Introduction to English Reading and Writing

Syllabus 第一週： Back to school- Preparing for a Global Society (from Underachieving Colleges)-Derek Curtis Bok

Topic 1: Women’s Status – East and West, Past and Present 第二週： Story of An Hour - Kate Chopin 第三週： Lost Lives of women-Amy Tan 第四週： The Golden Cangue-Eileen Chang (intercultural reading group) 第五週： Presentation

Topic 2: Tradition and Values 第六週： The Lottery-Shirley Jackson 第七週： The Lottery: Confinement of tradition and scapegoat 第八週： The Statue Doesn’t Look Right- Malcolm Gladwell 第九週： Mid-Term

Topic 3: Medicine, Ethics, and Life 第十週： Tuesday with Morrie –Mitch Albom 第十一週： Indian Camp/ Hills Like White Elephant-Ernest Hemingway 第十二週： “Flesh-and-Blood Decision Making” How Doctors Think

Topic Popular Culture 第十三週： Rare Jordan-Nelson George 第十四週： Is Hollywood Responsible for 911?-Robert Roten 第十五週： Reflection and discussion: do we have our own popular culture? Presentation

主題五 Negotiated Syllabus 第十六週： To Be Announced 第十七週： To Be Announced 第十八週： Final Exam

指定用書 An Introduction to Critical Reading 出版商 :Thomson Wadsworth

參考書籍 Our Underachieving Colleges: A Candid Look at How Much Students Learn and Why They Should Be Learning More 作者： Bok, Derek Curtis 出版社： Princeton Univ Press Tuesday With Morrie 作者： Albom, Mitch 出版社： Bantam Books How Doctors Think 作者 ： Groopman, Jerome/ Prichard, Michael (NRT) 出版社： Ingram Pub Services Blink – The power of thinking without thinking 作者： Malcolm Gladwell 出版社： Penguin Group UK Patterns of Reflection 作者： Seyler, Dorothy U. (EDT) 出版社： Addison-Wesley Essays from Contemporary Culture 作者 ： ACKLEY, KATHERINE ANNE 出版社 ： HARCOURT, INC.

Assessment 期中考 25% 期末考 25% 討論區發表、個人作業、日誌、學習歷程 25% 小組報告、專案計畫 25%