Spring
2020: There will be 31 class meetings
this semester:
March:
2, 4, 9, 11, 16, 18, 23, 25, 30
April:
1, 6, 8, 13, 15, 20, 22, 27, 29
May:
4, 6, 11, 13, 18, 20, 25, 27
June:
1,
3, 8, 10, 15
Note that we WILL have class
on the first day of finals
week, i.e. Monday, June 15,
2010;
this
way there will only be two
fewer classes than last year,
so the class will conclude
according to the original
pre-coronavirus schedule, and
won't extend into summer
vacation.
Tentative final
exam date:
Wednesday, June 17,
2020 外教中心 101;
subject to change.
Notes: 1. You will have an assigned seat to facilitate easier and
fairer turn-taking.
2. The polite way to address your professor is "Professor
Chung".
(This article explains current practices in
the US.)
If other teachers invite you to use their first name, then it's
OK; otherwise use "Professor" + family name.
3. ALWAYS use your NTU email account
for class-related correspondence unless otherwise instructed.
You will also need a gmail account to use Google Drive, and to
submit certain assignments, as instructed.
4. Always TURN OFF OR MUTE YOUR CELL
PHONE while in class.
5. ABSOLUTELY NO
EATING IN THE 外教 CLASSROOM! ALSO,
NO DRINKS ALLOWED OTHER
THAN PLAIN WATER OR UNSWEETENED TEA! You may
eat and drink in the hallways.
There will in any case be NO EATING
during class in both classrooms.
6. Use correct format in all your
written work:
Include your name
in English and Chinese,
your student number, and the
date, flush left (left justified),
in the upper right-hand corner
of all your work.
Use Times New Roman 12 pt for text,
新細明體 12 pt. for Chinese,
and Lucida Sans Unicode 10.5 pt for IPA symbols.
Sample:
Iris Lin 林玉梅
B01102000
Freshman English
September 10 & 12, 2018
Week One
Make SURE you include the CORRECT WEEK NUMBER for the classes
the notes are from, based on this
syllabus.
Grade calculation
Grades will be calculated on the
basis of:
Written class work (20%)
oral class work and class
participation (20%)
scores on your dictations and quizzes (15%)
score on final exam (written and
listening) (30%)
attendance,
punctuality, attitude, and progress made; DON'T BE LATE! (15%)
Note that the percentage breakdown is
only APPROXIMATE, and is SUBJECT TO ADJUSTMENT in each
individual case.
Extra credit will be given to students who do independent
research on a class-related topic and share their findings
with the class.
Also note that more than 3
absences or 5 tardinesses may result in your NOT PASSING THE
COURSE.
If you must miss class or be late let
Ms. Chung and the TA know by e-mail or otherwise beforehand;
or as soon as possible afterwards if
you really can't get in touch beforehand.
Don't just fail to show up for class
and not offer an explanation – even if it's "I overslept",
please explain.
WEEK ONE: 3/02, 3/04
3/02
1. Welcome
back!
Introductions: Prof. Chung and TA
Evanna Shih 施翌雯;
Enrollment and class list:
authorization codes for new students;
please fill in your Chinese and your
English or Romanized name,
along with your department, student
number, Facebook name, and gmail address.
Some of you are back from last
semester, but your original learning partner
may not be; in addition, we now have
some new students.
So we will start over and
choose a new learning partner for help and
accountability.
Please take the initiative and help the
new students in particular find a learning partner.
It may make things easier to stay in
touch if you're both in the same department.
Evanna will photograph the new students
during break for the class list.
Homework for
new students only:
Send an email to Prof. Chung
karchung@ntu.edu.tw and
TA Evanna Shih
施翌雯 b07102110@ntu.edu.tw.
Your email must be sent from
your ntu account, and must include:
1. this subject line:
fe: quote,
reason, NYT, gmail, fb name
2. an English quote you like,
together with its source.
Example: "We are cups,
constantly and quietly being filled.
The trick is,
knowing how to tip ourselves over and let the beautiful stuff
out."
Ray Bradbury (1932- ),
American author
It must be a verifiable
quote, not a proverb, CORRECTLY FORMATTED,
containing no errors.
3. Your reason for wanting to take
this class: I want to take this class because...
4. Confirm that: I have subscribed to
the New York Times email newsletter
"Today's Headlines".
5. Give your gmail address, so you
can be added to Google Drive: My gmail address is:
6. Give your Facebook name: My
Facebook name is:
FORMAT is IMPORTANT!
See this sample, and read
Melissa Hsiung's article, 英文 E-mail 潛規則：老師怎麼不早點教我?!
for correct email format.
You will also need to
include notes on this article in next
Monday's homework.
Make sure to send
(almost) all emails in plain text, not html (look
under ... and click on: 切換為純文字).
Make sure
to produce careful work that is not filled with sloppy
mistakes:
GET EVERYTHING RIGHT THE FIRST TIME!
Make sure you sign your full name
(e.g. Iris Lin) to every e-mail you write!
Pay attention to correct format;
for example, leave a space before and
after (parentheses) like this.
Without a space it looks
like(this)and this is not acceptable in English written
format.
Every student must also register with
the New York Times
and subscribe to their daily email
newsletter (these are free,
as is access to up to five news
stories a month). You will be asked
to choose the kinds of news you'd
like to receive. The aim of this requirement
is to give you at least a passing
familiarity with current international events,
and for you to get used to using
English-language news media sources.
Include this sentence in your email:
"I have subscribed to the New York
Times email newsletter "Today's Headlines."
Do NOT subscribe to the NEWSPAPER,
and do NOT submit any financial information!
The New York Times (US):
Today's Headlines: https://www.nytimes.com/newsletters/todaysheadlines
Other email newsletters: https://www.nytimes.com/newsletters
The New York Times homepage: http://www.nytimes.com/
This assignment is due Monday, March 9.
2. Old students:
Your marked final exam and final set of notes will be
returned to you.
We will go over the answers for the final in
class. Here's the audio file for the "Shabbat"
transcription. Correct your
exam carefully on a separate sheet of paper, and submit
both the original exam and the
corrections on Wednesday, March 4.
3. We will continue
this semester to read CET and English Island articles;
new students will also need to
make up the articles we read last semester.
Please always be ready to help the new
students catch up on the
material from first semester!
Like last semester, every Monday you
will hand in your organized class notes
notes on the assigned articles, and
anything else assigned in class.
You need only note down things that are
new and/or important to you,
that you would like to remember for the
future.
Like last semester, you are to hand in
your paper notes on Monday and also upload them
in an increasingly growing pdf file
(newest notes on top of your Word file, then
convert to pdf) to your Google Drive
folder.
For
new students: Read and summarize:
CET 1 & 2: 大師開講 — 提升聽力祕訣：每天請聽「回音」十分鐘（上、下）
and 英文 E-mail
潛規則：老師怎麼不早點教我?!
For everybody: CET
19 脫口而出的英文文法 in No. 87,
January/February 2015, p. 8-10.
4. We will continue to read and translate an
assigned article, except this time we
will work to get through it much
more quickly and efficiently. Read and translate
mindfully. Remember to
apply the phrasing, stress, linking and other rules
we learned and practiced last
semester when reading aloud!
First article to
read and translate:
The Story of a Curious Phone Call
by Auburn Sandstrom Word
MP3 reading
Print out the article, prepare to read
and translate it, and bring the paper version
to every class – do not use
your phone or other device to read!
In addition to your assigned section,
make sure to read the whole story!
We'll have a vocabulary and compound
noun stress quiz after completing it.
Make sure to use the MP3 file to practice your
pronunciation, phrasing, and intonation,
and also to make the reading of the
whole article easier.
5. This semester, we
will have a daily passage in English to transcribe.
oTranscribe is a great online
transcription tool! Save both the before and
after versions of your
transcriptions in a Google Doc in your Google
Drive folder;
use the template is provided for you.
Please do one section a day rather than the whole
passage at once.
The reason: So you will get into the
habit of listening carefully and closely to a little
close English listening every day.
This will bring you many benefits in the long run, including
to
your study of other languages, and
your powers of observation even in your native
language(s).
Here are the 15 clips for the
coming two weeks. 1-14 are taken from the beginning of the
episode entitled "The Seven Minute Rule"
of author Michael Lewis's "Against the Rules" podcast.
The clip for each day is around
30 seconds or less, and each is marked by a number 1-14,
corresponding to the 14 days it
will take to complete the whole transcription.
The file for Day 15 is a
42-secord report from WNYC radio.
Play special attention to the
unclear function words. Also, what methods can
you use
to find out how to spell words
that are new for you, personal names, place
names,
what initialisms mean,
and proper nouns? (Start with
Google!)
How can repetition help
you catch words you may have missed the first time?
Use Google Images to
see what unfamiliar nouns look like, e.g. cinder block
walls.
Here are direct inks to each daily
segment:
1. 3/02
8. 3/09
2. 3/03
9. 3/10
3. 3/04
10. 3/11
4. 3/05
11. 3/12
5. 3/06
12. 3/13
6. 3/07
13. 3/14
7. 3/08
14. 3/15
15. WNYC: Laundry: 3/16
6. This
semester we are also going to give a 6-minute oral book report
in pairs.
You will need to choose a simplified
English language novel; here and here are
some good examples. You will
need to find a partner, then together choose a
book to report on. It must be a simplified
version of an English-language novel
with literary value; but
no children's books, no Lord of the Rings,
no Harry Potter, no
Charlotte's Web, no Little Prince! Choose
a book at a level that is just a bit more
difficult than your current level of
English, i.e. neither too easy nor too hard.
Simplified English novels are available
at Bookman Books 書林, Crane's 文鶴,
Cave's 敦煌, and other English book
stores, and online. You need to get your choice
approved by Prof. Chung
beforehand.
The reports will be presented in early
May 2020.
7. This semester we
will also practice and perform a scene from the pilot episode of
Gilmore Girls. Please begin viewing the
episode, several times, for pleasure.
Try to understand a bit more each time
you watch it. You are welcome to refer to
the transcript for the episode, which
is available online.
Optional: Commercial resource for
practicing listening with TV series:
Cara of Leo Listening.
8. Breaktime
music: John Legend Conversations
in the Dark
lyrics
3/04
1. Old students:
Submit final exam with corrections.
2. Go over
first two Michael Lewis transcriptions in class.
3. Start
reading and translating
The Story of a Curious Phone Call
by Auburn Sandstrom Word
MP3 reading
4.
Breaktime music: John Legend
Conversations in the Dark
lyrics
WEEK TWO: 3/09, 3/011
3/09
1. Discuss and submit –
for new students:
CET 1 & 2: 大師開講 —
提升聽力祕訣：每天請聽「回音」十分鐘（上、下）
and 英文
E-mail 潛規則：老師怎麼不早點教我?!
For everybody: CET 19 脫口而出的英文文法 in No. 87,
January/February 2015, p. 8-10.dd
For next week: Read and summarize – for
new students:
提升聽力祕訣：/i/ 和 /ɪ/ 的辨別 in No. 71,
May/June 2012, p. 12-14.
For everybody: Read and summarize: CET 20 重方法不重死背的英文文法（上）
in No. 88, March/April 2015,
p. 8-10; and English Island 48, January 2020:
「格式」就是禮貌：英文標點符號的10大規則.
