ELP: English Listening and Pronunciation Spring 2016 Monday 3:30-5:20pm   Foreign Language Teaching and Resource Center (FLTR 外教) 206 Professor Karen Chung 史嘉琳 老師 karchung@ntu.edu.tw Join the ELP: English Listening and Pronunciation, Spring 2016 page on Facebook! Class syllabus: Fall 2013  Spring 2014  Fall 2014 and Spring 2015 CET articles on English pronunciation Email Updates Subscription link for CET 19-24 Mini-conversations

A demonstration of how the Echo Method works

Spring 2016: 15 class meetings

     February 22, 29 (Holiday; no class)
     March: 7, 14, 21, 28;
     April: 4 (Holiday; no class), 11, 18, 25;
     May: 2, 9, 16, 23, 30;
     June: 6, 13.
     Final exam: June 20, 2016 外教 206

     Note: This syllabus is subject to change, and will be adjusted and updated weekly throughout the semester.
     PLEASE REPORT ANY ERRORS OR DEAD LINKS you find to karchung@ntu.edu.tw!


Week 1: February 22-March 7:
(There will be no class on Monday, February 29)

1. Enrollment and other class business.
2. Join a. the ELP: English Listening and Pronunciation, Spring 2016 page on Facebook;
            b. Karen on Ivy League Analytical English group on Facebook; and
            c. ELP Spring 2016 on Google Drive; use your gmail address.
3.  Send a quote to Ms. Chung according to this model, along with your gmail address;
     read this article: 英文 Email 潛規則 carefully before doing the assignment - subscribe here;
     due by Monday, February 29.
 
     Subject line: ELP quote and gmail address.

     Make sure to send it in plain text, not html.

     Also subscribe to the New York Times news digest,
     and state that you did so in your email (as in the model).

     Leave only one blank line between paragraphs, not two!

4.  Every Monday, you will hand in on paper, and upload to Google Drive:
    1. a summary of your class notes from the previous week.
    2. a summary of one or more of the CET 師德 articles online. This week:
        大師開講 — 提升聽力祕訣：每天請聽「回音」十分鐘（上、下） in No. 69 & 70,
        January/February p. 8-10 & March/April 2012, p.12-14.
        These articles explain in Chinese how the "Echo Method" of language learning works.
    3. There will also be weekly listening and other assignments.
    4. Maintain your Goals Sheet; kKeep it updated over Google Drive.
 
Format for name on homework – in upper right hand corner, left justified:

    Rita Lin 林玉梅
    B01102000
    ELP  February 22, 2016
    Week One

    Use: Times New Roman 12 pt for text,
              Lucida Sans Unicode 10.5pt for IPA symbols,
              新細明體 12pt for 中文

     i2Speak IPA input tool:
     http://www.i2speak.com/

     Convert to pdf format before printing out to avoid encoding errors.

5. The Echo Method.
6. Mini-conversations 1, 2; be ready to perform both perfectly next class (3/7)!
7. Learn the IPA symbols for English consonants: Print out and bring to every class!
    We'll go over them next class, and normally there will be a 10-item dictation each class,
    with spelling + IPA transcription.
8. Poetry: Limerick MP3; handout on prosody and literary terms
 
     There once was an old man from Esser,
     Whose knowledge grew lesser and lesser;
     It at last grew so small,
     He knew nothing at all,
     And now he's a college professor.

Week 2. March 7-14:
1.  Finalize class list.
     Make sure your quote and gmail address were submitted
     with correct format and NO mistakes by Monday Feb 29!
     Submit class notes, notes on CET 1, 2; upload to Google Drive; update your Goals Sheet.
     For next Monday: summary of CET 3 (#71) : 提升聽力祕訣： /i/ 和 /ɪ/ 的辨別.
2.  Class discussion of CET 1, 2, the Echo Method, and 10-minutes-a-day.
3.  Go over IPA symbols; learn the IPA symbols for all of the English consonants.
4.  Dictation.
5.  Oral storytelling: Snap Judgment: Back of the Bus
     "As a youngster, Glynn has a harsh introduction to a new school – before he even arrives..."
     http://snapjudgment.org/back-bus
     Listen to this podcast several times until you are familiar with it,
     then transcribe it as best you can. We'll go over it in class next week.

