Foreign language (English), Spring 2009
Department of Library Science and InformationD-FTUC-10001-A Classroom : LE205
Instructor: Alice Lee (李素貞)
Office: LE834 (文開樓) Tel: 2905-3296 Email: alice.fju@gmail.com Textbooks: McAvoy, Jackie. Essential Reading 2, Thailand: Macmillan, 2008
Handouts & Online Materials: http://www.etweb.fju.edu.tw/reading/
http://www.elearn.fju.edu.tw http://englearn.fju.edu.tw Tentative Grading Policy:
Basic English Proficiency Test (April 22, 2:40 pm) 10%
GEPT (both listening and reading comprehension) 10%
Midterm & Final 40%
Oral presentation, discussion board postings 20%
Extensive Reading Notes 15% Attendance & Participation 5%
(*三次缺席者不得參加期末考 **作業不准遲交)
A Tentative Syllabus
DATE Topics and Activities
2/20 Course Introduction; My Winter Vacation 2/27 Summary skill
3/6 Unit 7: “Accessories of Life”
3/13 Flea Market
3/20 Unit 8: “Fashion”; Extensive reading notes due 3/27 Fashion Show
4/3 Holiday
4/10 “The Story of Easter”: Passover, Easter Rabbit, Lent, Last Supper, Palm Sunday, Crucifixion
4/17 Midterm Exam 4/24 Movie
5/1 Conference 5/8 Exhibition (1) 5/15 Exhibition (2)
5/22 Unit 11: “Sports”; Extensive reading notes due 5/29 Holiday
6/5 Unit 12: “From Cover to Cover”
6/12 Review 6/19 Final Exam Topics for the exhibition
1. Oscar Awards 2. Fashion 3. Sports 4. Manga 5. Tattoo 6. Metrosexaul Extensive reading notes:
1. Find English articles from different sources.
2. List the source.
3. Write a short summary for each article.
4. Write 5 new expressions and make sentences with each expression.