2.
For new students:
a. Professor Chung's October 2018 TEDx talk:
如何用「回音法」學好英文口說 史嘉琳
b. Interview with Ray Du 阿滴
c. SLANT:
Sit
up straight.
Listen.
Ask
and answer questions.
Nod
your head. (or: shake your head; or: wrinkle your brow)
Track
the teacher.
Note that you will get
extra points for class participation;
this can help
raise your final grade./
d. One Small Step Can Change Your Life: with
Kaizen
e. The Pomodoro Technique of time
management,
and improving focus and
productivity.
f. How echoic memory works: Sesame Street: I Can
Remember
3. Check Michael Lewis
transcriptions.
4.
Finalize your book selection by Wednesday March 18.
5. Read and
translate:
The Story of a Curious Phone Call
by Auburn Sandstrom Word
MP3 reading
6. Book
sharing: Impro: Improvisation and the Theatre
by Keith Johnstone
7.
Breaktime music: Chiwoniso Maraire Everyone's Child
lyrics
mbira music sample: Tadzungaira
by Forward Kwenda
3/11
1. Check transcriptions of
Michael Lewis' "The Seven Minute Rule".
2. Read and translate:
The Story of a Curious Phone Call
by Auburn Sandstrom Word
MP3 reading
3.
Breaktime music: Chiwoniso Maraire Everyone's Child
lyrics
mbira music sample:
Tadzungaira by
Forward Kwenda
WEEK THREE: 3/16, 3/018
3/16
1. Discuss
and submit – for new students:
CET 3 提升聽力祕訣：/i/ 和 /ɪ/ 的辨別
in No. 71, May/June 2012, p. 12-14.
For everybody: CET 20 重方法不重死背的英文文法（上）
in No. 88,
March/April 2015, p. 8-10; and English
Island 48, January 2020:
「格式」就是禮貌：英文標點符號的10大
規則.
For next week: Read and summarize – for
new students:
CET 4「重音」真 的很重要! in No.
72, July/August 2012, p. 12-14.
For everybody: Read and
summarize: CET 21 重方法不重死背的英文文法（下）
in No. 89,
May/June 2015, p. 3-5; and English
Island 45, October 2019:
突破聽力瓶頸的五大秘訣.
2. Book
choice is due on Wednesday 3/18.
Instructions for
oral book report in pairs:
1. Find a partner.
2. Choose a book to read
and report on. You are strongly encouraged to
choose a book from the
The Compass Classic Readers
series
(second photo) of Level 6 simplified novels
with CD, available at Crane's;
Address: 106 台北市大安區金山南路二段 200 號 8 樓.
3. Details:
Choose a
SIMPLIFIED English NOVEL
to give a
6-minute oral book report on with a
PARTNER between April 13-27.
Check
with Prof. Chung before buying!
And make
sure you choose a book you like!
The book
must have high literary value.
Do NOT
choose any of the following: Harry
Potter, The Little Prince, Lord
of the Rings,
The
Chronicles Of Narnia, Charlotte's
Web, or any other children's
literature!
TITLE and
AUTHOR of the book and the English and
Chinese NAMES
and
STUDENT NUMBERS of BOTH PARTNERS
are due
WEDNESDAY MARCH 18 over EMAIL
to both Prof.
Chung at karchung@ntu.edu.tw and TA Evanna
at b07102110@ntu.edu.tw.
Correct format: Hardy, Thomas. 2009. Tess
of the d`Ubervilles. (Classic
Readers Level 6)
Retold by Peter
Kaster. Sachse, Texas: Compass Publishing.
128pp. Paper; with CD.
To
prepare for the oral book report:
1.
Write down all new vocabulary
items with meanings and enter into your Excel
file, and make an outline;
2.
Meet and discuss book with your
partner(s); prepare a script, and have it
checked;
3.
Presentation will be six minutes
long per group;
4.
Book title, author, key words on board; 5.
2-3 sentences on author; 6.
Summary of plot;
7.
2-3 parts that impressed you most; 8.
Your evaluation of the book on a scale of
1-10,
or "Thumbs up"
vs. "Thumbs down."
Try to engage and interact
with each other in a lively discussion.
See how Gene Siskel and
Roger Ebert used to interact
in their movie review program (start
around 2:30).
9.
Each pair will have ONE 20-minute
individual coaching session with TA
Evanna before you present,
to
help correct your errors and give you
suggestions on how to improve your
performance.
10.
The oral book reports will be scheduled
beforehand and presented in the
following classes:
1.
Monday, April 20 2.
Wednesday, April 22 3.
Monday, April 27 4.
Wednesday, April 29 5.
Monday May 4
3.
Check Michael Lewis transcriptions.
4. New
transcription exercise: This American Life:
Everyone's a Critic
February
28, 2020
People squirming
in a world where everything is rated and
reviewed.
Act One Their Eyes
Weren’t Watching God By B.A. Parker
On a friend’s
recommendation, B.A. Parker decides to try
attending
First Corinthian
Baptist Church in Harlem. Parker is black, much
like the
majority of the
church’s congregation. But when she gets to
FCBC, she
notices a long line of
white tourists waiting to get inside. (13
minutes)
oTranscribe
Entire exercise (part
of the original piece has been omitted)
Daily
segments:
16. 3/17
24. 3/25
17. 3/18
25. 3/26
18. 3/19
26. 3/27
19. 3/20
27. 3/28
20 . 3/21
28. 3/29
21. 3/22
29. 3/30
22. 3/23
30. 3/31
23.
3/24
31. 4/01
5.
Read and translate:
The Story of a Curious Phone Call
by Auburn Sandstrom Word
MP3 reading
6. Breaktime music: Scorpions
Wind of Change (1990)
lyrics
3/18
1. Book
choice is due; please follow all the
instructions carefully!
2. Check This
American Life transcriptions.
3. Read and
translate:
The Story of a Curious Phone Call
by Auburn Sandstrom Word
MP3 reading
4. Breaktime music: Scorpions
Wind of Change (1990)
lyrics
WEEK
FOUR: 3/23, 3/25
3/23
1. Discuss
and submit – for new students:
CET 4「重音」真的很重要!
in No. 72, July/August 2012, p. 12-14.
For
everybody: CET 21 重方法不重死背的英文文法（下）
in No. 89, May/June 2015, p. 3-5; and
English Island 45, October 2019:
突破聽力瓶頸的五大秘訣.
For next week – Read and summarize – for
new students:
CET 5 英語教學死 角：複合名詞重音 in No. 73,
September/October 2012, p. 12-14.
For everybody – Read and summarize:
CET 22 單數？複數？可數？ 不可數？ a, one, the？讓英文名詞再也難不倒你！（上）
in No. 90, July/August 2015, p. 20-22;
and
English Island 46, November 2019 加強英文聽力的終極策略：解析10個常見錯誤
2.
Check New transcription
exercise: This American
Life: Everyone's a Critic
February
28, 2020
People squirming in a world
where everything is rated
and reviewed.
Act
One Their Eyes Weren’t
Watching God By B.A.
Parker
On
a friend’s recommendation,
B.A. Parker decides to try
attending
First Corinthian Baptist
Church in Harlem. Parker is
black, much like the
majority of the church’s
congregation. But when she
gets to FCBC, she
notices a long line of white
tourists waiting to get
inside. (13 minutes)
oTranscribe
Entire
exercise (part of
the original piece has been
omitted)
Daily segments:
16. 3/17
24. 3/25
17. 3/18
25. 3/26
18. 3/19
26. 3/27
19. 3/20
27. 3/28
20
. 3/21
28. 3/29
21. 3/22
29. 3/30
22. 3/23
30. 3/31
23.
3/24
31. 4/01
3. Read and translate:
The Story of a Curious
Phone Call
by Auburn Sandstrom
Word
MP3 reading
4. Breaktime
music: Alannis Morissette
Ironic
lyrics
3/25
1. Discussion of oral book report
assignment. NO POWERPOINTS ALLOWED!
Start reading your chosen book NOW if
you haven't already started.
Read it through once without checking
too many words – only look up a
word if it's interfering with your
basic understanding of the story and
enjoyment.
Read it a second time, this time noting
down the words you don't know,
and looking them up. Enter the new
words with their Chinese translations
in the "Vocabulary" sheet of your
Learning Checklist. Also take notes on
the story for your summary, noting what
parts impressed you most.
Then read a third time, trying to
understand and enjoy it thoroughly,
without being slowed down too much due
to words you don't understand.
After three readings, meet with your
report partner to discuss the book,
and how you plan to structure the
report and divide up the work.
Write a script for your presentation.
Email it to Prof. Chung and Evanna
by Wednesday,
April 8, 2020. We'll go over it and try to get it
back to you asap.
Once your script has been corrected,
start practicing your oral presentation
with your partner. Make a date with
Evanna for your 20-minute coaching session
outside of class.
Here is the revised schedule for the
oral book report presentations. You will need
to schedule your presentation with
Evanna beforehand – first come, first served!
1.
Monday, April 20 2.
Wednesday, April 22 3. Monday, April
27 4.
Wednesday, April 29 5.
Monday May 4
2. Check New
transcription exercise: This American Life: Everyone's a Critic
February 28, 2020
People squirming in a world where
everything is rated and reviewed.
Act One Their Eyes Weren’t Watching
God By B.A. Parker
On a friend’s recommendation, B.A.
Parker decides to try attending
First Corinthian Baptist Church in
Harlem. Parker is black, much like the
majority of the church’s congregation.
But when she gets to FCBC, she
notices a long line of white tourists
waiting to get inside. (13 minutes)
oTranscribe
Entire
exercise
(part of the
original piece has
been omitted)
Daily segments:
16. 3/17
24.
3/25
17. 3/18
25.
3/26
18. 3/19
26.
3/27
19. 3/20
27.
3/28
20 . 3/21
28.
3/29
21. 3/22
29.
3/30
22. 3/23
30.
3/31
23.
3/24
31. 4/01
3.
Read and translate
(postponed):
The Story of a
Curious Phone Call
by Auburn Sandstrom
Word
MP3 reading
4.
Breaktime music: Alannis Morissette
Ironic
lyrics
Week 5: 3/30, 4/1
3/30
1. Discuss and submit – for new students:
CET 5 英語教學死 角：複合名詞重音 in No. 73,
September/October 2012, p. 12-14.
For everybody: CET 22 單數？複數？可數？ 不可數？ a, one,
the？讓英文名詞再也難不倒你！（上）
in No. 90, July/August 2015, p.
20-22; and
English Island 46, November
2019 加強英文聽力的終極策略：解析10個常見錯誤
For next week: Read and summarize
– for new students:
CET 6 抑揚頓挫： 英語的語調和斷句 in No. 74,
November/December 2012, p. 12-14.
For everybody – Read and
summarize:
CET 23 單數？複數？可數？ 不可數？ a, one,
the？讓英文名詞再也難不倒你！（下）
in No. 91, September/October
2015, p. 12-14; and
English Island 50, March 2020 英語單字量不夠？那，背字典有用嗎？
劉偉琦 Ricky Lau and 吳承恆 Albert Wu
will present.
2. This American Life
transcription:
oTranscribe
Entire exercise (part
of the original piece has been omitted)
3. New
transcription assignment:
Langpreneur podcast episode 19:
Interview by Jan van der Aa with
Brett Whiteside of Learn Thai
from a White Guy (For fun: Australians speaking Thai)
Entire exercise (parts
of the original interview have been omitted)
Daily segments:
1. (32) 4/02
9. (40) 4/10
2. (33) 4/03
10. (41) 4/11
3. (34) 4/04
11. (42) 4/12
4. (35) 4/05
12. (43) 4/13
5. (36) 4/06
13. (44) 4/14
6. (37) 4/07
14. (45) 4/15
7. (38) 4/08
15. (46) 4/16
8. (39) 4/09
4. Read and
translate:
The Story of a Curious Phone Call
by Auburn Sandstrom Word
MP3 reading
5. Breaktime song: Bob
Dylan Murder Most Foul (17 minutes)
lyrics
released March 27, 2020
4/1
1. Finish This American Life transcription:
oTranscribe
Entire exercise (part of the
original piece has been omitted)
2. OneLook
Dictionary has lots of great tools to help you with your
transcription!
3. Read and
translate:
The Story of a Curious Phone Call
by Auburn Sandstrom Word
MP3 reading
4. Breaktime song: Bob
Dylan Murder Most Foul (17 minutes)
lyrics
released March 27, 2020
Week 6: 4/06, 4/08
4/06
1. Discuss and
submit – for new students:
CET 6 抑揚頓挫： 英語的語調和斷句
in No. 74, November/December 2012, p.
12-14.
For everybody
– Read and summarize:
CET 23 單數？複數？可數？ 不可數？ a,
one, the？讓英文名詞再也難不倒你！（下）
in No. 91,
September/October 2015, p. 12-14; and
English
Island 50, March 2020 英語單字量不夠？那，背字典有用嗎？
劉偉琦 Ricky Lau
and 吳承恆 Albert Wu will present.
Joke
regarding "Ditch the fancy words": Plumber story.
For next week: Read and
summarize – for new students:
CET 7 Stop at stops! —— 遇到塞音請停！
in No. 75, January/February 2013, p. 12-14.
For everybody – Read and
summarize:
CET 24 動詞時態三頁通 in No. 92,
November/December 2015, p. 24-26.
in No. 91, September/October
2015, p. 12-14; and
English Island 38, March 2019
片語動詞怎麼唸？
洪品蓉 Rebacca Hung and 陳信安 Andy
Chen will present.
2. Submit your draft script to Prof.
Chung and Evanna by Wednesday, April 8.
Confirm book report coaching
appointments with Prof. Chung and Evanna.
More hints on the oral book report:
Presenters:
remember to:
(1) Always face the audience
and connect with them visually.
(2) Speak loud without
shouting and clearly. Use a microphone if
necessary. You wißll quickly
lose your audience if you speak too quietly
or in a monotone voice. But
don’t overdo the drama either!
(3) Use natural gestures to
support what you’re saying, but don’t overdo it.
Don’t
break character, and don’t make nervous
movements like
wiggling your leg, twisting
your hair, walking around on the platform
too much, or giggling
unnecessarily. Maintain the thread of what you
are saying, and try to engage
your audience.
Audience:
remember to:
(1) Stay quiet while others
are presenting!
(2) But do give them
feedback, e.g. laughter if appropriate, and applause
at the end. Pay close
attention, and give oral feedback at the end so
they know how they did, and
how they can improve next time.
3. American
Life transcription:
oTranscribe
Entire exercise
(part of the original piece has been omitted)
Use the OneLook
Dictionary Search to help
solving any listening problems!
Click on "Related Words"
for the thesaurus/backward dictionary!
4. New
transcription assignment: we'll go over this on Wednesday.
Langpreneur podcast episode
19: Interview by Jan van der Aa with
Brett Whiteside of Learn Thai
from a White Guy (For fun: Australians speaking Thai)
Entire exercise
(parts of the original interview have been omitted)
Daily segments:
1. (32) 4/02
9. (40) 4/10
2. (33) 4/03
10. (41) 4/11
3. (34) 4/04
11. (42) 4/12
4. (35) 4/05
12. (43) 4/13
5. (36) 4/06
13. (44) 4/14
6. (37) 4/07
14. (45) 4/15
7. (38) 4/08
15. (46) 4/16
8. (39) 4/09
5. Read and
translate:
The Story of a Curious Phone Call
by Auburn Sandstrom Word
MP3 reading
6. Breaktime song: Bill Withers (July 4, 1938 – March 30,
2020) Lean on me (live 1973)
lyrics video with lyrics
Playing for Change Song Around the World
4/08
1. Submit your draft script to
Prof. Chung and Evanna today
at their NTU email accounts.
2. Finish
American Life
transcription:
oTranscribe
Entire exercise
(part of the original piece has been
omitted)
Use the OneLook Dictionary
Search to help solving any
listening problems!
Click on "Related
Words" for the
thesaurus/backward dictionary!New
transcription assignment:
Langpreneur podcast episode
19: Interview by Jan van der Aa with
Brett Whiteside of Learn
Thai from a White Guy (For fun: Australians speaking
Thai)
Entire exercise
(parts of the original interview have been omitted)
Daily segments:
1. (32) 4/02
9. (40) 4/10
2. (33) 4/03
10. (41) 4/11
3. (34) 4/04
11. (42) 4/12
4. (35) 4/05
12. (43) 4/13
5. (36) 4/06
13. (44) 4/14
6. (37) 4/07
14. (45) 4/15
7. (38) 4/08
15. (46) 4/16
8. (39) 4/09
3. Read and
translate:
The Story of a Curious Phone Call
by Auburn Sandstrom Word
MP3 reading
4. Book
sharing: The Human Voice:
The Story of a Remarkable
Talent Anne
Karpf 2007
5.
Breaktime song: Bill Withers (July 4, 1938 – March 30,
2020) Lean on me (live 1973)
lyrics video with lyrics
Playing for Change Song Around the
World
Week
7: 4/13, 4/15
4/13
1. Discuss
and submit – for new students:
CET 7 Stop at stops! —— 遇到塞音請停！
in No. 75, January/February 2013, p. 12-14.
For everybody – Read and
summarize:
CET 24 動詞時態三頁通 in No. 92,
November/December 2015, p. 24-26.
in No. 91, September/October
2015, p. 12-14; and
English Island 38, March 2019
片語動詞怎麼唸？
洪品蓉 Rebacca Hung and 陳信安 Andy
Chen will present.
For next week: Read and summarize – for new students:
CET 8 "-s" 和 "-ed" 詞尾 怎麼唸？ in
No. 76, March/April 2013, p. 12-14.
For everybody – Read and
summarize:
English Island 39, April 2019
中文也有片語動詞嗎？ and
English Island 37, February
2019 你還在用俗氣的“Last but not least”嗎？
張群岳 Montana Chang
and 胡廷宇 Jeffrey
Hu will present.
2. Go over
transcriptions.
Langpreneur podcast episode 19:
Interview by Jan van der Aa with
Brett Whiteside
of Learn Thai from a White Guy
Entire exercise
(parts of the original interview have
been omitted)
Daily segments:
1. (32) 4/02
9. (40) 4/10
2. (33) 4/03
10. (41) 4/11
3. (34) 4/04
11. (42) 4/12
4. (35) 4/05
12. (43) 4/13
5. (36) 4/06
13. (44) 4/14
6. (37) 4/07
14. (45) 4/15
7. (38) 4/08
15. (46) 4/16
8. (39) 4/09
New
transcription exercise: Letter to Preet
Bharara from a doctor in Arizona
Entire exercise
Daily segments:
1. (47) 4/17
5. (51) 4/21
2. (48) 4/18
6. (52) 4/22
3. (49) 4/19
7. (53) 4/23
4. (50) 4/20
8. (54) 4/24
3. Oral
book reports:
1. 顏宸宣 Sophie Yen
蘇秀惠 Janet Su
Vanity Fair
2. 鄭伊軒 Naomi
Cheng 張晏榕 Annie Cheng The
Giver
3. 鄭又誠 Alan Cheng
施沐寬 Henry Shih
The Woman in White
4. Read and
translate:
The Story of a Curious Phone Call
by Auburn Sandstrom Word
MP3 reading
5. Breaktime song: Peggy March I Will Follow Him (1963)
lyrics
Sister Act version
4/15
1.
Go over transcriptions.
Langpreneur podcast episode 19:
Interview by Jan van der Aa with
Brett
Whiteside of Learn Thai from a White
Guy
Entire exercise
(parts of the original interview
have been omitted)
Daily
segments:
1.
(32) 4/02
9. (40) 4/10
2.
(33) 4/03
10. (41) 4/11
3.
(34) 4/04
11. (42) 4/12
4.
(35) 4/05
12. (43) 4/13
5.
(36) 4/06
13. (44) 4/14
6.
(37) 4/07
14. (45) 4/15
7.
(38) 4/08
15. (46) 4/16
8.
(39) 4/09
New
transcription exercise: Letter to
Preet Bharara from a doctor in Arizona
Entire exercise
Daily segments:
1. (47) 4/17
5. (51) 4/21
2. (48) 4/18
6. (52) 4/22
3. (49) 4/19
7. (53) 4/23
4. (50) 4/20
8. (54) 4/24
2. Read and
translate:
The Story of a Curious Phone Call
by Auburn Sandstrom Word
MP3 reading
3. Oral book
report:
1. 陳麒瑞 Saturn Chen
翁茂彬 Ben Ong Robinson
Crusoe
4. Book
sharing: Rule Makers, Rule
Breakers: How Tight and Loose Cultures
Wire Our World by Michele
Gelfand
5.
Useful links:
1. How
to activate Alex and Mei-jia on an
iPhone:
聆聽 iPhone
朗讀的螢幕內容、所選文字和輸入回饋
2. How
to have Google Assistant read aloud to
you on an Android phone:
選擇「Google 助理」的語音
or:
活用Android文字轉語音功
能：Google小姐超好用
3. Chrome extension:
Read Aloud (thanks to
Evanna Shih)
4. Word 的追蹤修訂功能
6. Breaktime song: Peggy March I Will Follow Him (1963)
lyrics
Sister Act version
Week 8:
4/20, 4/22
4/20
1.
Discuss
and submit – for new students:
CET 8 "-s" 和 "-ed" 詞尾 怎麼唸？ in No. 76, March/April
2013, p.
12-14.
For everybody
– Read and
summarize:
English Island
39, April 2019
中文也有片語動詞嗎？ and
English Island
37, February
2019 你還在用俗氣的“Last but not least”嗎？
張
群岳 Montana Chang and 胡廷
宇 Jeffrey Hu
will present.
For next week: Read and summarize – for new students:
CET 9 & 10 鼻音/m /、/n/ 與 /ŋ/ —— No problen? （上、下）
in No. 77, May/June 2013, p. 12-14
and No. 78, July/August 2013, p. 12-14.
