Applied Foreign Languages
English Department
4th Year Advanced Listening/Speaking
Course II
Spring 2004
Class Meetings:Fridays,
3 credits
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Instructor:
Aiden C. Yeh
Email: aidenyeh@yahoo.com
NKFUST 4th year Speaking and listening
Course: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ALS2_groupB
NKFUST Email: ALS2_groupB@yahoogroups.com
Note About this Course: This class was taught by another professor at NKFUST last semester. For reason unbeknownst to me, I was asked to teach this class for the second semester. There will be a lot of ‘catching up’ to do, I do hope, however, that the students will gain new insights and learn new approaches in enhancing their speaking and listening skills.
Course Aims and Objectives
1.
To
develop the students’ listening comprehension and critical thinking skills
through an integrated approach to learning
2.
Students
will be introduced to Webquests and other online
educational tools
3.
To
gain an understanding of American values and culture as they develop their
listening skills
4.
To train
students to present their opinions and arguments through oral presentations,
this will build up their confidence and minimize stage fright
5.
To
engage students in online conferences, lectures and live discussions with
foreign teachers to develop their analytical and communication skills
Course
Assignments and Requirements
Attendance,
completion of students’ projects
Evaluation
and Grading
LATE ASSIGNMENTS get 60 points
NO assignments= 0
30% Attendance and Participation, Project Feedback
70% Projects/ Presentations, Midterms and Finals
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100 points
Course
Texts
Numrich, C.
1995. Consider the Issues: Advanced Listening and Critical Thinking Skills.
Longman.
Recommended
Texts:
Richards, J.
2001. Passages 2.
Make use of
the Internet to help you gather information for all your projects and
presentations.
Schedule
2/27 Unit
4. Is it Sculpture, or
is it Food? What do you know about genetic engineering? What fears might
genetic engineering provoke in people? Listening tasks,
Discussion activities, and Impromptu debate.
3/05 Telling
True Stories: An Online Chat Event with Webheads.
Based on the lesson plan created by Aiden Yeh, published in IATEFL Computer SIG journal
In-class task-based activity: students organize their thoughts in relation to
telling their story by writing it down on a piece of paper. After 10-15
minutes, they will share their stories in class. Avoid reading your work.
3/12 Unit
5: Gang Violence. Do gangs exist in
3/19 Unit
6: Create Controversy to Generate Publicity. What makes an ad successful? Can
you think of companies that have used controversial advertising? What was
different about their ads? Listening/Discussion activities. Understanding this
lesson well will help you prepare for you project to be presented on April 2.
3/26 Students
Presentation: Controversial Advertising-Taiwanese Context)
4/2
Webquest
4/9 Branding
and Brand Names. Discuss brand names and what you like/dislike about them. You
will read and discuss the context of text about brand naming and complete
related vocabulary building exercises. Lastly, you will create and brand your
own imaginary product which you will present to the rest of the class on April
16. Based on the lesson provided by BBC and the British Council, 2004
4/16 Midterms:
Branding and brand Names: student presentation
4/23 Unit
7: Women Caught in the Middle of Two Generations. Do all the member of your
family live together? Do Taiwanese children live with their parents when they
get married and have children? What happens to old people as they begin to
require care? Do they live in nursing homes or children or friends take care of
them? We will look at the American culture and how different it is from the
Taiwanese way of life. Possible Online chat discussion with Webheads
4/30 Movie
Review: Shawshank Redemption. Scenes Analysis- We
will critically analyze the scenes, the roles, the lines which make this movie a good learning material that can teach us about
the meaning of life, freedom, and friendship. Your written analysis will be
collected after class. No make-ups- so please do not be absent
5/7 Unit
10: What constitutes a family? We will look at the traditional American family
and will compare it with a typical Taiwanese family. We will discuss about Gay
or same-sex couples and their rights (if any) to form a family. Is it
recognized by law and by the society? We will learn more from Webheads about this issue on an online discussion that will
help us gain a deeper understanding of how people and the world are changing.
In retrospect, we will look at our own culture, the Taiwanese, and how it is
changing.
5/14 Webquest: Video Resume
5/21 Finals:
Student presentations
Goodluck!
Aiden Yeh, February 2004
Go back to dcyeh.com/sy0304/2ndsem