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Wenzao Ursuline University of Languages
Syllabus for the 1st Semester of the 2017 Academic
Year

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ENGLISH 2A
Course Title


4-Year College of Day Division
School
System

Department

Position Titl
Instructor e

Z907 Office 07)3426031---5335
Office Phone Number
Instructor's
Contact 82007@mail.wzu.edu.tw
Information E-mail

Office Hours Tuesday 12:30--1:00PM Thursday 12:00--2:00PM
Required Course
Credits 4.0 Category Elective Course

For Academic Year Year Taught1
Course
Categories
For Academic Semester Class Taught



(400~700)(10
0)
The course is topic based and designed to develop the listening,
speaking, reading and writing skills of students who are fals
e beginners. Students will learn to communicate within the con
Course
Description text
of topics relating to daily interactions, personal informat
ion, ownership, habits and routines, likes and dislikes, time, f
ree-time activities and classroom activities by listening to, an
d practicing simple dialogues, reading and responding to texts
( 400~700 headwords) and writing paragraphs (of around 100 word
s) containing a variety of sentence structures. The genres in fo
cus this course will include recount, instruction and classifica
tion.

Course
Objectives 1.
2.

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3.
4.100
5.
a.Be
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
g.(theres and therere)
h.
i.
j.+
6.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
g.
h.

With respect to the topics, students will be able to
1.comprehend a variety of spoken and written forms of selected t
ext-types
2.initiate and participate in conversations of various setting
s
3.give a short oral presentation about a news event
4.demonstrate comprehension of new texts using the acquired head
words
5.compose articles, each with 180 words
6.demonstrate control of communication using the following gramm
ar points:
a.relative clauses
b.phrasal verbs
c.conditional sentences with if (for imagined situations)
d.wish + past form of verb
e.indirect questions
f.present perfect continuous tense vs. present perfect tense
g.modal verbs: must, may, might, cant, or could for speculati
ng
h.participial adjectives
i.simple past passive tense
7.communicate using the following functions:
a.expressing soft comments
b.expressing contrasting ideas
c.giving advice
d.commenting on an idea or suggestion
e.giving different opinions
f.asking for agreement
g.asking for a favor politely
h.agreeing to requests
i.showing understanding
j.introducing news events

1.
Midterm Exam 25%
2.
Final Exam 25%

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3. Others (tests, assignments, in-class work, attendance, e

Evaluation tc.) 50%
Criteria

1.Students are required to come to class on time with their text

books. .
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2. Attendance will be taken in each class meeting, but absences

can be excused without penalty as long as students provide an ex
planation and documentation that will prove the legitimacy of th
eir absence before or (in the case of medical issues only) after
the fact.
Late arrival: More than ten-minute late i
s considered to be a leave of absence unless a prior arrangement
has been made. You are considered as being late if you arrive at
the class less than 10 minutes late.

Those who are more than 20 minutes late will be counted as
ABSENT

3. Ten hours of absences will risk a failure of the class.

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4. Students will not be given any makeup tests for any types of
leaves.
5. Students should be prepared for quizzes in class at any tim
e.
6. Any intention of cheating is considered as cheating.
Course
Requirements 7.(Classroom Perfo
& Policies rmance 40%)
Your attendance in class is mandatory. You are strongly encourag
ed to participate actively in class discussions.
You will be graded according to your performance in class such a
s impromptu, group discussion, personal presentation.

8. You are not allowed to put your cellphones in the drawer or o
n the table while taking quizzes or exams. The violation for mid
term or final exams will result in zero.

9. Cellular/smart phones are prohibited using in class. Cell pho
nes must be turned off during the class.

10. Assignments must be handed in on time in terms of deadlines.
50 points are given for late assignments (within one week). 0 po
int is given for late assignments (beyond one week) or not turni
ng in assignments.
50
0
11. Students should bring their textbooks and assigned learning
materials ready for the class.

12. If you use a second-hand textbook, you must erase the answer
s to the exercises on the textbook. If you fail to do so by thre
e times, 10% of your general grades will be deducted. This polic
y validates from the second week of the semester.

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10%
13. Plagiarism is strictly prohibited. Assignment of plagiarism
will be graded zero.
14. Format of assignments:
All assignments must be typed.
Times New Roman
Font: 14
Double-spacing
Assignments must be typed with subject, student name, st
udent ID and date.


Times New Roman
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15. Students are obliged to keep a Study Portfolio which include
s Course syllabus, Handouts, Quizzes, Examination papers & assig
nments.


REQUIREMENTS:
- No late assignments!
- No cellphone usage in the class! Put your phone aside in vibra
tion mode.
- Any ringing phone is subject to the teachers answering on yo
ur behalf.
- Buy new textbooks in the first week of the semester. All secon
d-hand textbooks must not contain any answers.
- Presenct in every scheduled test and pop quiz.

Please respect copyright and use ori

ginal text books.
1Touchstone Book 1AMichael McCarthy, Jeanne McCa
rten, and Helen SandifordCambridge University Press
2014
ISBN978-110766769
N
2Active Skills for Reading INTRONeil J. Anderso
nNational Geographic Learning Heinle Cengage Learnin
g
2012
ISBN978-1-1333081
N
3The Secret GardenFrances Hodgson Burnett
Textbooks
Compass Publishing
2009
ISBN978-0-19-4791
N
4Focus on Pronunciation 1Linda LaneLon
gman
2004
ISBN978-13-231493
N
5

ISBN

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References

Additional Re
mark

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Course Content & Schedule

Instructional Approa
We Date Units Assignments,Tests
ches
ek and Others

Introduction& Orientation Lecture,Discussion, Writing task

AS: Tasks, Activities
FP:Introduction & Unit 1
grammar:sentence structures;simple
106/09/18 present tense;yes/no qustions with
1
106/09/24 short answers; singular/ plural
nouns;frequency
adverbs;subjects/verb agreement;
there's/there're

Using E-Dictionary/Orientation Reading:secret

AS: garden
FP:Unit 2
grammar:sentence structures;simple
106/09/25 present tense;yes/no qustions with
2
106/10/01 short answers; singular/ plural
nouns;frequency
adverbs;subjects/verb agreement;
there's/there're

Romanization& Orientation Writing 1

AS:Unit 1 (individual)
FP:Unit 3

106/10/02 grammar:sentence structures;simple

3 present tense;yes/no qustions with
106/10/08 short answers; singular/ plural
nouns;frequency
adverbs;subjects/verb agreement;
there's/there're

TS: Unit 1 L:A Revising/Editing

AS: Unit 2
FP: Unit 4

106/10/09 grammar:sentence structures;simple

4 present tense;yes/no qustions with
106/10/15 short answers; singular/ plural
nouns;frequency
adverbs;subjects/verb agreement;
there's/there're

106/10/16
5 TS: Unit 1 L:B Final drafting
106/10/22 AS: Unit 2
FP: Unit 5

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grammar:sentence structures;simple
present tense;yes/no qustions with
short answers; singular/ plural
nouns;frequency
adverbs;subjects/verb agreement;
there's/there're

TS:Unit 1 L:C Writing II

AS:Unit 3 (pair)
FP:Unit 6
grammar:sentence structures;simple
106/10/23 present tense;yes/no qustions with
6
106/10/29 short answers; singular/ plural
nouns;frequency
adverbs;subjects/verb agreement;
there's/there're

TS: Unit 1 L:D Revising/Editing

AS: Unit 3
FP: Unit 7
106/10/30 grammar:sentence
7 there's/there'restructures;simple
106/11/05 present tense;yes/no qustions with
short answers; singular/ plural
nouns;frequency
adverbs;subjects/verb agreement;

TS: Unit 2 L:A Final drafting

AS: Unit 1-3
FP: Unit 8

grammar:sentence structures;simple
106/11/06 present tense;yes/no qustions with
8
106/11/12 short answers; singular/ plural
nouns;frequency
adverbs;subjects/verb agreement;
there's/there're

106/11/13 mid-term Exam

9
106/11/19

Discussion: Midterm paper The Secret Garden

TS: Unit 2 L:B Chapter 1
106/11/20 AS: Unit 4
10 FP: Unit 9
106/11/26
grammar:sentence structures;simple
present tense;yes/no qustions with
short answers; singular/ plural

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nouns;frequency
adverbs;subjects/verb agreement;
there's/there're

TS: Unit 2 L:C Writing III

AS: Unit 4 (individual)
FP:Unit 10 The Secret Garden
grammar:sentence structures;simple 2
106/11/27 present tense;yes/no qustions with Chapter 2
11
106/12/03 short answers; singular/ plural
nouns;frequency
adverbs;subjects/verb agreement;
there's/there're

TS: Unit 2 L:D Revising/Editing

AS: Unit 4 The Secret Garden
FP: Unit 11 Chapter 3
grammar:sentence structures;simple
106/12/04 present tense;yes/no qustions with
12
106/12/10 short answers; singular/ plural
nouns;frequency
adverbs;subjects/verb agreement;
there's/there're

TS: Unit 3 L:A The Secret Garden

AS: Unit 5 Chapter 4
FP: Unit 12
grammar:sentence structures;simple
106/12/11 present tense;yes/no qustions with
13
106/12/17 short answers; singular/ plural
nouns;frequency
adverbs;subjects/verb agreement;
there's/there're

TS: Unit 3 L:B The Secret Garden

AS: Unit 5 Chapter 5-6
FP: Unit 13
grammar:sentence structures;simple
106/12/18 present tense;yes/no qustions with
14
106/12/24 short answers; singular/ plural
nouns;frequency
adverbs;subjects/verb agreement;
there's/there're

TS: Unit 3 L:C The Secret Garden

106/12/25 AS: Uint 6 Chapter 7
15
106/12/31 FP: Unit 14
grammar:sentence structures;simple
present tense;yes/no qustions with

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short answers; singular/ plural

nouns;frequency
adverbs;subjects/verb agreement;
there's/there're

TS: Unit 3 L: D The Secret Garden

AS: Unit 6 Chapter 8
FP: Unit 15

grammar:sentence structures;simple
107/01/01 present tense;yes/no qustions with
16
107/01/07 short answers; singular/ plural
nouns;frequency
adverbs;subjects/verb agreement;
there's/there're

TS: reviewing
AS: reviewing
FP: Unit 16

grammar:sentence structures;simple
107/01/08 present tense;yes/no qustions with
17
107/01/14 short answers; singular/ plural
nouns;frequency
adverbs;subjects/verb agreement;
there's/there're

107/01/15
18 Final Exam
107/01/21

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