For everybody – Read and summarize:
English Island 47, December 2019 Who's a False Friend? 小心外來的「假朋友」！
and
English Island 49, February 2020 實況英文有聽沒有懂 Make sure you "Know before you
go"
王睿民 Thomas Wang and 陳子安 Thomas
Chen will present.
Include in next week's notes: Five things you learned from the edited
version of your
oral book
report script.
2. New transcription exercise:
Letter to Preet Bharara from a doctor in Arizona
Entire exercise
Daily segments:
1. (47) 4/17
5. (51) 4/21
2. (48) 4/18
6. (52) 4/22
3. (49) 4/19
7. (53) 4/23
4. (50) 4/20
8. (54) 4/24
3. Oral book
reports:
1. Emma Kuo 郭婷婷
Brenda Lin 林鈺芳 The Count of Monte
Cristo
2. Daniel Hsu 許皓揚
Ricky Liu 劉偉琦 The Phantom of the
Opera
3. Tim Hsu
許祖源 Jason Yeh
葉弘臻 The Outsider
4.
Read and translate:
The Story of a Curious Phone Call
by Auburn Sandstrom Word
MP3 reading
5. Breaktime music:
Carla Sciaky Insomnia Blues
lyrics
4/22
1. Include in next Monday's notes: 5 things
I learned from the edited version
of the script for our oral book
report.
Each
partner will do their own work independently.
2. Transcription exercise: Letter to
Preet Bharara from a doctor in Arizona
Entire exercise
Daily segments:
1. (47) 4/17
5. (51) 4/21
2. (48) 4/18
6. (52) 4/22
3. (49) 4/19
7. (53) 4/23
4. (50) 4/20
8. (54) 4/24
New transcription
exercise for April 25-30:
Edited from The Cracked Podcast: 6 Shut-Down Things
(That Shouldn’t Return)
Entire exercise
Daily segments:
1. (55) 4/25
4. (58) 4/28
2. (56) 4/26
5. (59) 4/29
3. (57) 4/27
6. (60) 4/30
Spring snake in a can
Binoculars prank
3. Oral book reports:
1. Brady
Chang 張書明 Max Wu
吳孟哲
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
2. Breeze Ni
倪楷恩
Eddy Yang 楊昌興
Pride and Prejudice
3. Rebacca Hung 洪品蓉
Montana Chang 張群岳 The Invisible
Man
(postponed till Monday, April 27)
4.
Read and translate:
The Story of a Curious Phone Call
by Auburn Sandstrom Word
MP3 reading
5. Breaktime music:
Carla Sciaky Insomnia Blues
lyrics
Week 9: 4/27, 4/29
4/27
1. Discuss and submit – for new
students:
CET 9 & 10 鼻音/m /、/n/ 與 /ŋ/ —— No problen? （上、下）
in No. 77, May/June 2013, p. 12-14
and No. 78, July/August 2013, p. 12-14.
For everybody – Read and summarize:
English Island 47, December 2019 Who's a False Friend? 小心外來的「假朋友」！
and
English Island 49, February 2020 實況英文有聽沒有懂 Make sure you "Know before
you go"
王睿民 Thomas Wang and 陳子安
Thomas Chen will present.
For next week: Read and summarize – for
new students:
CET 11 台式英語罪魁禍首：/æ /、/ɛ/ 和 /eɪ/ in No. 79,
September/October 2013, p. 12-14.
For everybody – Read and summarize:
English Island 28, April
2018 Advanced!文法過招第二式： 副詞Even的4種用法
and
English Island 41, June
2019 Podcasts: 可以隨身攜帶的耳福
張書明 Brady Chang and 吳孟哲 Max Wu will
present.
Make sure you've included in your
notes: Five things you learned
from the edited version of your
oral book
report script.
2.
Transcription exercise: Letter to Preet
Bharara from a doctor in Arizona
Entire exercise
Daily segments:
1. (47) 4/17
5. (51) 4/21
2. (48) 4/18
6. (52) 4/22
3. (49) 4/19
7. (53) 4/23
4. (50) 4/20
8. (54) 4/24
New transcription
exercise for April 25-30:
Edited from The Cracked Podcast: 6 Shut-Down
Things (That Shouldn’t Return)
Entire exercise
Daily segments:
1. (55) 4/25
4. (58) 4/28
2. (56) 4/26
5. (59) 4/29
3. (57) 4/27
6. (60) 4/30
Spring snake in a can
Binoculars prank
3. Oral book reports:
1.
Rebacca Hung 洪品蓉 Montana Chang
張群岳 The Invisible
Man
2. Albert Wu
吳承恆
Jeffrey Hu 胡廷
宇
Tess of the D'Urbervilles
3. Tom Yu 余立
群
David Tu 凃冠
竹
The Turn of the Screw
4. Thomas Wang 王睿民
Thomas Chen 陳子安 Little
Women
4.
Read and translate:
The Story of a Curious Phone Call
by Auburn Sandstrom
Word
MP3 reading
5. Breaktime
music: German parody song: Scheiss Corona
by The Happy Disharmonists
Original: My Sharona by The
Knack lyrics
4/29
1. Transcription exercise for April
25-30:
Edited from The Cracked Podcast: 6 Shut-Down
Things (That Shouldn’t Return)
Entire exercise
Daily segments:
1. (55) 4/25
4. (58) 4/28
2. (56) 4/26
5. (59) 4/29
3. (57) 4/27
6. (60) 4/30
New transcription exercise for May
1-10:
Edited from the improvisation
podcast:
Everything is Alive: Louise & William, Shirt & Pants
Entire exercise
Daily segments:
1. (61) 5/01
6. (66) 5/06
2. (62) 5/02
7.
(67) 5/07
3. (63) 5/03
8. (68) 5/08
4. (64) 5/04
9. (69) 5/09
5. (65) 5/05
10. (70) 5/10
2. Oral
book reports:
1. Joseph Huang
黃柏勳 Ian Chen
陳觀祐 The
Invisible Man
2. Andy Chen
陳信安
Amos Lin 林治慶
The Count of Monte Cristo
Come prepared on Monday, May 4, to
share your feedback on the
oral book report assignment,
including
what
you learned from it, what you think was done well in
the presentations, and what
could be improved for next
time.
3.
Read and translate:
The Story of a
Curious Phone Call
by Auburn Sandstrom
Word
MP3 reading
4.
New
assignment: Cloze exercise
on opening scene of Gilmore Girls pilot
episode: Print out, complete,
bring to class on
Monday, May 4.
You can also start practicing the scene
to prepare for a class performance:
MP3 Echo files
for Gilmore Girls pilot, Scene 1: Echo file 1
Echo file 2
Echo file 3
Echo file 4
Echo file 5
5.
Breaktime music: German
parody song: Scheiss
Corona
by The Happy
Disharmonists
Original: My Sharona
by The
Knack lyrics
Week
10: 5/04, 5/06
5/04
1. Discuss and submit – for new
students:
CET 11 台式英語罪魁禍首：/æ /、/ɛ/ 和 /eɪ/ in No.
79, September/October 2013, p. 12-14.
in No. 77, May/June 2013, p. 12-14 and
No. 78, July/August 2013, p. 12-14.
For everybody – Read and summarize:
English Island 28, April 2018 Advanced! 文法過招第二式： 副詞 Even 的4種用法
and
English Island 41, June 2019 Podcasts: 可以隨身攜帶的耳福
張書明 Brady Chang and 吳孟哲 Max Wu will
present.
For next week: Read and summarize – for
new students:
CET 12 英語發音百樂篇（一）: Pronunciation Potluck (1)
in No. 80, November/December 2013, p.
12-14.
For everybody – Read and summarize:
English Island 25, January 2018 Advanced! 文法過招第一式：英文倒裝句 and
English Island 29, May 2018 學哪一種好？注音符號vs羅馬拼音
倪楷恩 Breeze Ni and 楊昌興 Eddy Yang will
present.
2. Discussion and evaluation of Oral Book Report assignment:
everybody will share a few thoughts in
class.
3. Transcription exercise for
April 25-30:
Edited from The Cracked Podcast: 6
Shut-Down Things (That Shouldn’t Return)
Entire exercise
Daily segments:
1.
(55) 4/25
4. (58) 4/28
2.
(56) 4/26
5. (59) 4/29
3.
(57) 4/27
6. (60) 4/30
New transcription exercise for
May 1-10:
Edited from the
improvisation podcast:
Everything is Alive: Louise & William, Shirt & Pants
Entire exercise
Daily segments:
1. (61) 5/01
6. (66) 5/06
2. (62) 5/02
7.
(67) 5/07
3. (63) 5/03
8. (68) 5/08
4. (64) 5/04
9. (69) 5/09
5. (65) 5/05
10. (70) 5/10
4.
New
assignment: Go over cloze
exercise on opening
scene of Gilmore Girls pilot
episode in class.
Form
groups of 4 to learn, practice
and perform the scene in class.
Work with classmates who
are not
your learning or book report
partner.
To
help you practice the scene
please use these
MP3 Echo
files for
Gilmore Girls pilot, Scene 1:
Echo file
1 Echo file
2 Echo file
3 Echo file
4 Echo file
5
5.
Read and
translate:
The
Story of a
Curious Phone
Call
by Auburn
Sandstrom
Word
MP3
reading
6. Breaktime music: Alicia Keys Underdog lyrics
5/06
1. New
transcription exercise for May 1-10:
Edited from the
improvisation podcast:
Everything is
Alive: Louise & William, Shirt
& Pants
Entire exercise
Daily
segments:
1.
(61) 5/01
6. (66) 5/06
2.
(62) 5/02
7. (67) 5/07
3.
(63) 5/03
8. (68) 5/08
4.
(64) 5/04
9. (69) 5/09
5.
(65) 5/05
10. (70) 5/10
We'll
go over your transcriptions on Monday 5/11.
Make sure your transcriptions on
Google Drive are up to date!
2.
We'll go over the Gilmore Girls cloze exercise
carefully,
pointing out gestures and facial expressions in the video
to pay special attention to when
practicing and performing.
Send an email
to Prof. Chung and Evanna telling us
the names
of the people in your performance group.
3. Read and
translate:
The Story of a Curious Phone Call
by Auburn Sandstrom Word
MP3 reading
4. Breaktime
music: Alicia Keys
Underdog
lyrics
Week 11: 5/11, 5/13
5/11
1. Discuss and submit –
for new students:
CET 12 英語發音百樂篇（一）: Pronunciation
Potluck (1)
in No. 80,
November/December 2013, p. 12-14.
For everybody – Read and
summarize:
English Island 25, January
2018 Advanced! 文法過招第一式：英文倒裝句
and
English Island 29, May 2018
學哪一種好？注音符號vs羅馬拼音
倪楷恩 Breeze Ni
and 楊昌興 Eddy Yang will present.
For next week: Read and summarize
– for new students:
CET 13 英語發音百樂篇（二）: Pronunciation Potluck (2)
Audio file
in No. 81, January/February 2014, p.
12-14.
For everybody – Read
and summarize:
English Island 20,
August 2017 語言交換必看小撇步 and
English Island 19,
July 2017 小心你的台式英文腔.
鄭伊軒 Naomi Cheng and 蘇秀惠 Janet Su
will present.
2.
