Reading Fall 2005 Week One

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Instructor: Alice Yuyen Chang TEL: ext Course web: Blog: (for homework and discussion)

Reading Fall 2005

Syllabus: week 1-6

Syllabus: week Oral practice: recitation Reading: William Shakespeare ’ s Sonnets/ 8 Oral practice: recitation Reading: “ Who Was Shakespeare ” and “ Shakespeare in the Movie ” (p.169- p.180)/Listen!!  Shakespeare’s SonnetsShakespeare’s Sonnets 9 Oral practice: recitation “ Earth ’ s Mysterious Places ” (p.85-90)/ Film (discovery series) Listen!!--> from Project Gutenberg Audio eBooks/Project Gutenberg Audio eBook 10 Oral practice: speech (1) Reading: “ Robotic Surgeons ” (p )/ Film: ER Listen!!  from Project Gutenberg Audio eBooks/Project Gutenberg Audio eBook 11 Oral practice: speech (2) Review 12Mid-term Exam (II)

Syllabus: week Oral practice: speech (3) Reading: “ The Challenges of Space Travel ” and “ A space Vacation ” (p ) 14 Oral practice: speech (4) Reading: “ The Challenges of Space Travel ” and “ A space Vacation ” 15 Oral practice: speech (5) Reading: “ How Good Is Your Memory ” and “ Words to Remember ” 16 Oral practice: speech (6) Reading: “ What Constitutes Art? ” (p ) 17 Oral practice: speech (7) Review 18 Final Exam

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Textbook Anderson, Neil J. Active III: Skills for Reading. Boston: Heinle, 東華書局 分機

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Grading policy Mid-term exams and final exam 50% Listening practice, attendance and weekly quizzes 30% Oral practice (recitation and speech) 20%

Very Important!! Mid-term exam: week 6, week 12 Final exam: week 18 Week 1-5: listening practice Week 6-8: recitation practice (each student) Week 10-17: 3-mimute speech (each student)

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Homework To prepare textbooks, dictionaries and notebooks. To read more about time, clocks and watches. (ex. Next page) A task: In China, who invented water clock? (And when?) Listening Practice: