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: Feb. 19, 20 & 21 Orientation Week 2: Feb. 22, 27 & Mar. 01 Week 3: Mar. 05, 06 & 08 Week 4: Mar. 12, 13 & 15 Week 5: Mar. 19, 20 & 22 Week 6: Mar. 26, 27 & 29 Week 7: Apr. 02, 03 (Apr. 04-05 – Spring Vacation) Week 8: Apr. 09, 10 & 12

Timeline 　Week 9: Apr. 16, 17 & 19 Week 10: Apr. 23, 24 & 26 Week 11: Apr. 30, May 01 & 03 Week 12: May 07, 08 & 10 Week 13: May 14, 15 & 17 Week 14: May 21, 22 & 24 Week 15: May 28, 29 & 31 Exam Week 16: Jun. 04, 05 & 07 Group Project Presentation 1 Week 17: Jun. 11 & 14 Group Project Presentation 2 (Jun. 12 – Dragon Boat Festival) Week 18: Jun. 18 (Optional), 19 & 21 (Optional)

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 55% Exam 20% Final Exam (Group Presentation) 25% http://www.cshe.unimelb.edu.au/assessinglearning/03/group.html http://www.flinders.edu.au/teach/t4l/teaching/groupwork.php

Textbooks & References 　Required Text: Reading Explorer 4 (2011), Heinle, Cengage Learning. References: 1. Explorations 1 & 2. 2. Contemporary Topics 1-3. 3. Select Readings. 4. Global Outlook. 5. Teacher’s Resources.

Integrated College English 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 Language/material text/speech authentic/adapted specially written genres discourse functions Integrated College English learner-centered: Introspective and communicative A Modified College English Methodology (methodological elements) Jordan, R. R. (1997): English for Academic Purposes. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. A Modified College English Methodology

Activities Task/exercise/technique case study oral presentation report 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 The procedure of teaching a unit assess learning; stimulate new ideas; serve as a springboard for further discussion quizzes, assignments, further reading, report-writing, additional notes (useful links) Follow-up