Print out your English/Chinese
vocabulary list from your
book
report book and hand it in with your
notes on Monday 5/18.
3. Finish checking: transcription
exercise for May 1-10:
Everything is
Alive: Louise &
William, Shirt & Pants
Entire exercise
New
transcription exercise:
WNYC The
Takeaway:
For
Black Men, Complying with Face
Mask Guidelines
Comes with Racial Profiling
Risks 2020-04-27
Entire
exercise
Daily segments:
1.
(71) 5/11
4. (74) 5/14
2. (72) 5/12
5. (75) 5/15
3. (73) 5/13
6.
(76) 5/16
4. Review
Gilmore Girls script.
Make sure you have chosen
your Gilmore Girls group members
and sent an email to Prof. Chung and
Evanna telling us
the names
of the people in your group; also fill in your names directly
in the "Gilmore Girls" tab of
the class list on Google Drive.
5. Read and
translate:
The Story of a Curious Phone Call
by Auburn Sandstrom Word
MP3 reading
6. Optional – for fun:
Survey on Irony Recognition in Italian
https://linguistlist.org/issues/31/31-1560.html
7. Breaktime music:
William McCarthy/Augustines
Ballad for the Unemployed
5/13
1.
Print out your English/Chinese
vocabulary list from your
book report
book and hand it in with your notes on Monday 5/18.
2. Transcription
exercise:
WNYC The
Takeaway:
For
Black Men, Complying with Face
Mask Guidelines
Comes with Racial Profiling
Risks 2020-04-27
Entire
exercise
Daily segments:
1.
(71) 5/11
4. (74) 5/14
2. (72) 5/12
5. (75) 5/15
3. (73) 5/13
6.
(76) 5/16
New transcription exercise:
The Jordan Harbinger Show
350: Dan Heath | Solving Problems from Upstream
Entire exercise
Daily segments:
1. (77) 5/17
4. (80) 5/20
2. (78) 5/18
5.
(81) 5/21
3. (79) 5/19
6.
(82) 5/22
3.
Rehearse Gilmore Girls script in groups.
4. Read and
translate:
The Story of a Curious Phone Call
by Auburn Sandstrom Word
MP3 reading
5. Breaktime
music: William McCarthy/Augustines
Ballad for the Unemployed
Week 12: 5/18, 5/20
5/18
1. Discuss and submit – for new students:
CET 13 英語發音百樂篇（二）: Pronunciation Potluck (2)
Audio file
in No. 81, January/February 2014, p. 12-14.
For everybody – Read and summarize:
English Island 20, August 2017 語言交換必看小撇步 and
English Island 19, July 2017 小心你的台式英文腔.
鄭伊軒 Naomi Cheng and 蘇秀惠 Janet Su will
present.
For next week: Read and summarize – for
new students:
CET 14 英語發音百樂篇（三）: Pronunciation Potluck (3)
in No. 82, March/April 2014, p. 12-14.
For everybody – Read and summarize:
English Island 52, May 2020 請不要跟我說英文，好嗎？
English Island 51, April 2020 英文真的要作第二官方語言？那，非這樣做不可
林鈺芳 Brenda Lin and 翁茂彬 Ben Weng will
present.
Make sure you've
included a printout of your English/Chinese
vocabulary list
from your book report
book and hand it in with your notes.
2. Check:
Transcription exercise for
May 11-16:
WNYC The Takeaway:
For Black Men,
Complying with
Face Mask
Guidelines
Comes with
Racial
Profiling
Risks
2020-04-27
Entire exercise
Daily
segments:
1.
(71) 5/11
4.
(74) 5/14
2.
(72) 5/12
5.
(75) 5/15
3.
(73) 5/13
6.
(76) 5/16
New transcription exercise:
The
Jordan
Harbinger
Show (parts
of the
original
interview have
been omitted)
350: Dan
Heath Solving Problems from Upstream
Entire exercise
Daily
segments:
1.
(77) 5/17
4.
(80) 5/20
2.
(78) 5/18
5.
(81) 5/21
3.
(79) 5/19
6.
(82) 5/22
3. Review Gilmore Girls
script in groups.
The performances will
be held next week, on May
25 and 27.
You will perform without a script,
so be sure you memorize
your lines well!
4. Read and
translate:
The Story of a Curious Phone Call
by Auburn Sandstrom
Word
MP3 reading
5.
Breaktime music: Billy Joel
A Matter of
Trust
lyrics
5/20
1.
Check transcription exercise:
The Jordan Harbinger Show
(parts
of the original
interview have
been omitted)
350: Dan Heath |
Solving Problems from Upstream
Entire exercise
Daily segments:
1. (77) 5/17
4. (80) 5/20
2. (78) 5/18
5. (81) 5/21
3. (79) 5/19
6. (82) 5/22
New transcription exercise:
IX. The Indicator: The Great Potato Giveaway
with Stacey Vanek Smith
The potato pile
Entire exercise
(parts of the original interview have been omitted)
Daily
segments:
1. (83) 5/23
9. (91) 5/31
2. (84) 5/24
10. (92) 6/01
3. (85) 5/25
11. (93) 6/02
4. (86) 5/26
12. (94) 6/03
5. (87) 5/27
13. (95) 6/04
6. (88) 5/28
14. (96) 6/05
7. (89) 5/29
15. (97) 6/06
8. (90) 5/30
16. (98) 6/07
2. Rehearse
Gilmore Girls script in groups.
3. Read
and translate:
The Story of a Curious Phone
Call by
Auburn Sandstrom
Word
MP3 reading
4.
Breaktime music: Billy Joel
A Matter of Trust
lyrics
Week 13: 5/25; 5/27
1. Discuss and submit –
for new students:
CET 14 英語發音百樂篇（三）:
Pronunciation Potluck (3)
in No. 82, March/April
2014, p. 12-14.
For everybody –
Read and summarize:
English Island 52,
May 2020 請不要跟我說英文，好嗎？
English Island 51,
April 2020 英文真的要作第二官方語言？那，非這樣做不可
林鈺芳 Brenda Lin and 翁茂彬
Ben Weng will present.
For next
week: Read and summarize – for new students:
CET 15 英語發音百樂篇（四）: Pronunciation
Potluck (4)
in No. 83, May/June 2014, p.
12-14.
For everybody – Read and
summarize:
English Island 14, February
2017 希望、祝福、許願 英文怎麼說？
English Island 42, July 2019 I feel so boring…不用那麼謙虛吧！
陳觀祐 Ian Chen and 林治慶 Amos Lin
will present.
2.
Transcription
exercises:
The Jordan Harbinger
Show (parts of the
original interview have been
omitted)
350: Dan Heath | Solving Problems from
Upstream
Entire exercise
Daily segments:
1.
(77) 5/17
4.
(80) 5/20
2.
(78) 5/18
5. (81) 5/21
3.
(79) 5/19
6. (82) 5/22
New
transcription exercise:
IX. The
Indicator: The Great Potato Giveaway
with Stacey Vanek Smith The potato
pile
Entire exercise
(parts of the original interview have been
omitted)
Daily segments:
1. (83) 5/23
9. (91) 5/31
2. (84) 5/24
10. (92) 6/01
3. (85) 5/25
11. (93) 6/02
4. (86) 5/26
12. (94) 6/03
5. (87) 5/27
13. (95) 6/04
6. (88) 5/28
14. (96) 6/05
7. (89) 5/29
15. (97) 6/06
8. (90) 5/30
16. (98) 6/07
3.
Gilmore Girls performances; feedback.
4. Read and translate: The Story of a Curious
Phone Call
by Auburn
Sandstrom
Word
MP3 reading
5. Book sharing: 張西亞、Daniel Mark
McMahon、吳娟:
一本突破中式英文盲點：掌握華人學英語發音•文法•自毀關鍵
6. Breaktime music: Coldplay Clocks
lyrics
5/27
1. New
transcription exercise:
IX.
The Indicator: The Great Potato
Giveaway
with Stacey Vanek
Smith The
potato pile
Entire
exercise (parts
of the original interview have
been omitted)
Daily
segments:
1.
(83) 5/23
9. (91) 5/31
2.
(84) 5/24
10. (92) 6/01
3.
(85) 5/25
11. (93) 6/02
4.
(86) 5/26
12. (94) 6/03
5.
(87) 5/27
13. (95) 6/04
6.
(88) 5/28
14. (96) 6/05
7.
(89) 5/29
15. (97) 6/06
8.
(90) 5/30
16. (98) 6/07
2.
Gilmore Girls performances; feedback.
3. Read and translate: The Story of a
Curious Phone Call
by Auburn
Sandstrom
Word
MP3 reading
4.
Breaktime music: Coldplay Clocks
lyrics
Week 14:
6/01; 6/03
6/01
1. Discuss and submit
– for new students:
CET 15 英
語發音百樂篇（四）:
Pronunciation
Potluck (4)
in No. 83, May/June
2014, p. 12-14.
For everybody – Read
and summarize:
English Island 14,
February 2017 希
望、祝福、許願 英文怎麼說？
English Island 42,
July 2019 I
feel so
boring…不用那麼謙虛吧！
陳觀祐 Ian Chen and 林治慶 Amos
Lin will present.
For
next week: Read and summarize – for new
students:
CET 16 & CET 17: Do not 和
don’t意思一樣嗎？英語的縮讀字（上、下）
in No. 84, July/August
2014, p. 12-14 and
No. 85,
September/October 2014, p. 16-18.
For everybody – Read
and summarize:
English Island 10,
October 2016 你有沒有不小心 講出「限制級英文」?
English
Island 17, May 2017 從100分倒扣的競爭式社交
張晏榕 Annie Chang and 葉弘臻 Jason
Yeh will present.
2.
Finish sharing feedback on Gilmore Girls
assignment.
3.
Transcription
exercise:
IX.
The Indicator: The Great
Potato Giveaway
with Stacey Vanek
Smith The
potato pile
Entire
exercise
(parts of the original
interview have been omitted)
Daily
segments:
1.
(83) 5/23
9. (91) 5/31
2.
(84) 5/24
10. (92) 6/01
3.
(85) 5/25
11. (93) 6/02
4.
(86) 5/26
12. (94) 6/03
5.
(87) 5/27
13. (95) 6/04
6.
(88) 5/28
14. (96) 6/05
7.
(89) 5/29
15. (97) 6/06
8.
(90) 5/30
16. (98) 6/07
4. Read and translate: The Story of a
Curious Phone Call
by Auburn
Sandstrom
Word
MP3 reading
5. Breaktime
music: The Supremes
The Happening
lyrics
6/03
1. Transcription
exercise:
IX.
The Indicator: The
Great Potato Giveaway
with
Stacey Vanek Smith
The
potato pile
Entire
exercise
(parts of the original
interview have been
omitted)
Daily segments:
1. (83) 5/23
9. (91) 5/31
2. (84) 5/24
10. (92) 6/01
3. (85) 5/25
11. (93) 6/02
4. (86) 5/26
12. (94) 6/03
5. (87) 5/27
13. (95) 6/04
6. (88) 5/28
14. (96) 6/05
7. (89) 5/29
15. (97) 6/06
8. (90) 5/30
16. (98) 6/07
2.
