Friday, November 28, 2014

Reminder: Outside Reading from Topic Talk 1

Outside readings for your weekend! 
ALL the outside readings shared by the groups during their topic talks!

Note that there will be exercises based on the readings on 12/3!

12/17, 12/24 Group Topic Talk 2

The following shows WHEN you have to give the second group topic talk.

12/17 Group Topic Talk 2
 Group 2 (12/4: Scuba Divers in the Deep Blue Sea)
 Group 3 (12/11: Coffee as a Work of Art)
 Group 4 (12/16-17: Planets of the Lakes)
 Group 6 (12/18: The Happiness of Giving)
12/24 Group Topic Talk 2
 Group 5 (12/20: Invasion Earth)
 Group 1 (12/22: Have you Gotcha Gachapon?)
 Group 8 (12/2-3: Brad Pitt)
 Group 7 (12/29: That Darn Cat)

Note: Topic Talk 1 (40%) + Topic Talk 2 (60%)

Monday, November 10, 2014

Reminder: Group Meeting for Group Topic Talk 1

GROUP MEETINGS will be held (15 min each) before your topic talk!
The dates are shown as follows. 
1. 11/12 (15:00-15:15) - Group 1
2. 11/12 (15:15-15:30) - Group 8
3. 11/12 (15:30-15:45) - Group 5
4. 11/12 (15:45-16:00) - Group 7

5. 11/19 (12:10-12:25) - Group 4
6. 11/19 (12:25-12:40) - Group 3
7. 11/19 (12:40-12:55) - Group 2
8. 11/19 (12:55-13:10) - Group 6

Notes:
(1) You have to show up in a group on time.
(2) Your hard copy of the draft outline is required!

Monday, November 3, 2014

Reminder: MIDTERM Preparation

Our midterm is coming! 
Please note that the midterm will take place on 11/12!

Also remember that the midterm will
(1) cover both October magazine (10/1-31) and November magazine (11/1-15) and
(2) include both listening and reading comprehension questions (4 question types each, similar to our pretest, though only 25 questions in total).
  • Listening: picture description (2 questions), question and response (5), short conversation (3), short talk (2)
  • Reading: sentence completion (6 questions), reading comprehension (2), text completion (5), Chinese-to-English translation (EXTRA 5 for a total of 10 bonus points)
For more information, please check our announcement made earlier.
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Click the link here: http://ncuefreshmanenglishwed.blogspot.tw/2014/09/course-syllabus.html)