Course Syllabus

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Course Information

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Course title Reading to Connect
Semester 110-1
Designated for NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY DISTANCE LEARNING
NTU ACADEMIC WRITING EDUCATION CENTER
Instructor FANG PING YEH
Curriculum No. Write 5026
Curriculum Id No. Q01 U0590
Class 02
Credit 3
Full/Half Yr. Half
Required/Elective Elective
Time Friday 3,4(10:20~12:10)
Place 新301
Remarks The course is conducted in English。。Basic Competence Course.

 

Course Syllabus

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Course Description This is a newly-designed distance learning course that will meet for 3 hours a week, including a 2-hour on-site class and 1-hour online meeting. It is designed to help undergraduate and graduate students develop fundamental strategies for reading English academic texts more effectively and critically. Reading assignments, practice and activities will explore a variety of English language materials, such as news articles, academic articles, opinions and commentaries across disciplines. The texts will cover topics related to the UN Sustainable Development Goals, which aim to address a wide range of social and global issues ranging from poverty to climate change. Topics covered will include comprehension, vocabulary enrichment, close-reading analysis and critical reflection. All the activities and group projects are intended to foster students’ metacognitive awareness of reading and analytical skills. On completion of this course, students will not only develop effective reading skills, but more importantly, grow as proficient and critical readers, while also gaining a better awareness of global issues. The course will consist of three modules. Each module will cover a set of topics and lessons related to active English reading and comprehension strategies, critical reading and thinking skills, and practical strategies for connecting reading and writing. The content of each learning module is organized as follows:  Introductory Module provides an overview of the course, including course requirements, policies and student responsibilities.  Module 1: Reading for Meaning introduces fundamental reading strategies: activating, comprehension, review and reflection, critical thinking  Module 2: Reading Critically in a Diverse World explores diverse perspectives and global issues through the reading of various genres (narratives, news articles, commentary and opinions, and academ-ic/scientific texts).  Module 3: Reading to Write presents key elements and techniques that guide students to use their criti-cal reading skills to write effectively.
Course Objective Core Competences (CC) The purpose of this course is to adhere to the NTU educational objectives by contributing to students’ CC 1: Independent judgment and ability to innovate CC 2: Professional knowledge and skills CC 3: Communicative and team skills Course Intended Learning Outcome (CILO): By the end of the course, students should be able to: CILO 1: identify common patterns of organization in texts and develop strategies for reading a variety of genre texts, increasing vocabulary, and responding critically to texts. (CC 1, 2 & 3) CILO 2: effectively use context clues and other electronic reference materials to determine the meanings of unfamiliar vocabulary and phrases. (CC 1 & 2) CILO 3: analyze and summarize information from texts including main ideas, supporting details & evidence, points of view, biases and arguments. (CC 1, 2 & 3) CILO 4: demonstrate the ability to synthesize information from different sources into writing and provide valid and logical reasonings for arguments. (CC 1 & 2) CILO 5: demonstrate awareness of local and global issues from a variety of genre texts and develop capacity to become a more critical, independent reader and critic. (CC 1, 2 & 3).
Course Requirement Online Class Link: https://meet.google.com/jff-odgv-bzm
References
Designated Reading

 

Progress

Week Date Topic
Week 1 9/24 Course Introduction Structure and content of the course Student responsibilities & Class policies Team Collaboration Task
Week 2 10/01 Module 1: Reading for Meaning 1 Lesson 1: Activating Reading Strategies 1.1. Making prediction 1.2. Anticipating ideas 1.3. Activating prior knowledge 1.4. Skimming & Scanning
Week 3 10/08 Module 1: Reading for Meaning 2 Lesson 2: Reading Comprehension Strategies 2.1 Post Questions 2.2 Identifying the topic of a paragraph, main ideas & sup-porting details 2.3 Reading diagnostic test
Week 4 10/15 Module 1: Reading for Meaning 3 Lesson 3: Vocabulary Building 3.1 Identifying definitions or unfamiliar words in texts 3.2. Inferring meanings from context clues 3.3. Using dictionary and other technological devices
Week 5 10/22 Module 1: Reading for Meaning 4 Lesson 4: Review & Reflection 4.1 Summarizing 4.2 Paraphrasing 4.3 Outlining 4.4 Note-taking
Week 6 10/29 Module 1: Reading for Meaning 5 Lesson 5: Critical Thinking 5.1 Analyzing purpose and tone in the text 5.2 Identifying facts vs. opinions 5.3 Making personal & global connections
Week 7 11/05 Module 2: Reading Critically in a Diverse World 1 Topic: Battle Against Poverty
Week 8 11/12 Module 2: Reading Critically in a Diverse World 2 Topic: Breaking gender stereotypes
Week 9 11/19 Learning Evaluation Task
Week 10 11/26 Module 2: Reading Critically in a Diverse World 3 Topic: Defending Human Rights
Week 11 12/03 Module 2: Reading Critically in a Diverse World 4 Topic: Fighting for Social Justice
Week 12 12/10 Module 2: Reading Critically in a Diverse World 5 Topic: To Mitigate or to Adapt? – Act on Climate Change Extension Task—Problem & Solution
Week 13 12/17 Module 2: Reading Critically in a Diverse World 6 Topic: Affordable & Sustainable Energy
Week 14 12/24 Module 2: Reading Critically in a Diverse World 7 Topic: Quality Education Intensive reading: online reviews
Week 15 12/31 Module 3: Bridging the Gap: Reading to Write • Summary & paraphrase • Citation styles • Plagiarism
Week 16 1/07 Module 3: Bridging the Gap: Reading to Write • Coherence & cohesion • Logics & reasoning
Week 17 1/14 Final Assessment: Review & Feedback
Week 18 1/21 Final Learning Evaluation Task

 

Grading

NO Item Pc Explanations for the conditions
1 Online Reading Tasks & Quizzes 20% In-Class Pop Quizzes (20%): Students will be given an in-class quiz weekly after completing online reading tasks.
2 Attendance 20% Attendance (20%)
3 In-Class Discussion & Project-based Learning Activities 30% Students will be required to actively participate in class discussion of assigned texts and mini-project-based activities.
4 Learning Evaluation Tasks 30% Midterm Project & Final Exam

 

Office Hour

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Remarks TA April: b05403033@ntu.edu.tw