Week 3. March 14-21:
1. Submit class notes, notes on CET 3 (#71): 提升聽力祕訣： /i/ 和 /?/ 的辨別; also upload to Google Drive.
     for next Monday 3/21: summary of CET 4 (#72:)「重音」真的很重要!
2. Go over IPA symbols; learn the IPA symbols for all of the English vowels.
3. Breaktime music: Perfect, by Alanis Morissette, from the album "Jagged Little Pill"
     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_1BQRAkcyc

    Sometimes is never quite enough
    If you're flawless, then you'll win my love
    Don't forget to win first place
    Don't forget to keep that smile on your face

    Be a good boy
    Try a little harder
    You've got to measure up
    And make me prouder

    How long before you screw it up
    How many times do I have to tell you to hurry up
    With everything I do for you
    The least you can do is keep quiet

    Be a good girl
    You've gotta try a little harder
    That simply wasn't good enough
    To make us proud

    I'll live through you
    I'll make you what I never was
    If you're the best, then maybe so am I
    Compared to him compared to her
    I'm doing this for your own damn good
    You'll make up for what I blew
    What's the problem...why are you crying

    Be a good boy
    Push a little farther now
    That wasn't fast enough
    To make us happy
    We'll love you just the way you are
    If you're perfect
    http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/alanismorissette/perfect.html

4. TED talk: Teach girls bravery, not perfection,
    by education activist Reshma Saujani of Girls Who Code.
    https://www.ted.com/talks/reshma_saujani_teach_girls_bravery_not_perfection
5. Dictation.

Week 4. March 21-28:

1. Submit PAPER class notes, notes on CET 4 (#72:)「重音」真的很重要!; also upload to Google Drive.
    for next Monday 3/28: summary of CET 5 (#73): 英語教學死角：複合名詞重音.
2. Dictation.
3. Learn and sing: My dame has a lame tame crane:

     My dame has a lame tame crane,
     My dame has a crane that is lame.
     Please, gentle Jane, let my dame’s lame tame crane
     Feed and come home again.

4. Perform Mini-conversations 1 and 2; learn 3 and 4, prepare for performance next Monday 3/14.
5.  Go over your transcriptions of Snap Judgment: Back of the Bus
     http://snapjudgment.org/back-bus
6.  Breaktime music: Be My Number Two, by Joe Jackson (with lyrics).
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYa1IMad6tI
   
      Won't you be my number two
      Me and number one are through
      There won't be too much to do
      Just smile when I feel blue

      And there's not much left of me
      What you get is what you see
      Is it worth the energy
      I leave it up to you

      And if you got something to say to me
      Don't try to lay your funny ways on me
      I know that it's really not fair of me
      But my heart's seen too much action
 
      And every time I look at you
      You'll be who I want you to
      And I'll do what I can do
      To make a dream or two come true
      If you be my
      If you be my number two

      http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/joejackson/bemynumbertwo.html

Weeks 5. and 6. March 28-April 11:
(There will be no class on Monday April 4)

1. Submit PAPER class notes and notes on CET 5 (#73): 英語教學死角：複合名詞重音; also upload to Google Drive.
    For Monday April 11: summary of CET 6 (#74): 抑揚頓挫：英語的語調和斷句.
2. Dictation.
3. Go over your transcriptions of Snap Judgment: Back of the Bus
     http://snapjudgment.org/back-bus
4. Breaktime music: Father and Son, by Cat Stevens.
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdMPuMeTxzY

       (Father)
        It's not time to make a change,
       Just relax, take it easy.
       You're still young, that's your fault,
       There's so much you have to know.
       Find a girl, settle down,
       If you want you can marry.
       Look at me, I am old, but I'm happy.

       I was once like you are now, and I know that it's not easy,
      To be calm when you've found something going on.
      But take your time, think a lot,
      Why, think of everything you've got.
      For you will still be here tomorrow, but your dreams may not.

      (Son)
      How can I try to explain, when I do he turns away again.
      It's always been the same, same old story.
      From the moment I could talk I was ordered to listen.
      Now there's a way and I know that I have to go away.
      I know I have to go.

      (Father)
      It's not time to make a change,
      Just sit down, take it slowly.
      You're still young, that's your fault,
      There's so much you have to go through.
      Find a girl, settle down,
      if you want you can marry.
      Look at me, I am old, but I'm happy.

      (Son)
      All the times that I cried, keeping all the things I knew inside,
      It's hard, but it's harder to ignore it.
      If they were right, I'd agree, but it's them you know not me.
      Now there's a way and I know that I have to go away.
      I know I have to go.

      http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/catstevens/fatherandson.html

Song for week of April 4-11 – another song sung a capella:

      Behind the Wall, by Tracy Chapman
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfeUZJwioio

      Last night I heard the screaming
      Loud voices behind the wall
      Another sleepless night for me
      It won't do no good to call
      The police
      Always come late
      If they come at all (x 2)

      And when they arrive
      They say, "they can't interfere
      With domestic affairs,
      Between a man and his wife."
      And as they walk out the door
      The tears well up in her eyes

      Last night I heard the screaming
      Then a silence that chilled my soul
      I prayed that I was dreaming
      When I saw the ambulance in the road
      And the policeman said,
      "I'm here to keep the peace."
       Will the crowd disperse
      I think we all could use some sleep

      Last night I heard the screaming
      Loud voices behind the wall
      Another sleepless night for me
      It won't do no good to call
      The police
      Always come late
      If they come at all

Week 7. April 11-18:

1. Submit PAPER class notes and notes on CET 6 (#74): 抑揚頓挫：英語的語調和斷句;
    also upload to Google Drive. For Monday April 18: CET 7 (#75): Stop at stops! —— 遇到塞音請停！
2. Dictation and compound noun stress quiz.
3. Read this web page under Phonetics I: 32. Schwa elision in English, and give the number of syllables
    for each word in the list, then check them by marking 反白 the space after each word with your computer mouse.
    Make sure you know how to pronounce each one by checking the audio pronunciation on the
    Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary online. Please focus on US English,
    but you can also listen to how the words are pronounced in Standard British English.
4. Go over your transcriptions of Snap Judgment: Back of the Bus
     http://snapjudgment.org/back-bus
5. Breaktime music:
    American Tune, by Paul Simon
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3_qyWU3-qQ&nohtml5=False

    Many's the time I've been mistaken
    And many times confused
    Yes, and I've often felt forsaken
    And certainly misused
    But I'm all right, I'm all right
    I'm just weary to my bones
    Still, you don't expect to be
    Bright and bon vivant
    So far away from home, so far away from home

    And I don't know a soul who's not been battered
    I don't have a friend who feels at ease
    I don't know a dream that's not been shattered
    or driven to its knees
    But it's all right, it's all right
    For we've lived so well so long
    Still, when I think of the road we're traveling on
    I wonder what's gone wrong
    I can't help it, I wonder what's gone wrong

    And I dreamed I was dying
    I dreamed that my soul rose unexpectedly
    And looking back down at me
    Smiled reassuringly
    And I dreamed I was flying
    And high up above my eyes could clearly see
    The Statue of Liberty
    Sailing away to sea
    And I dreamed I was flying

    We come on the ship they call the Mayflower
    We come on the ship that sailed the moon
    We come in the age's most uncertain hour
    and sing an American tune
    But it's all right, it's all right
    You can't be forever blessed
    Still, tomorrow's going to be another working day
    And I'm trying to get some rest
    That's all, I'm trying to get some rest

    American Tune, sung by both Simon and Garfunkel:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7K5jpWQpiFI&nohtml5=False

    Piece from J. S. Bach's St. Matthew's Passion ("O Sacred Head, How Wounded")
    that inspired the melody of American Tune:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8U9bzT968k&nohtml5=False


Week 8. April 18-25:

1. Submit PAPER class notes and notes on CET 7 (#75): Stop at stops! —— 遇到塞音請停！ .
    For Monday April 25: CET 8 (#76) "-s" 和 "-ed" 詞尾 怎麼唸？.
2. Dictation.
3. Complete the practice worksheet with the following four tasks: (1) compound noun stress and phrase stress;
    (2) [s] or [z]? (3) syllable count and schwa elision; and (4) deaspirated /sp/, /st/, and /sk/.
4. Go over your transcriptions of Snap Judgment: Back of the Bus
     http://snapjudgment.org/back-bus
5. Breaktime music:
    Imagine, by John Lennon (1971)
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwUGSYDKUxU

    Imagine there's no heaven
    It's easy if you try
    No hell below us
    Above us only sky
    Imagine all the people
    Living for today...

    Imagine there's no countries
    It isn't hard to do
    Nothing to kill or die for
    And no religion too
    Imagine all the people
    Living life in peace...

    You may say I'm a dreamer
    But I'm not the only one
    I hope someday you'll join us
    And the world will be as one

    Imagine no possessions
    I wonder if you can
    No need for greed or hunger
    A brotherhood of man
    Imagine all the people
    Sharing all the world...

    You may say I'm a dreamer
    But I'm not the only one
    I hope someday you'll join us
    And the world will live as one

Week 9. April 25-May 2:
1. Submit PAPER class notes and CET 8 (#76): "-s" 和 "-ed" 詞尾 怎麼唸？.
    For Monday May 2: CET ? 9 (#77) and 10 (#78): 鼻音/m/、/n/ 與 /ŋ/ —— No problen? （上、下）.
2. Dictation.
3. We will better clarify how to do the practice worksheet, using items 1-5 as examples.
    For next week: complete the following four tasks for the rest of the items:
    (1) compound noun stress and phrase stress; (2) [s] or [z]?
    (3) syllable count and schwa elision; and (4) deaspirated /sp/, /st/, and /sk/.     
4. Go over your transcriptions of Snap Judgment: Back of the Bus:
     http://snapjudgment.org/back-bus
5. Breaktime music:
    Choose the two breaktime songs you like best, and go over the lyrics carefully,
     making sure you understand everything. Remember the singer and song title correctly.
     You will probably be asked to discuss one or both of these songs in class or on a future test.
     This week's song:

     Winter, by Tori Amos
     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PDlGUdDF8Y

     With lyrics: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmykLjq3cQk

     Snow can wait, I forgot my mittens
     Wipe my nose, get my new boots on
     I get a little warm in my heart
     When I think of winter
     I put my hand in my father's glove

     I run off where the drifts get deeper
     Sleeping beauty trips me with a frown
     I hear a voice:
     "Your must learn to stand up for yourself
     'Cause I can't always be around"

     He says
     When you gonna make up your mind
     When you gonna love you as much as I do
     When you gonna make up your mind
     'Cause things are gonna change so fast
     All the white horses are still in bed
     I tell you that I'll always want you near
     You say that things change my dear

     Boys get discovered as winter melts
     Flowers competing for the sun
     Years go by and I'm here still waiting
     Withering where some snowman was
     Mirror, mirror where's the crystal palace
     But I only can see myself
     Skating around the truth who I am
     But I know, Dad, the ice is getting thin

     When you gonna make up your mind
     When you gonna love you as much as I do
     When you gonna make up your mind
     'Cause things are gonna change so fast
     All the white horses are still in bed
     I tell you that I'll always want you near
     You say that things change my dear

     Hair is grey and the fires are burning
     So many dreams on the shelf
     You say, "I wanted you to be proud"
     I always wanted that myself

     When you gonna make up your mind
     When you gonna love you as much as I do
     When you gonna make up your mind
     'Cause things are gonna change so fast
     All the white horses have gone ahead
     I tell you that I'll always want you near
     You say that things change
     My dear
     (Never change  All the white horses are...mmmmm...)

