專業英語對話

Professional English Dialogue 3 專業英語對話 (3) The Elite Program 外語學院英語菁英學程

Mondays 15:40-17:30, Fall 2010

Classroom: LA306

Beatrice Hsu (徐惠卿) Email: [email protected]

Office: SF230 (聖言樓); Tel: 2905-3819;

Teaching Assistants

Silvia Chen: [email protected], Wendy Huang: [email protected]

Course Description

This course aims to enhance your oral skills, communication strategies and critical thinking while preparing you for oral exams of GEPT and TOEIC (2

semester). Your improvement will be achieved through intensive practice and discussions with the instructor and with the teaching assistants as well as among the peers. Besides practicing target vocabulary of selected topics, you will use various discussion strategies to express your ideas and insights.

Objectives

You are expected to achieve the following.

 Use proper diction and language patterns in discussions.

 Critique highlighted issues.

 Develop inter-personal and communication abilities, problem-solving abilities, and abilities to work in a group.

 Be ready for the oral exams of high-intermediate GEPT and TOEIC.

Pedagogical Methods

1. Drills 2. Role play 3. Group discussion 4. Scenario-based learning

Textbook & References

Textbook: Liu, Jun, and Kathryn Harper. Communication Strategies 4. Singapore: Cengage Learning, 2008. Print.

References: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English. 5

ed. 2009. Print.

Macmillan English Dictionary for Advanced Learners. New ed. 2007. Print.

Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. New 8

ed. 2010. Print.

Tentative Grading Policy

I. Plagiarism of any kind or collusion will result in a failing final grade.

II. Grading Policy

A. Oral Training sessions 18%

B. Participation and Performance 20%

C. Pop Quizzes 20%

D. Presentations 20%

E. Final Exam 22%

F. Audio Journals Bonus

Requirements—Double A 1. Attendance

Attending class and the TA sessions is crucial. Each absence will lead to a 3-point deduction

of the final grade. Two late arrivals equal one absence. Five absences (either from regular

class meetings or TA sessions) will result in failure of this course.

2. Attitude

Take a proactive approach in previewing the lessons and sharing your ideas.

A Tentative Syllabus

Week Date Topics Language Skills Assignments

1 9/13 Ice-Breaking Activity Course Overview

Answering

Questions Textbook Overview

2 9/20 GEPT Oral Exam Skills Tourism

Answer Questions Asking Critical Questions

Scenario for Presentation Sign Up

3 9/27 Oral Training: Tourism 4 10/4 Tourism

GEPT Oral Exam Skills Presentation#1--Rehearsal

5 10/11 Presentation#1—Tourism Media Violence

Presentation#2—Rehearsal Audio Journal

6 10/18 Oral Training: Media Violence

Asking for Clarification 7 10/25 GEPT Oral Exam Skills

Media Violence

8 11/1 Oral Training: Media Violence

9 11/8 Presentation#2—Media Violence Body Image

Presentation#3—Rehearsal Audio Journal

10 11/15 Oral Training: Body Image Asking for Clarification 11 11/22 Body Image

Taking Exception 12 11/29 Presentation#3—Body Image

Oral Training: Cybersafe? Final Exam Sign Up

Conferences Audio Journal 13 12/6 Extended Holiday—No Class

14 12/13 Oral Training: Cybersafe? Supporting Statements 15 12/20 Cybersafe?

16 12/27 General Review

17 1/3 General Review Final Exam

18 1/10 Even Week—No class