment Attendance in classes is mandatory. You are advised to take all quizzes for this course and participate in assigned activities. A combination of attendance, quiz marks/scores and class performance accounts for 45% of the final grade. All compulsory assignments must be submitted to the teacher on or before the due dates. Late assignments will be given a lower grade unless there is an acceptable explanation for their late submission.

In addition, you are also required to take Midterm and Final Exam which account for 25% and 30% respectively. Make-up exams may be held for the students with appropriate reasons but will have 20 full marks (20%) deducted from the mark awarded. Course Assessment Attendance, quizzes, class performance and assignments 45% Midterm Exam 25% Final Exam 30%

 Textbooks & References Required Text: Reading Explorer 3 (2010), Heinle, Cengage Learning. References: 1. Explorations 1 & Contemporary Topics Select Readings. 4. Global Outlook. 5. Teacher’s Resources.

Integrated College English learner-centered: Introspective and communicative Language/material text/speech authentic/adapted specially written genres discourse functions Organization class pair work group work inter-group individual self-directed self-access Teacher’s role teacher manager organizer adviser designer selector and writer evaluator tester/assessor report writer A Modified College English Methodology

Integrated College English learner-centered: Introspective and communicative Activities Task/exercise/technique problem-solving discussion simulation role-play project case study oral presentation report competition/game/quiz awareness-raising feedback/evaluation Information transfer information gap jigsaw listening/reading reformulation describe and draw questionnaire cloze Educational aid CALL video/TV/radio language laboratory resource center overhead projector audio-cassette player

Warm- up/Introduction build up background knowledge reading, question-answer, discussion, listening, etc. Learning/ Practice give students opportunities to discover knowledge and feelings about their topics interviews, role play, group discussion, video- watching Put It All Together review what students have done class survey, video-watching Follow-up assess learning; stimulate new ideas; serve as a springboard for further discussion quizzes, assignments, further reading, report-writing, additional notes (useful links)