Read and translate: The Story of
a Curious Phone Call
by Auburn
Sandstrom
Word
MP3 reading
3.
Book sharing:
Taiwanese
Feet,
by John Groot.
4.
Podcast episode that
discusses changes in
pronoun use in
English:
Talk the Talk: 394: What's
Your Pronoun?
(with Dennis Baron)
Previous related
episodes: 139:
Genderless
Pronouns
389: Mailbag
of Pronouns
5.
The final exam for
this class will take
place on Wednesday,
June 17, 2020
in 外教中心 room 101 at
8:10am.
6. Due
Friday June
12:
Prepare:
(I) a
written
evaluation of
this
semester's
class and
(II) an organized
summary of
your class
notes, in
two
separate pdf
files:
I.
End-of-semester
evaluation:
Part 1:
evaluate the
class,
materials,
teacher,
syllabus,
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 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 in
general and
your English
listening and
pronunciation
skills in
particular?
II.
Organized
summary of
your class
notes:
Go through all
your old
notes, and
organize them
into a summary
of main
points.
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 each
of your two
files to pdf
format
before
emailing both
files to Prof.
Chung at: feathermountain@gmail.com
and
TA Evanna
Shih at hi9433tw@gmail.com
7.
Breaktime music: The Supremes
The
Happening
lyrics
Week 15: 6/08; 6/10
6/08
1. Discuss and
submit – for new students:
CET 16 & CET
17: Do not 和
don’t意思一樣嗎？英語的縮讀字（上、下）
in No. 84,
July/August 2014, p. 12-14 and
No. 85,
September/October 2014, p. 16-18.
For everybody –
Read and summarize:
English Island 10,
October 2016 你有沒有不小心 講出「限制級英文」?
English
Island 17, May 2017 從100分倒扣的競爭式社交
張晏榕 Annie Chang and 葉弘臻
Jason Yeh will present.
For next week: Read and
summarize – for new
students:
CET
18: 次重音：次
要的重音還是很重要！
in No. 86,
November/December 2014, p.
12-14.
For everybody – Read and
summarize:
English Island 53, June
2020 最「美
國」的食物是⋯漢堡嗎？再猜吧
(There will be no oral
presentations on the
articles)
2. Final transcription exercise:
IX.
The Indicator:
The Great Potato Giveaway
with Stacey
Vanek Smith
The
potato pile
Entire exercise (parts of the original
interview have
been omitted)
Daily
segments:
1. (83)
5/23
9. (91) 5/31
2. (84)
5/24
10. (92) 6/01
3. (85)
5/25
11. (93) 6/02
4. (86)
5/26
12. (94) 6/03
5. (87)
5/27
13. (95) 6/04
6. (88)
5/28
14. (96) 6/05
7. (89)
5/29
15. (97) 6/06
8. (90)
5/30
16. (98) 6/07
3. Due
Friday June
12:
Prepare:
(I) a
written
evaluation of
this
semester's
class and
(II) an organized
summary of
your class
notes, in
two
separate pdf
files.
4.
Read and translate:
The Story
of a Curious Phone Call
by Auburn
Sandstrom
Word
MP3
reading
5.
Breaktime music: Dolly Parton
When Life Is Good Again
lyrics
video with lyrics
6/10
1.
Read and
translate: The
Story of a Curious
Phone Call
by
Auburn
Sandstrom
Word
MP3
reading
We'll reread the whole story
a second time after we're done reading and translating it
the first time, then we'll have a class discussion on the story.
Make sure you learn all the vocabulary in the story, since you
will be tested on it
in the final
exam.
2. Breaktime
music: Dolly Parton
When Life Is Good Again
lyrics
video with lyrics
Week 16: Final exam: June 17
Fall 2019: There will
be 35 class meetings
this semester:
September 2019: 9, 11, 16, 18, 23,
25, 30
October:
2, 7, 9, 14, 16, 21, 23, 28, 30
November:
4, 6, 11, 13, 18, 20, 25, 27
December:
2, 4, 9, 11, 16, 18, 21, 23, 25, 30
January 2020:
(1 is a holiday;
no class)
The final exam
is currently scheduled for Wednesday January 8, 2020 at 8:10-10:00am in
外教中心 101;
subject to change.
Notes: 1. You will have an assigned seat to facilitate easier and
fairer turn-taking.
2. The polite way to address your professor is "Professor Chung".
(This article explains current practices in
the US.)
If other teachers invite you to use their first name, then it's
OK; otherwise use "Professor" + family name.
3. ALWAYS use your NTU email account
for class-related correspondence unless otherwise instructed.
You will also need a gmail account to use Google Drive, and to
submit certain assignments, as instructed.
4. Always TURN OFF OR MUTE YOUR CELL PHONE
while in class.
5. ABSOLUTELY NO
EATING IN THE 外教 CLASSROOM! ALSO,
NO DRINKS ALLOWED OTHER
THAN PLAIN WATER OR UNSWEETENED TEA! You may eat
and drink in the hallways.
There will in any case be NO EATING during
class in both classrooms.
6. Use correct format in all your
written work:
Include your name in English and
Chinese,
your student number, and the date,
flush left (left justified),
in the upper right-hand corner of
all your work.
Use Times New Roman 12 pt for text,
新細明體 12 pt. for Chinese,
and Lucida Sans Unicode 10.5 pt for
IPA symbols. Sample:
Iris Lin 林玉梅
B01102000
Freshman English
September 10 & 12, 2018 Week
One
Make SURE you include the CORRECT WEEK NUMBER for the classes
the notes are from, based on this syllabus.
Grade calculation
Grades will be calculated on the basis
of:
Written class work (20%)
oral class work and class participation
(20%)
scores on your dictations and quizzes (15%)
score on final exam (written and
listening) (30%)
attendance,
punctuality, attitude, and progress made; DON'T BE LATE!
(15%)
Note that the percentage breakdown is
only APPROXIMATE, and is SUBJECT TO ADJUSTMENT in each
individual case.
Extra credit will be given to students who do independent
research on a class-related topic and share their findings
with the class.
Also note that more than 3
absences or 5 tardinesses may result in your NOT PASSING THE
COURSE.
If you must miss class or be late let
Ms. Chung and the TA know by e-mail or otherwise beforehand;
or as soon as possible afterwards if
you really can't get in touch beforehand.
Don't just fail to show up for class
and not offer an explanation – even if it's "I overslept",
please explain.
WEEK ONE: 9/09, 9/11
9/09
1. Welcome!
Introductions: Prof. Chung and TA Evanna
Shih 施翌雯;
Enrollment and class list: please fill in
your English or Romanized name.
You will choose a learning partner
for help and accountability.
Evanna will photograph you during break
for the class list on Wednesday.
2.
Warm-up song: Nat King Cole: Kemo Kimo
3. Professor Chung's
October 2018 TEDx talk:
如何用「回音法」學好英文口說 史嘉琳
4. SLANT:
Sit
up straight.
Listen.
Ask
and answer questions.
Nod
your head. (or: shake your head; or: wrinkle your brow)
Track
the teacher.
Note that you will get extra points for
class participation;
this can help raise your final grade.
5. a. Print out this English Skills Checklist compiled by
former TA Phoebe Lee,
and bring it to every class. Check off
each skill after you master it.
b. Also print out and bring to every
class: IPA symbols handout.
c. Also print out for Wednesday
10/11:
Article for
reading and translation into Chinese:
She Wanted a Man With a Good Job Who Is Nice
to Animals And I was that man.
by Timothy Braun New York Times
"Modern Love" August 16, 2019
Print out the article and prepare to
read and translate the first 6 parts.
MP3 file (coming soon).
6. a. Join: Class Facebook Group
b. Create a folder using
your English name as the folder name
in the FE
Fall 2019 & Spring 2020 folder on Google
Drive;
you will
receive an invitation mailed to your gmail account.
c. Make a COPY of the
file entitled "Learning Checklist" WITH A NEW FILE
NAME
(you can add your initials at the end) that you will find in
this folder
and
keep it in your Google Drive folder. You will update this file
WEEKLY.
Sheet
One is required; the other sheets are optional
for now, but you may find them useful and fun!
7. You will hand in a paper version of your weekly notes
every Monday in class, and will
also upload a pdf file of your notes to
the class folder on Google Drive.
Add each new week's notes to
the TOP of the Word file, then save
as pdf and upload to Google Drive.
Articles to read and take notes on
for next Monday: CET 1 & 2:
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.
陳貞諺 and 鄭又誠 will give a 5-10 minute
presentation on these articles in class next Monday 9/16.
8. Format for name on
homework – in upper right hand corner, left justified
(you can make a "box" and insert it in
your Word file each week):
Iris Lin 林玉梅
B01102000
Freshman English
Week One
September 10 & 12,
2018
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.
If your format
and fonts are incorrect, your homework will be counted as
缺交.
9. Each student is
required to send an e-mail message to the professor
and TA Evanna.
See this sample, and read Melissa
Hsiung's article, 英文 E-mail 潛規則：老師怎麼不早點教我?!
for correct email format. FORMAT is IMPORTANT!
It needs to include:
1. this subject line:
fe: quote, reason, NYT, gmail, fb name
2. an English quote you like, together
with its source.
Example: "We are cups, constantly and
quietly being filled.
The trick is, knowing how to tip
ourselves over and let the beautiful stuff out."
Ray Bradbury (1932- ), American author
It must be a verifiable quote, not a
proverb, CORRECTLY FORMATTED,
containing no errors. Here is a sample so
you know what format to use.
3. Your reason for wanting to take this
class: I want to take this class because...
4. Confirm that: I have subscribed to the
New York Time news digest.
5. Give your gmail address, so you can be
added to Google Drive: My gmail address is:
6. Give your Facebook name: My Facebook
name is:
Read and refer to this article by former
TA Melissa Hsiung on how to write an email, entitled:
英 文 Email 潛規則老師怎麼不早點教我？！ 文/ 熊偌均
Make sure to send it in plain text, not html (look under
... and click on: 切換為純文字).
Make sure to produce careful work that is
not filled with sloppy mistakes:
GET EVERYTHING RIGHT THE FIRST TIME!
Make sure you sign your full name (e.g.
Iris Lin) to every e-mail you write!
Pay attention to correct format;
for example, leave a space before and
after (parentheses) like this.
Without a space it looks like(this)and
this is not acceptable in English written format.
Every student must also register with the
New York Times
and subscribe to their daily news digest
(these are free,
as is access to up to five news stories a
month). You will be asked
to choose the kinds of news you'd like to
receive. The aim of this requirement
is to give you at least a passing
familiarity with current international events,
and for you to get used to using
English-language news media sources.
Include this sentence in your email:
"I have subscribed to the New York Times
news digest."
Do NOT subscribe to the NEWSPAPER, and do
NOT submit any financial information!
Tell us why you want to take this class;
also include your gmail address, so we
can add you to Google Drive,
and your Facebook name so we can
recognize you in the class Facebook group.
The New York Times (US):
Today's Headlines: https://www.nytimes.com/newsletters/todaysheadlines
Other email newsletters: https://www.nytimes.com/newsletters
The New York Times homepage: http://www.nytimes.com/
This assignment is due Monday, September
16.
