Tuesday, June 16, 2015

Grading Policy

  • Class participation (individual attendance included) 30%
  • Term project (group topic talks included) 30%
  • Test performance 40%
       (1) Pre-test 5% + Midterm 15% 
  •    (2) Post-test 5% + Final 15%

    Notes:
    • The POST-TEST session begins on 6/19 (9 AM) and will be closed on 6/24 (9 PM). 
      To take the test, please log on the e-learning site (http://120.107.186.81/amc_elrn/Login.aspx).
      Remember that your username and password are the same as those for the NCUE online course selection system. (請注意你的登入帳密同學校選課系統!)
      If you need help, feel free to contact the teacher by email or a post below.
    • Students who have passed the English benchmark of the department will receive extra marks (but cancelled when they fail to reach 60 at each of the items above).
      • 邱柏宜、邱信瀚、洪羽蓁、詹育澤、范祐傑、夏本強、周明誼/intermediate (To be continued) (加分名單6/26前完成最後更新!)
        (另請留意,如期初公告及上文提醒,
        部分加分學生因其他評分項目成績未達60分,僅將酌加學期總分5分,而非加分至90分以上。)
    • For more information about the benchmark, please check the websites below:
      • http://lc.ncue.edu.tw/front/bin/ptdetail.phtml?Part=Exit03&Category=26
      • http://lc.ncue.edu.tw/ezcatfiles/lc/img/img/424/100738762.pdf
    • The following presents a list of students who have to attend our class for a make-up exam on 6/24! (補考名單公告如下!)
      • 廖宜新、張瑋倫、楊敦皓、孫聖閔、黃一修、王于欣、賴冠華、陳奕辰、范祐傑、詹育澤、張仲豪、夏本強、胡鈺昇、唐福麟

    Wednesday, June 10, 2015

    Learner Resources (Soon to be updated!)

    • Word Parts
      • A List of 35 Common Prefixes in English
        (http://grammar.about.com/od/words/a/comprefix07.htm)
      • A List of 30 Common Word Roots in English
        (http://grammar.about.com/od/words/a/wordroots.htm)
    • (More to be announced!)

    Tuesday, June 9, 2015

    Reminder: Your Portfolio

    On 6/17, please bring back to class YOUR FOLDER that contains the following texts.
    • Class handouts 1-6 (New TOEIC test booklet included)
    • Group outlines from topic talk 1 (extra work for extra marks included)
    • Midterm testsheet

    Note that your teacher will return back to you the group outlines from topic talk 2. 

    Tuesday, June 2, 2015

    Reminder: FINAL Preparation

    Our final is coming! Please note that the final will take place on 6/17!

    Also remember that the final will cover the following class materials.
    (a) All the class handouts (VOA expressions included)
    (b) All the Studio Classroom magazines (including the issues in March, April, and June)
    (c) All the outside readings from your topic talk 2

    The exam will include both listening and reading comprehension questions.
    (40-50 questions in total.)
    (1) Listening section: pictures, best responses, short conversations, short talks
    (2) Reading section: vocabulary, sentence/text completion, reading comprehension

    For more information, feel free to contact the teacher at wendychangnchu@gmail.com!

    Friday, May 1, 2015

    Reminder: No class on 5/6! 5/1-5/6 New TOEIC Online!

    Please log on the e-learning site (http://120.107.186.81/amc_elrn/Login.aspx) and finish your New TOEIC within around 2.5 hours.
    (Your username and password are the same as those for the NCUE online course selection system. 請注意你的登入帳密同學校選課系統!)

    Note that the session begins today (5/1, 9 AM) and will be closed next Wednesday (5/6, 4 PM) and that a new session will begin on 5/14 (9 AM) and be closed on 5/17 (9 PM).

    If you need help, feel free to contact the teacher by email or a post below.

    Wednesday, April 8, 2015

    Topics for Topic Talk 2 (Tentative)

    Group meetings on 5/20! 
    Be sure to bring a hard copy of your group outline (parts 1-3 only)!

    Topics for Group Topic Talk 2
    5/27: Group 1 (Group 2, 3), 3 (Groups 7, 8), 4 (Groups 5, 6), 7 (Groups 1, 4)
    6/03: Group 2, 5, 6, 8

    ~From: Studio Classroom (April 2015)
    1. Incredible Israel
    2. Symbols of Easter (Group 3)
    3. Table Manners (Group 2)
    4. "Sitting is the New Smoking"
    5. Unsolved Mysteries of the World (Group 1)
    6. Freestyle Football (Group 5)
    7. The International Name Game (Group 4)
    8. The Aeromobil 3.0 (Group 6)
    9. Lucy Li (Group 8)
    10. Children's Day in Turkey
    11. The Power of House Plants (Group 7)
    12. The Price of Flying
    13. Plan International

    Tuesday, March 17, 2015

    Classroom Change

    The classroom for 3/18 Freshman English is changed to Room 13104 at the English Department (2F). (For more information, please find the chart below.)