Conversational English:for Life and Cultural Encounters

●課程名稱：Conversational English:for Life and Cultural Encounters
●授課講師： Anthony
●課程編號： WES-040A3
●上課時間： 週三晚間07:00-09:50
●上課地點： 新莊高中校區
●招生人數：32人
●修課對象：新舊生皆可
●學分數：3學分
●學分費：3000元
●其他費用：冷氣費200元
講師簡介： I am a native speaker from the United States, who has lived in many parts of the US, including California, as well as Taiwan.  I am a patient teacher who has helped friends in Taiwan learn English for several years.  My conversational Mandarin is fluent,
課程介紹及課程理念： My goal as a teacher is to create a relaxing and stimulating class environment, where students of all ages can experience English speaking as part of a fun cross-cultural exchange.  My wish is to enable every student to feel that he or she can speak Engli
課程目標： In order to create a positive and fun atmosphere, we will talk about one good thing that happened to each one of us during the last week.  People often enjoy this, because it is an easy way to make each person feel involved; and creates a good mood for st
課程大綱：
1.	Week One:  A Time to Remember Topic:  Introducing yourself; remembering childhood; past tense Activities:  Find out about a classmate’s childhood and profile Song:  Can you feel the love tonight
2.	Week Two:  I’ve Never Heard of That  Topic:  Talk about food; likes and dislikes; past vs. present tense   Activity:  Order Taiwanese food using English
3.	Week Three:  Ok. No Problem!  Topic:  Polite requests; complaining; apologizing; modal verbs Activity:  reasons circle; If I were a…I would…  Song:  I Swear
4.	Week Four:  Talking to Foreigners (supplemented materials)  Topic:  Introducing foreigners to Taiwan; dialogs; habitual present (not using “will”)  Activity:  “How Can I Help You?”
5.	Week Five:  So That’s What It Means!  Topic:  Body language; feelings; possibilities; obligations  Activity:  Act out a feeling; discuss feelings (supplementary materials)  Song:  The Rose
6.	Week Six:  Going Places  Topic:  Vacation plans; geography; will be going; making suggestions  Activity:  Plan a trip
7	Week Seven:  What’s This For?  Topic:  give instructions; discuss technology; infinitives and gerunds  Activity:  Give advice to a classmate; reasons circle
8.	Week Eight:  Let’s Celebrate!  Topic:  holidays, customs; clauses about when, after, before  Activity:  compare Taiwan and Western holidays  Song:  Silent Night (Christmas Song)
9.	公民論壇週
10.	Week Ten:  Religion (supplemented materials)  Topic:  words for religious practices; habitual present (not using “will”)  Activity:  compare Taiwan and Western religion; spirituality (yoga, meditation)
11.	Week Eleven:  Back to the Future  Topic:  talk about changes from past to present; if/then sentences; past and present  Song:  I Still Haven’t Found (U2)
12.	Week Twelve:  I Don’t Like Working on Weekends  Topic:  abilities, work; because  Activity:  decide on a job
13.	Week Thirteen:  It’s Really Worth Seeing!  Topic:  famous places; countries; passive sentences  Activity:  If I were a…I would…  Song:  Take Me Home, Country Roads
14.	Week Fourteen:  It Could Happen to You!  Topic:  describe experiences; past vs. present         Activity:  small group experience-sharing; board game
15.	Week Fifteen:  Books and Movies  Topic:  evaluate movies and books Activity:  discuss and give advice  Song:  My Favorite Things
16.	Week Sixteen:  What Would you Do?  Topic:  give advice and predict events; it/then unreal sentences; past  Activity:  discuss a difficult situation
17.	Week Seventeen:  What’s Your Excuse?  Topic requests, excuses; reported speech  Activity:  Make up excuses for things; reasons circle  Song:  I’m Too Sexy
18.	預定校慶日
附註： ●評鑑方式：Non ●使用教材：Interchange 2, fourth edition, Cambridge University Press ●教材費或自備材料： copying charges
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