9/11
1. One Small Step Can Change Your Life: with
Kaizen
2. Echo Method and mini-conversations 1. and 2.
Introduce yourself to and get to know
your classmates.
Find a learning partner so you can help
each other e.g. to compare notes,
to pass a message to the instructor about
special circumstances,
and for overall mutual support in this
class.
3. The Pomodoro Technique of time
management,
and improving focus and productivity.
4. Sign agreement to be
filmed in class: for future online teaching.
5. Article for reading
and translation into Chinese:
She Wanted a Man With a Good Job Who Is Nice
to Animals And I was that man.
by Timothy Braun New York Times
"Modern Love" August 16, 2019
Print out the article and prepare to read
and translate the first 6 parts.
MP3 file
6. Breaktime music: Nat
King Cole: Kemo Kimo
WEEK TWO: 9/16, 9/18
9/16
1. Alan Cheng 鄭又誠 and Emma Kuo
郭婷婷 will give a 5-10 minute presentation on CET 1 & 2:
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.
For next Monday, read and take notes on: CET 3 (issue
71): /i/ 和 /ɪ/ 的辨別
in No. 71, May/June 2012, p. 12-14;
and
「每天做一點」 來改變人生 in English Island
英語島 23, November 2017;
Tim Hsu 許祖源 and Sean Lan 藍士恩 will
present.
You may need to register on the
English Island 英語島 site,
but it's free and there's no obligation.
Upload your notes to Google Drive
by Sunday evening, hand in paper copy on 9/23,
and remember to update your Learning
Checklist.
Be ready to mention some of the
main points of the articles in class!
Also, make sure you've joined the class Facebook group!
2. First two mini-conversations: self
introductions, firm handshakes, and finding a learning partner.
Add
the name of your learning partner to the class list on
Google Drive.
3.
Finish watching Professor Chung's October 2018 TEDx talk:
如何用「回音法」學好英文口說 史嘉琳
4. Article
for reading and translation into Chinese:
She Wanted a Man With a Good Job Who Is
Nice to Animals And I was that man.
by Timothy Braun New York Times
"Modern Love" August 16, 2019 MP3 file
Make sure to do ECHO PRACTICE with
the MP3 file, so you read aloud with correct
pronunciation and intonation in
class when it's your turn.
Print out the article and prepare the
part assigned to you, plus the parts before it as well, for
context.
Come to class well prepared –
do NOT try to "wing it"! –
so as not to waste class time.
and test your classmates' patience and good will!
On Google Drive, paste in
the "before" translation of the part assigned to you,
then paste in the "after"
version after you have shared your translation in class and
gotten feedback.
Due by Friday, September
20.
5. Breaktime song: Lemon Tree by
Fools Garden lyrics
9/18
1. Article
for reading and translation into Chinese:
She Wanted a Man With a Good Job Who Is
Nice to Animals And I was that man.
by Timothy Braun New York
Times "Modern Love" August 16, 2019
MP3 file
Make sure to do ECHO PRACTICE
with the MP3 file, so you read aloud with correct
pronunciation and intonation in
class when it's your turn.
Print out the article and prepare
the part assigned to you, plus the parts before it as well,
for context.
Come to class well prepared
– do NOT try to "wing it"! –
so as not to waste class time
and test your classmates' patience and good will!
On Google Drive, paste
in the "before" translation of the part assigned to you,
then paste in the "after"
version after you have shared your translation in class and
gotten feedback.
Due by Friday,
September 20.
2. Dictation #1: /i/ vs. /ɪ/, final /-t/.
3. Breaktime song: Lemon Tree
by Fools Garden lyrics
WEEK THREE: 9/23, 9/25
9/23
1. Tim Hsu 許祖源
and Sean Lan 藍士恩 will ive a 5-10 minute presentation on
CET 3 (issue 71): /i/ 和 /ɪ/ 的辨別 in No. 71, May/June
2012, p. 12-14; and
「每天做一點」 來改變人生 in English Island 英語島
23, November 2017;
For next Monday, read and take notes on:
CET 4 (issue 71):
「重音」真 的很重要! in No. 72, July/August
2012, p. 12-14. and
Echo Method: 用「回音記憶」打造nativelike的語感 in English
Island 16, April 2017.
Raven Chien 簡詩汶 and Henry Shih 施沐寬 will
present.
2. Review the first two mini-conversations; also do 3, 4, and the
bonus sentence.
Make sure you've added the name of your
learning partner to the class list on Google
Drive.
TA Evanna will finish photographing you for the class list
today.
3. Article
for reading and translation into Chinese:
She Wanted a Man With a Good Job Who
Is Nice to Animals And I was that man.
by Timothy Braun New York
Times "Modern Love" August 16,
2019
MP3 file
Make sure to do ECHO PRACTICE
with the MP3 file, so you read aloud with correct
pronunciation and intonation in
class when it's your turn.
Print out the article and prepare
the part assigned to you, plus the parts before it as
well, for context.
Make sure you've pasted your "before" translation into
the article Google Doc,
and then the "after" version after you've presented
your translation to the class.
Come to class well prepared
– do NOT try to "wing it"! –
so as not to waste class time
and test your classmates' patience and good will!
4. Breaktime song: School Days (1957)
Chuck Berry lyrics juke
box
Berry later recorded a different set of lyrics
to the same tune in 1964: No Particular Place to Go
(It has a pretty funny ending!)
9/25
1. Dictation #2: /i/ vs. /ɪ/, final
/-p/
More practice with /i/ vs. /ɪ/
here:
efl net: Sound contrasts
http://www.eflnet.com/content/sound-contrast-i-vs-i
2. Review mini-conversation 3.
3. Article for
reading and translation into Chinese:
She Wanted a Man With a Good Job Who Is Nice
to Animals And I was that man.
by Timothy Braun New York Times
"Modern Love" August 16, 2019
MP3 file
4.
Breaktime song: School Days (1957)
Chuck Berry
lyrics
juke box
WEEK FOUR: 9/30, 10/02
9/30 (No
class due to typhoon)
10/02
1.
Raven Chien 簡詩汶 and Henry
Shih 施沐寬 will present on:
CET 4 (issue 72): 「重音」真 的很重要！ in No. 71,
May/June 2012, p. 12-14; and
Echo Method: 用「回音記憶」打造nativelike的語感 in English
Island 16, April 2017.
Discuss and hand in
notes.
For next Monday 10/07: read and take
notes on: CET 5 (issue 73):
英語教學死 角：複合名詞重音 in No. 73,
September/October 2012, p. 12-14; and
語調下降？我還以為你講完了 (topic: the
continuation rise) in English Island 36, January 2019;
Kevin Chen 陳毅安 and Daniel Hsu 許皓揚 will
present.
2. Review, prepare to perform mini-conversation #3 in pairs.
3. Article for reading
aloud and
translation:
She Wanted a Man With a Good Job Who Is Nice
to Animals And I was that man.
by Timothy Braun New York Times
"Modern Love" August 16,
2019 MP3 file
Make sure to do ECHO PRACTICE with the
MP3 file, so you read aloud with correct
pronunciation and intonation in class
when it's your turn.
Pay special attention to phrasing
(i.e. where to pause) and the continuation rise.
4.
Breaktime song: Erin Boheme Don't Be Something You Ain't
lyrics
WEEK FIVE: 10/07, 10/09
10/07
1. Kevin Chen 陳毅安 and Daniel Hsu 許皓揚 will
present on: CET 5 (issue 73):
英語教學死 角：複合名詞重音 in No. 73,
September/October 2012, p. 12-14; and
語調下降？我還以為你講完了 (topic: the
continuation rise) in English Island 36, January 2019.
Check your learning
partner's notes carefully for fonts and format. Discuss and
hand in notes.
For next Monday 10/14: read and take
notes on: CET 6
(issue 74):
抑揚頓挫： 英語的語調和斷句 in No. 74,
November/December 2012, p. 12-14; and
越開朗，語言學得越快 (topic: overcome your
shyness to learn English better)
in English Island 22, October 2017;
Saturn Chen 陳麒瑞 and
Joseph Huang
黃柏勳 will
present.
2. Perform mini-conversation #3 in
pairs.
Practice mini-conversation #4 and bonus
sentence for next Monday.
3. Article for
reading aloud and translation:
She Wanted a Man With a Good Job
Who Is Nice to Animals And I was that man.
by Timothy Braun New
York Times "Modern Love" August 16,
2019
MP3 file
Make sure to do ECHO PRACTICE
with the MP3 file, so you read aloud with correct
pronunciation and intonation
in class when it's your turn.
Pay special attention to phrasing
(i.e. where to pause) and the continuation rise.
4. Breaktime
song: Landon Pigg Falling In Love At A Coffee Shop
(2009) video with lyrics
lyrics
10/09
1. First compound
noun stress quiz.
2.
Review mini-conversation #4, #5
and bonus sentence for next
Monday.
3. Article
for reading aloud:
She Wanted a Man With a
Good Job Who Is Nice to Animals
And I was that man.
by Timothy
Braun New York Times "Modern Love"
August 16,
2019
MP3 file
Make sure to do
ECHO PRACTICE with the MP3 file, so you read
aloud with correct
pronunciation and
intonation in class when it's your turn.
Pay special
attention to phrasing (i.e. where to
pause) and the continuation rise.
4. Breaktime
song: Landon Pigg Falling In Love At A Coffee Shop
(2009) video with lyrics
lyrics
WEEK SIX: 10/14, 10/16
10/14
1. Saturn Chen
陳麒瑞 and Joseph Huang 黃柏勳 will present on: CET 6 (issue
74):
抑揚頓挫： 英語的語調和斷句 in No. 74,
November/December 2012, p. 12-14; and
越開朗，語言學得越快 (topic: overcome your
shyness to learn English better)
in English Island 22, October 2017.
Some students took exception to the idea that "giggling while
talking" was less acceptable
for men than for women, suggesting that
shyness was a problem for both sexes equally.
Here is a podcast that address the issue of
male stereotypes, which may be of interest to some.
Next Monday 10/21: read and
take notes on: CET 7 (issue 75): Stop at stops! — 遇到塞音請停！
in No. 75, January/February 2013, p.
12-14; and 台灣教室裡找不到的「嘲諷課」（上、下）(topic: sarcasm)
in English Island 1 & 2, January
& February 2016.
Simon Yang 楊子慶 and Christina
Lin 林舒詠 will present.
2. Second
compound noun stress quiz on Wednesday 10/16.
3. Perform mini-conversation #4, # 5 and bonus sentence;
learn mini-conversation #6.
4. Article for
reading aloud and translation:
She Wanted a Man With a Good Job Who Is Nice
to Animals And I was that man.
by Timothy Braun New York Times
"Modern Love" August 16,
2019 MP3 file
Make sure to do ECHO PRACTICE with the
MP3 file, so you read aloud with correct
pronunciation and intonation in class
when it's your turn.
Pay special attention to phrasing
(i.e. where to pause) and the continuation rise.
5. Breaktime song:
Lana Del Rey
Looking For America
lyrics
10/16
1. Second compound noun stress quiz.
Items taken from this article: Meet the dog that runs a sweet potato stand
in Japan
Note the stress for: *SWEET potato and
*SWEET potato stand.