Week 10. May 2-9:
1. Submit PAPER class notes and upload notes to Google Drive; and notes on
    CET 9 (#77) and 10 (#78): 鼻音/m/、/n/ 與 /ŋ/ —— No problen? （上、下）.
    For Monday May 9: Class notes and CET 11 (#79): 台式英語罪魁禍首：/æ/、/ɛ/ 和 /eɪ/.
2. Dictation; we will devote extra time to practicing vowel recognition,
    and how to distinguish between voiced (/b, d, g/) and voiceless (/p, t, k/) final stops.
3. We will go over the rest of the practice worksheet in class:
    (1) compound noun stress and phrase stress; (2) [s] or [z]?
    (3) syllable count and schwa elision; and (4) deaspirated /sp/, /st/, and /sk/.
4. We'll continue to go over your transcriptions of Snap Judgment: Back of the Bus:
     http://snapjudgment.org/back-bus
5. Dictation practice here.
6. Breaktime music (requested by Michael Gao):
    Stairway to Heaven, by Led Zeppelin, with lyrics (1971)
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHFxncb1gRY
    
    Lyrics

    Compare to Taurus, by Spirit (now suing Led Zeppelin for copyright infringement)

Week 11. May 9-16:
1. Submit PAPER class notes and CET 11 (#79): 台式英語罪魁禍首：/æ/、/ɛ/ 和 /eɪ/.
    For Monday May 16: Class notes, CET 12 (#80) 英語發音百樂篇（一）: Pronunciation Potluck (1)
    ("says" and "said", clear and dark "l", the "tap" rule for "t", and the difference between "ear" and "year");
    and CET 13 (#81) 英語發音百樂篇（二）: Pronunciation Potluck (2)
    (/ju/ vs. /u/ the deaspiration of /p/, /t/, and /k/ after /s/; the pronunciation of /ʒ/ and /ʤ/;
    also /dz/ vs. /z/, and /ts/ vs. /s/.)
2. New English Island article: Wrongology: 不要懷疑，真的有犯錯學！.
3. Dictation.
4. Hand in the practice worksheet in class:
    (1) compound noun stress and phrase stress; (2) [s] or [z]?
    (3) syllable count and schwa elision; and (4) deaspirated /sp/, /st/, and /sk/.
5. We'll continue to go over your transcriptions of Snap Judgment: Back of the Bus:
     http://snapjudgment.org/back-bus
6. Breaktime music: Desperado, by The Eagles.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCdjvTTnzDU   HD
    Lyrics


Week 12. May 16-23:
1. Hand in class notes and upload to Google Drive, together with:
    CET 12 (#80) 英語發音百樂篇（一）: Pronunciation Potluck (1)
    ("says" and "said", clear and dark "l", the "tap" rule for "t", and the difference between "ear" and "year");
    and CET 13 (#81) 英語發音百樂篇（二）: Pronunciation Potluck (2)
    (/ju/ vs. /u/ the deaspiration of /p/, /t/, and /k/ after /s/; the pronunciation of /ʒ/ and /ʤ/;
    also /dz/ vs. /z/, and /ts/ vs. /s/.) Also notes on new English Island article: Wrongology: 不要懷疑，真的有犯錯學！.
    For Monday May 23: Class notes and CET 14 (#82) 英語發音百樂篇（三）: Pronunciation Potluck (3),
    “th”, “x” and “r”; and CET 15 (#83) 英語發音百樂篇（四）: Pronunciation Potluck (4),
    “w”, “wh” and “h”; also about nasal plosion and schwa elision. Remember to upload to Google Drive.
2. Dictation: voiced vs. voiceless final stops.
3. We'll continue to go over your transcriptions of Snap Judgment: Back of the Bus:
    http://snapjudgment.org/back-bus
4. New assignment: Cloze exercise for Scene I of the pilot episode of Gilmore Girls. Due next Monday May 23.
     Links to the video and audio Echo files have been emailed to you.
5. Breaktime music: Ode to Billy Joe, sung by Bobbie Gentry (1968)
    Events in the song take place in the US southern state of Mississippi.
    Note the Southern dialect used, the conversations, and mentions of Southern-style food.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HaRacIzZSPo
    Second recording       Lyrics

