LANG 2000-65

Brief

This course is designed for students of intermediate English proficiency who have no many writing experiences in the real world, and aims to develop their written communication skills for workplace purpose. Students who wish to take this course do not need to have any business background, but will expect to be engaged in completing short writing exercises, applying useful phrases to produce proper languages for specific purposes, and collaboratively writing to communicate their ‘business’ in role playing.

Description

Course keywords: intermediate English proficiency, written communication skills, for workplace purpose, applying useful phrases, produce proper languages Business Letters and Email Messages, Spring 2024 Instructor: Pei-Ju Huang Email: pjhuang@gapp.nthu.edu.tw Tuesday 15:30 – 17:20 Credits: 2 (Elective) 本課程開放人工加簽4位學生。學生符合以下條件，得於第一週上課時，向老師提出加簽申請。老師 簽署申請表後，申請表送英語教育中心辦公室。由老師進行線上簽核。 條件1：於加退選第一天開始，以英文電子郵件書寫學生欲修課動機，並傳送至 pjhuang@gapp.nthu.edu.tw。如超過預期人數，屆時以電子郵件抵達先後順序進行加簽。（＊ 註：提前傳送郵件，或以中文書寫郵件，不符合本條件要求，不予加簽。） 條件2：學生必須於第一週上課時間到課，並參加Pre-Writing Session 完成寫作評估。 Course Description and Learning Goal This course is designed for students of intermediate English proficiency who have no many writing experiences in the real world, and aims to develop their written communication skills for workplace purpose. Students who wish to take this course do not need to have any business background, but will expect to be engaged in completing short writing exercises, applying useful phrases to produce proper languages for specific purposes, and collaboratively writing to communicate their business in role playing. By the end of the course students are expected to: (1) read emails and letters, grasp main points, and respond to the other person; (2) write emails and letters to communicate relevant information for various business occasions and needs, following a conventionalized or standard format (3) produce neat business email messages or letters to convey clear and coherent meaning in a structured manner. 本課程以英文撰寫電子郵件，可實際應用至校園和職場溝通需求，非以國際貿易為目的亦不需商學背 景。 Prerequisites Students who wish to take this course should: 1. complete the courses of Intermediate English I and II, or Elementary English I and II 2. be able to write a paragraph of at least 120 words about things and people using simple language, e.g. descriptions of friends, what happened during the day 3. be reasonably proficient in most of these language areas: adverbial phrases of time, place, and frequency including word order; prepositional phrases (time & place); prepositions of time (on/at/in); modals; future time; past simple; present perfect; simple passive; connecting words Core Capabilities (英文核心能力指標) 1. Ability to communicate and express oneself in English 英語溝通與表達能力 30% 2. Ability to think critically and organize ideas logically in English 深度分析與 組 織思考能力 20% 3. Knowledge of English learning strategies and techniques英語學習策略與技巧 20% 4. Global views of English and multicultural diversity對英語與多元文化的國際視野 15% 5. Ability to use existing English learning resources and development of independent self-learning habit善用英語學習資源，培養獨立學習英語的習慣能力 15% Course Materials Online course package will be provided. (*The teacher reserves the right to make changes for pending tasks.) Course Requirements and Evaluation 1. Attendance & oral participation 10% (*No free points for oral participation!) 2. Writing assignments 25% (*take-home exercises; two email messages) 3. Mid-term exam 20% 4. Final writing 20% 5. Presentation 10% 6. In-class/take-home learning tasks 15% Course Rules 1. In order to assess students’ subsequent writing, every officially-enrolled student must complete the pre-writing session in the first week. If you have not signed up for this course in the first week and have missed the session, please come to me in person after you successfully sign up for the class. 2. Attendance, lesson preparation and active participation are required. - Attendance will be taken from the first week and frequently throughout the semester. Points will be taken away for each lateness, absence and any type of leave. Your grade will suffer a failure if you are absent, no matter what your reasons are, up to six weeks. - Every week students need to preview the lessons and write exercises. Come prepared and you may expect to be called to share your preparation. - Active participation in class discussion and activities is also required. To get higher score for “Attendance and participation” category, you must earn points by voluntarily participating in class activities orally. - We have various in-class activities every week, so frequent attendance will ensure your fulfillment in this category. Due to limited weeks, any request on make-up in-class activities and presentations will not be accepted. 3. If you expect to ask for a leave, take a leave in person beforehand and show me your proof. If your reason for absence is beyond control, please provide a valid proof within two weeks. For a sick leave, the medication proof should be provided in the week when you return to the class. 4. There will be no make-up exams unless valid and official reasons for absence are presented beforehand. In the case of being absent for the mid-term exam and presenting a proof of justifiable reason after the exam, your grade will lose 30%. 5. Submit all of the writing assignments on time. Every writing assignment loses 10% per day when the assignment is due (including weekend), and any assignment which is late on the fourth day will not be accepted and considered zero. Absence cannot be an excuse of not knowing assignment submission or what has been discussed in that class. Ethic Statement on Generative AI Grounded in the principles of transparency and responsibility, this course adopts the policy: “Conditionally open” 1. Students should specify how to use generative AI in course output, and briefly explain how generative AI is used for sentence refinement or structural reference at the end of their assignments. 2. However, in writing a genre which requires a specific communication purpose and structural elements, students are not allowed to use generative AI tools. It is inappropriate to use generative AI in such cases because the content within generative AI may not effectively display the specific structure of the communication purpose, and weaken students’ capability of capturing the writing basics and conventions of short business letters and messages. If usage is discovered without proper disclosure, the instructor has the right to withhold scores. 3. Students enrolled in this course need to agree with the above ethics statement. If students cannot agree with the statement, do not register this course. SYLLABUS (subject to change) Week 1 2/20 Course overview and pre-writing session Week 2 2/27 Unit 1 Making enquiries Week 3 3/5 Unit 1 Making enquiries Week 4 3/12 Unit 1 Making enquiries Week 5 3/19 Group Writing 1 Week 6 3/26 Teacher-Student conference on writing assignment #1 Week 7 4/2 Unit 2 Parts of a message Week 8 4/9 Unit 2 Parts of a message Week 9 4/16 Teacher-Student conference on writing assignment #2 Week 10 4/23 Mid-term exam Week 11 4/30 Group Writing 2 Week 12 5/7 Unit 3 Giving good news and bad news Week 13 5/14 Unit 3 Giving good news and bad news Week 14 5/21 Unit 4 When things go wrong Week 15 5/28 Unit 4 When things go wrong Week 16 6/4 Presentation Week 17 6/11 Presentation Week 18 6/18 Final writing

Timetable

Scores

Average Percentage 83.09

Std. Deviation 8.51

Remarks

1、2選:限同級數大二生，3選:限同級數大三、大四生，加退選:開放同級數大二至大四生修習。

Restrictions

限大學部2年級3年級4年級,中級生,初級生

Compulsory

Elective

Cross Discipline

First Specialization

Second Specialization