1. Reading Fall 2005 Week One

2. Today’s... Introduction Instructor Course introduction Syllabus Grading policy Listening practice Homework

3. Instructor: Alice Yuyen Chang TEL: 03-2118800 ext. 5127 E-mail: yuyenc@mail.cgu.edu.twyuyenc@mail.cgu.edu.tw Course web: http://memo.cgu.edu.tw/yu-yen/ Blog: http://cgureading.blogspot.com/ (for homework and discussion) http://cgureading.blogspot.com/

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5. Reading Fall 2005

6. Syllabus: week 1-6

7. Syllabus: week 7-12 7 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.97-102)/ Film: ER Listen!!  from Project Gutenberg Audio eBooks/Project Gutenberg Audio eBook 11 Oral practice: speech (2) Review 12Mid-term Exam (II)

8. Syllabus: week 13- 18 13 Oral practice: speech (3) Reading: “ The Challenges of Space Travel ” and “ A space Vacation ” (p.109-120) 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.157-162) 17 Oral practice: speech (7) Review 18 Final Exam

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11. Textbook Anderson, Neil J. Active III: Skills for Reading. Boston: Heinle, 2003. 東華書局 02-23114027 分機 21 -- 26

12. Office Hours: 8:00-10:00 Mondays 10:00-12:00 Thursdays

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

14. 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)

15. Listen On Line!!! CBC radio One: http://www.cbc.ca/quirks/index.ht ml http://www.cbc.ca/quirks/index.ht ml The Engines of Our Ingenuity http://www.uh.edu/engines/epiind ex.htm http://www.uh.edu/engines/epiind ex.htm

16. 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: http://www.uh.edu/engines/epi1307.htm

17. http://physics.nist.gov/GenInt/Time/early.html