Week 13. May 23-30:
1. Submit PAPER class notes and CET 14 (#82) 英語發音百樂篇（三）: Pronunciation Potluck (3)
    and CET 15 (#83) 英語發音百樂篇（四）: Pronunciation Potluck (4). Also upload to Google Drive.
    For Monday May 30: Class notes and CET 16 (#84) and CET 17 (#85):
    Do not 和 don’t意思一樣嗎？英語的縮讀字（（上、下）
2. Three dictations: review of voiced vs. voiceless final stops; vowels: /ɛ/ and /æ/.
3. Gilmore Girls performances.
4. Back of the Bus transcription.
5. Breaktime music: Affair on 8th Avenue, by Gordon Lightfoot.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTu_Uu0TgTQ

    Lyrics

Week 14. May 30-June 6:
1. Submit PAPER class notes and CET 16 (#84) and CET 17 (#85):
    Do not 和 don’t意思一樣嗎？英語的縮讀字（（上、下） .
    For Monday June 6: Class notes and CET 18 (#86) 次重音：次要的重音還是很重要！
    and CET 19 (#87) 脫口而出的英文文法 (link will be mailed to you);
    also read and take notes on the June English Island article: 中文好，英文也跟著好了,
    scheduled to be available online on Wednesday June 1.
2. Prepare thorough for Gilmore Girls performances next Monday!
3. Back of the Bus transcription. Take careful notes on the "tricks" and skills we learn.
4. Breaktime music: Laurie by Dickey Lee
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0N4nyYS5aA

    Lyrics

Week 15. June 6-13:
1. Submit PAPER class notes and CET 18 (#86) 次重音：次要的重音還是很重要！
    and CET 19 (#87) 脫口而出的英文文法;
    also on the June English Island article: 中文變好，英文也跟著好了. Discuss in class.
    For Monday June 13: Class notes and CET 20 (#88) and 21 (#89):
    重方法不重死背的英文文法（上、下）;
    also read and take notes on this article on phrasal verbs for Monday 6/13:
    A Global Approach to Teaching Phrasal Verbs, by Rita Baker.
    the three articles for next week are: 單數、複數、可數、不可數？
    讓英文名詞再也難不倒你（上、下）and 動詞時態三頁通.  
    The links to all of the above articles have been emailed to you.
2. Gilmore Girls performances.
3. Back of the Bus transcription. Take careful notes on the "tricks" and skills we learn.
4. Final evalution and Summary of Class Notes (submit as two separate pdf files)
    for English Listening and Pronunciation are due June 13.

      I. End-of-semester evaluation:
      Part 1: evaluate the class, teacher, homework assignments,
what was most and least useful, things that could be improved, and how
— everything about the class this semester.
      Part 2: Evaluate yourself: Attendance and punctuality, homework submission,
how prepared for class you were, how much you learned from the class,
how much effort you put into this class.
      Part 3: How do you plan to continue improving your English?

      II. Organized summary of your class notes:
      Go through all your old notes, and organize them into a summary of main points,
including notes on the CET articles. You do not have to include every single detail
from your notes; try rather to combine notes that are about the same thing and to generalize.

      Format and submission instructions: Convert your files to pdf format
before emailing both files to Ms. Chung at: feathermountain@gmail.com no later than June 13, 2016.

5. Breaktime music: Ballad of Accounting by Ewan MacColl & Peggy Seeger
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eY0bJzKxA8

    Lyrics

Week 16. June 13-20:
1. Submit final summary and evaluation as two separate pdf files to feathermountain@gmail.com.
2. Submit class notes and notes on CET 22 (#88), 23 (#89) 重方法不重死背的英文文法（上、下）,
    also  A Global Approach to Teaching Phrasal Verbs, by Rita Baker.

    For next Monday, June 20, submit class notes and notes on CET 22 (#88), 23 (#89):
    單數？複數？可數？不可數？ a, one, the？讓英文名詞再也難不倒你！（上、下）
    and 24 (#90): 動詞時態三頁通 (the links have been emailed to you).

