Course Outline and Schedule

This course outline is available on our school website. I am posting it here to help students who seem to have "forgotten" our course requirements or schedule.

課程目標 To learn to write acceptable English at an intermediate level on a variety of everyday topics in professional and social settings. Cursive script, still widely considered a mark of maturity in Europe and South America, will be taught and required for correspondence involving a personal touch (such as birthday cards, get well cards and condolences). The academic focus for this class will be on expanding one’s vocabulary by learning common collocations.

課堂規約         1. Students are expected to come to class well-rested (sleeping in class = absence) with all supplies needed for work: the correct textbook, a 26-hole looseleaf binder, 26-hole notebook paper for notes (index cards are also useful) and two pens (a black pen for regular notes and a red pen for emphasis).         2. Ants, roaches and other uninvited guests will be less likely to come to a clean, dry classroom, so please enjoy your snacks and drinks outside the classroom.

民國100年9月05日至101年01月06日止

Our tentative schedule for this semester:

上課日期	上 課 章 節 或 內 容
Sep 6	1 What is a collocation?; 2 Finding, recording and learning collocations
13	3 Using your dictionary; 4 Types of collocation
20	5 Register; Writing a condolence note
27	23 Eating and drinking: nourishing meal, spoil your appetite, dying of hunger; *Menu Project* starts (requirements, grading rubric)
Oct 4	17 People: character and behaviour: have a vivid imagination, lose your patience; 19 Families: distant cousin, expecting a baby, stable home *Menu Project* exchange & critique 1st drafts
11	18 People: physical appearance: slender waist, immaculately groomed 20 Relationships: casual acquaintance, love at first sight; *Menu Project* revise drafts
18	*Menu Project* hand in final version; WebCorp Intro
25	Blog topic: Research two countries for topics, find an English-speaking penpal; Grading rubric
Nov 1	期中考核週; Discuss your first email on the blog
8	12 Metaphor: sunny smile, ideas flow, heated discussion;
15	11/18校慶補假日; Email-2
22	28 Computers; Email-3
29	Email-4; Email-5
Dec 6	Penpal project: Draft report due (what did you talk about, what did you learn, how did this project help you?): 200~250 words
13	How to write a Get Well Card and a Birthday Card
20	31 Business; Revised Penpal Report Due
27	37 Money
Jan 3	期末考核週; Summary, winter homework