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HSS人社C406 M5M6
This course is designed to improve students’ spoken English and their communication skills. In part, by redefining their roles as non- native speakers, students will be discouraged from identifying themselves as deficient pursuers of “authentic” language proficiency. Instead, they will be encouraged, through practices, to elevate themselves from language learners to language users. Textbooks and other supplemental reading materials will be used to equip students with competence for expressing themselves in diverse social settings. Through class discussions and various class activities, including but not limited to impromptu speeches, dramatic (theatrical) presentations, hosting discussions, etc., students will be expected to master the arts of communication in contexts ranging from small talk to group discussion and formal public speaking.
Course keywords: oral speaking, ex<x>pression, communication, 口語,表達,溝通 英語口語訓練二(English Oral Practice) Spring 2023 Mon. 1320-1520 C406 Instructor: 黃仕宜 (Joy Huang) E-mail: shihyihuang@mx.nthu.edu.tw Office: 人社A512 Extension number: 42705 Our goal for this second semester of oral training is to focus on debating skills. For the first half of the semester, we will concentrate on learning, familiarizing and practicing various dimensions of debating skills, such as the roles of the three affirmative and negative speakers, the adjudicators, the debate moderator, etc. In the process, we will relate skills learned from the first semester to this specific model of public speaking. This will then prepare students for the second half of the semester in which they will be paired up to conduct their own debates with participation of the whole class. Throughout the semester, we will be looking at our lessons in the textbook from this particular perspective. We might also be learning how to generate debate topics from controversies of different fields through speakers the instructor invites from outside of the class. Our regular midterm and final presentations will be designed in a way that students can use them to sharpen their debating skills, such as learning to define key terms, practice researching useful information, maintain a professional manner while conveying emotionally engaging speech. Textbook: Communication Strategies 4 Grading Criteria: Midterm Presentation (prepared speech): 25% Final Presentation (impromptu speech): 25% Debate Conduction: 20% In-Class Activities: 20% Participation: 10% Tentative Schedule: Date Week 2/19 1 Orientation What is debate? 2/26 2 Unit 8 (Role Learning: The first affirmative/Negative speaker) 3/4 3 Unit 9 (Role Learning: The second affirmative/Negative speaker) 3/11 4 Unit 10 (Role Learning: The third affirmative/Negative speaker) 3/18 5 Unit 11 (Role Learning: The adjudicators and the moderator) 3/25 6 Unit 12 4/1 7 Midterm 4/8 8 Unit 13 Debate 1 4/15 9 Unit 14 Debate 2 4/22 10 Unit 15 Debate 3 4/29 11 Debate 4 5/6 12 Debate 5 5/13 13 Debate 6 5/20 14 Debate 7 5/27 15 Debate 8 6/3 16 Final This schedule is subject to change by instructor at all times. Classroom conduct: 1. Attendance/ Absence: - Two points from your Final Grade will be deducted per absence. - You can be absent up to two times without having points deducted. This includes all excuses (sick leave, personal leave, official leave, etc.) - Tardiness and Roll Call: a. You are expected to attend all class meetings ON time. If you’re 15 min. late, then you’re counted as “absent” for the class period. During the class periods, if I notice some students are missing, I might take roll again. Those who are absent will be counted “absent” on that day. b. Roll call—this can happen anytime during the class periods. If you happen to be temporarily absent (i.e. in the bathroom), it is YOUR responsibility to inform the teacher on the SAME day. Otherwise you are counted as absent. c. Students with absences more than 5 times, excused or not, will not be allowed to participate the final presentation (will result in an F grade). 2. Please provide your full Chinese name and student number in order to secure your grades in all exams and class activities. 3. No makeup of any class activities. 4. Bonus Points: You may earn bonus points by participating in speech contests (whether you win any prize or not). Each time you participate will earn you 3 points, and you may accumulate at most 6 bonus points through this means. To get the points, you will need to show some proof, as well as recounting the experience to the class. 5. Participation: Students will be called on to answer questions, and this participation of class discussion is regarded highly. Your participation grade in this class includes work done in class, your attendance, completed homework, a respectful attitude to the class, and so on. Just being present in class does NOT automatically guarantee a high participation grade. 6. Classroom Civility: All students are expected to turn off their electronic devices (i.e. cell phone). Please show respect to the class at all times. Any disruptive behavior, such as chatting, or playing music, will not be tolerated. If you do not agree with something, it is your right to RESPECTFULLY bring that to the attention of the class in a polite manner. Suggestions are always welcome. Any behavior that disturbs the class will cause a grade deduction (i.e. talking to your fellow classmates, talking on or playing with cell phones, and so on). Five points of a student's final grade will be deducted each time the instructor's warning is ignored. Absence and Late Work: All assignments are due on the dates announced and/or indicated on the syllabus. There will be no make-up presentations/ assignments. Appendix: Debate Conduction Each group of two (2) students needs to organize a debate. The organizers can take positions of either the moderators or the adjudicators, or both (at least 1 of the members needs to be the moderator). The rest of the class serves as adjudicators. There must be time for adjudicators to orally comment on the overall performance. Student(s) with highest score will have 3 bonus points counted towards their final grades. The organizers’ job may include but are not limited to the following: Before the class: 1. Establish the rules of the debate, including timelines. 2. Assigning different roles to students in the class. 3. Research the topic and arrange time for the class to do the research. During the class 4. Time management for conducting your debate activities (arranging time for the class to do research, for the groups to debate, and for the adjudicators to comment and so forth as needed, according to your topic) After the class 5. Upload your report to eeclass by the end of the given day you have conducted the debate. The report shall include 3 parts: 1) The Topic: Write a report in terms of how you chose this topic, what makes you think it is worth debating, and your research experience in general, etc. 2) The Performance: What do you observe during the performance? Are there any new ideas generated? Is there any stagnation during the debate? Discuss debate phenomena in class and provide explanations. 3) The adjudicators’ reports (assessments and the results)
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Average Percentage 84.81
Std. Deviation 3.97
平均GPA 3.93
標準差 0.13
平均GPA 4.13
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平均GPA 3.86
標準差 0.34
平均GPA 3.93
標準差 0.67
平均百分制 82.27
標準差 4.49
16週課程
【上學期原修英語口語訓練一FL 203901(黃仕宜老師)同學選課優先,第3次選課起開放】
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