3. We'll finish the Gilmore Girls performances today.
4. We'll do our best to finish the Back of the Bus transcriptions today.
5. The final exam will be held on June 20 at 3:30-5:20pm in 外教 206;
    it will be a written test, covering the content of the CET articles you read and
    took notes on this semester, plus compound noun and phrase stress marking,
    and anything else covered or announced in class.
6. Breaktime music: Taxi by Harry Chapin
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5dwksSbD34

    With lyrics: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hs4j8YQwst8

    Lyrics

Week 17. June 20:
1. Hand in class notes and notes on CET 22 (#88), 23 (#89):
    單數？複數？可數？不可數？ a, one, the？讓英文名詞再也難不倒你！（上、下）
    and 24 (#90): 動詞時態三頁通;
    also hand in transcriptions of Back of the Bus, corrected in red.
2. Final exam.


Important dates: Spring 2016:
Cancel-add: February 22-March 5 (cancel: till March 6)
February 28 holiday (no class): Monday, February 29
Finalization of class schedules: March 16-20
Application period for withdrawing from a course: March 7-May 20
NTU Azelea Festival begins: March 12
Tomb-Sweeping Holiday (no class on Monday April 4): April 1-5
Online application for second chance at exemption from advanced English class (subject to change):
    March 21-25
Taiwan University marathon: March 26
Mid-semester online student course evaluations: April 11-22
Mid-terms (no midterm will be given for this class): April 18-22
End-of-semester online student course evaluations: June 3-16
Last day of class: Friday, June 17
Final exams: June 20-24
Final exam: Monday, June 20, 3:30-5:20am, in 外教 206
Summer Vacation begins on: June 27

Goals of Course:

     The main goals of this course are (1) to teach you how to listen; this will be done mainly by listening to audio and video files online and answering comprehension questions on them; and (2) to improve your pronunciation.

     Listening and pronunciation are probably the two weakest links in English education in Taiwan (though even those of you who have been educated in English abroad may find you have things to learn from this class). Rather than complain about what you didn't get in the past, we encourage you to focus on the here and now – there's still time to fix things. But you must be committed. The things you learn in this class are not assignments to be completed to earn a grade and then forgotten. They will require behavior modification on your part. Anybody knows how hard a habit is to break, and poor pronunciation habits present an especially stubborn case. Producing the correct sounds in class is easy – using them consistently when you're supposed to is the tough part! You will need to tire yourself out for a few weeks or months relearning the way you speak English. It will be well worth it – you'll sound absolutely wonderful every time you speak English for the rest of your life! You can sound like a native  but you have to really, really want it!

     One very important reason to fix your pronunciation is to show respect for other people. When you speak with a heavy foreign accent, other people have to strain to understand you, and that makes them very tired. When you speak clearly and correctly, you make life easier and happier for everybody you come in contact with.

Course Materials and Activities:

     No textbook is assigned; most class materials will be available through this Website and the Internet. However, if you feel you need extra work on your pronunciation, you might want to consider buying the following textbook with CD recordings:

     Gilbert, Judy. Clear Speech. 4th edition, with CD. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2012.

     Here's a very useful pdf by Judy, entitled: Six Pronunciation Priorities for the Beginning Student

     and another called Teaching Pronunciation: Using the Prosody Pyramid.

      Handouts will be mainly be posted on this site and will not be distributed in class.

     Occasional quizzes will be given, usually dictations or ones requiring you to distinguish between correct and incorrect pronunciations.

     Pronunciation and grammar journal: You are required to keep a running record of specific sounds and other areas you need to work on in your pronunciation in a small notebook, based on feedback you receive in class. You are also required to note down grammar points discussed in class and corrections you receive orally or in your written work. You are expected to have your journal open and ready throughout each class, without being reminded.

     Grades for the course will be based on: attendance and punctuality, class performance and participation, listening assignments, quizzes, progress made, attitude, and the final exam.


Input tools:
i2Speak IPA input tool:
http://www.i2speak.com/

Another IPA input interface:
http://westonruter.github.com/ipa-chart/keyboard/

Pinyin tone tool: Adds tone markings over correct vowels
to pinyin marked with tone numbers
http://toshuo.com/chinese-tools/pinyin-tone-tool/