Here is a compound noun stress practice handout.
2. Review mini-conversation #6.
3. Article for reading aloud and translation:
She Wanted a Man With a Good Job Who Is
Nice to Animals And I was that man.
by Timothy Braun New York Times
"Modern Love" August 16,
2019 MP3 file
Make sure to do ECHO PRACTICE with the
MP3 file, so you read aloud with correct
pronunciation and intonation in class
when it's your turn.
Pay special attention to phrasing
(i.e. where to pause) and the continuation rise.
4.
Breaktime song: Lana Del Rey
Looking For America
lyrics
WEEK SEVEN: 10/21,
10/23
10/21
1. Simon Yang 楊子慶 and Christina Lin 林舒詠
will present on: CET 7 (issue 75): Stop at stops! — 遇到塞音請停！
in No. 75, January/February
2013, p. 12-14; and 台灣教室裡找不到的「嘲諷課」（上、下）(topic: sarcasm)
in English Island 1 & 2,
January & February 2016.
Next Monday 10/21: read
and take notes on: CET 8 (issue 76)
"-s" 和 "-ed" 詞尾 怎麼唸？
in No. 76, March/April
2013, p. 12-14; and 連音塞音篇：STOP at STOPS!
遇到塞音請暫停！
in English Island
34, November 2018. Derek Li
李昱德 and Sophie Yen 顏宸宣
will present.
2. Third compound noun
stress quiz on Wednesday 10/23; keep the subrules in mind!
Here is a compound noun stress practice handout.
3. Perform mini-conversation #6; learn mini-conversation #8.
4. Article for
reading aloud and translation:
She Wanted a Man With a Good Job Who Is Nice
to Animals And I was that man.
by Timothy Braun New York Times
"Modern Love" August 16,
2019 MP3 file
Make sure to do ECHO PRACTICE with the
MP3 file, so you read aloud with correct
pronunciation and intonation in class
when it's your turn.
Pay special attention to phrasing (i.e.
where to pause) and the continuation rise.
5. Breaktime song: Anna Kendrick Cups (Pitch Perfect's When I'm Gone)
lyrics
video with lyrics Cup song tutorial
tap dance
10/23
1. Third compound noun stress quiz.
This time all except one of the
items will follow the basic compound noun stress rule.
Items taken from this video-based news
story from WNYC:
Cigarette Cockroach Gave It His All Today
Also relevant
2. Review mini-conversation #8.
3. Article for reading aloud and translation:
She Wanted a Man With a Good Job Who Is
Nice to Animals And I was that man.
by Timothy Braun New York Times
"Modern Love" August 16,
2019 MP3 file
Make sure to do ECHO PRACTICE with
the MP3 file, so you read aloud with correct
pronunciation and intonation in class
when it's your turn.
Pay special attention to phrasing
(i.e. where to pause) and the continuation rise.
4.
Breaktime song:
Anna Kendrick
Cups (Pitch Perfect's When I'm Gone)
lyrics
video with lyrics
Cup song tutorial
tap dance
WEEK EIGHT: 10/28, 10/30
10/28
1. Derek Li 李昱德
and Sophie Yen 顏宸宣 will present on: CET 8 (issue 76) "-s" 和 "-ed" 詞尾 怎麼唸？
in No. 76, March/April 2013, p. 12-14;
and 連音塞音篇：STOP at STOPS! 遇到塞音請暫停！
in English Island 34, November 2018.
Next Monday 11/04: read and take notes
on: CET 9 & 10 (issues 77 & 78)
鼻音/m /、/n/ 與 /ŋ/ —— No problen? （上、下）
in CET No. 77, May/June 2013, p. 12-14
and No. 78, July/August 2013, p. 12-14;
and
連音：英語「字裡行間」的玄機 - 母音篇 in English Island 31, July 2018.
Tom Yu 余立群 and Ricky Liu 劉偉琦 will
present.
2. Fourth compound noun
stress quiz on Wednesday 10/30; keep the subrules in mind!
3. Review mini-conversation #8 for performance
on on Wednesday 10/30; learn
mini-conversation #9.
4. Singalong with cups: Anna Kendrick
Cups (Pitch Perfect's When I'm Gone)
lyrics
video with lyrics
Cup song tutorial
tap dance
5. Article for
reading aloud and translation:
She Wanted a Man With a Good Job Who Is Nice
to Animals And I was that man.
by Timothy Braun New York Times
"Modern Love" August 16,
2019 MP3 file
Make sure to do ECHO PRACTICE with the
MP3 file, so you read aloud with correct
pronunciation and intonation in class
when it's your turn.
Pay special attention to phrasing (i.e.
where to pause) and the continuation rise.
6. Book sharing: Educated: A Memoir, by Tara
Westover.
Interview with Ellen DeGeneres
Aspen Institute conversation
7. Breaktime songs for
Halloween:
1. A novelty song that's a little creepy
but mostly fun,
and good rhythm
practice:
They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-haaa! (1966)
by Napoleon XIV (Jerry Samuels)
2. The Monster Mash
by Bobby Pickett with lyrics
10/30
1. Fourth compound noun stress quiz;
keep the subrules in mind.
Some of the items were taken from this article.
2. Perform mini-conversation #8; learn mini-conversation #9 for
performance next Wednesday 11/06.
3. Article for reading
aloud and translation:
She Wanted a Man With a Good Job Who Is
Nice to Animals And I was that man.
by Timothy Braun New York Times
"Modern Love" August 16,
2019 MP3 file
Make sure to do ECHO PRACTICE with
the MP3 file, so you read aloud with correct
pronunciation and intonation in class
when it's your turn.
Pay special attention to phrasing (i.e.
where to pause) and the continuation rise.
4.
Breaktime songs for Halloween:
1. A novelty song that's a little
creepy but mostly fun,
and good rhythm
practice:
They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-haaa! (1966)
by Napoleon XIV (Jerry Samuels)
2. The Monster Mash
by Bobby Pickett with lyrics
WEEK NINE: 11/04, 11/06
11/04
1. Tom Yu 余立群
and Ricky Liu 劉偉琦 will present on: CET 9 & 10 (issues 77 & 78)
鼻音/m /、/n/ 與 /ŋ/ —— No problen? （上、下）
in CET No. 77, May/June 2013, p. 12-14
and No. 78, July/August 2013, p. 12-14;
and
連音：英語「字裡行間」的玄機 - 母音篇 in English
Island 31, July 2018.
Next Monday 11/11: read and take notes
on: CET 11 (issue 79)
台式英語罪魁禍首：/æ /、/ɛ/ 和 /eɪ/ in No. 79,
September/October 2013, p. 12-14; and
中文也有片語動詞嗎？ in English Island 39,
April 2019.
Albert Wu 吳承恆 and Rebacca Hung 洪品蓉 will
present.
2. Review mini-conversation #9 for performance
on on Wednesday 11/06; learn mini-conversation #10.
3. Article for reading
aloud and translation:
She Wanted a Man With a Good Job Who Is
Nice to Animals And I was that man.
by Timothy Braun New York Times
"Modern Love" August 16,
2019 MP3 file
Make sure to do ECHO PRACTICE with the
MP3 file, so you read aloud with correct
pronunciation and intonation in class
when it's your turn.
Pay special attention to phrasing (i.e.
where to pause) and the continuation rise.
4.
Book sharing: Last Boat Out of Shanghai
by Helen Zia 謝漢蘭：離開上海的最後一艘船 Talk given in Hong Kong
5.
Breaktime song: Phil Ochs
Draft Dodger's Rag (1965)
lyrics
11/06
1. Perform mini-conversation #9; learn mini-conversation #10 for
performance next Wednesday 11/13.
2. Article for reading
aloud and translation:
She Wanted a Man With a Good Job Who Is Nice
to Animals And I was that man.
by Timothy Braun New York Times
"Modern Love" August 16,
2019 MP3 file
Make sure to do ECHO PRACTICE with the
MP3 file, so you read aloud with correct
pronunciation and intonation in class
when it's your turn.
Pay special attention to phrasing (i.e.
where to pause) and the continuation rise.
3.
Breaktime song: Phil Ochs
Draft Dodger's Rag (1965)
lyrics
WEEK TEN: 11/11, 11/13
11/11
1. Albert Wu 吳承恆 and Rebacca Hung 洪品蓉 will
present on: CET 11 (issue 79)
台式英語罪魁禍首：/æ /、/ɛ/ 和 /eɪ/ in
No. 79, September/October 2013, p. 12-14; and
中文也有片語動詞嗎？ in English
Island 39, April 2019.
For next Monday 11/18, read and take notes on: CET
12 (issue 80)
英語發音百樂篇（一）: Pronunciation
Potluck (1) in No. 80,
November/December 2013,
p. 12-14; and 連音鼻音篇：如何避免“N”G英文？ in
English Island 32, September 2018.
David Tu 涂冠竹 and Andy Chen 陳信安 will present.
2. Review mini-conversation #10 for
performance on on Wednesday 11/13; learn mini-conversation #11.
3. Article for
reading aloud and translation:
She Wanted a Man With a Good Job Who
Is Nice to Animals And I was that man.
by Timothy Braun New York
Times "Modern Love" August 16,
2019
MP3 file
Make sure to do ECHO PRACTICE
with the MP3 file, so you read aloud with correct
pronunciation and intonation in
class when it's your turn.
Pay special attention to phrasing
(i.e. where to pause) and the continuation rise.
4. Breaktime song: Phil Ochs
When I'm Gone
(1966) lyrics
11/13
1. Perform mini-conversation #10; learn mini-conversation #11 for
performance next Wednesday 11/20.
2. Article for
reading aloud and translation:
She Wanted a Man With a Good
Job Who Is Nice to Animals And I was that
man.
by Timothy Braun New
York Times "Modern Love" August 16,
2019
MP3 file
Make sure to do ECHO PRACTICE with the MP3 file, so you read
aloud with correct
pronunciation and intonation in
class when it's your turn.
Pay special attention to phrasing
(i.e. where to pause) and the continuation rise.
3.
Breaktime song: Phil Ochs
When I'm Gone
(1966) lyrics
WEEK
ELEVEN: 11/18, 11/20
11/18
1. Christie Pan 潘姿妤 and Andy
Chen 陳信安 will present on: CET
12 (issue 80)
英語發音百樂篇（一）: Pronunciation Potluck (1)
in No. 80, November/December 2013,
p. 12-14; and 連音鼻音篇：如何避免“N”G英文？ in English Island
32, September 2018.
For next Monday 11/25, read and take
notes on: CET 13 (issue
81)
英語發音百樂篇（二）: Pronunciation Potluck (2)
in No. 81, January/February 2014, p. 12-14, and
連音"y"字篇：「醬子」講哪裡不對？ in English
Island 33, October 2018.
David Tu 凃冠竹 and Philip Hsu 徐聖璇
will present.
2. Review mini-conversation #11 for performance
on on Wednesday 11/20.
3. Article for reading aloud and translation:
She Wanted a Man With a Good Job Who Is Nice
to Animals And I was that man.
by Timothy Braun New York Times
"Modern Love" August 16,
2019 MP3 file
Make sure to do ECHO PRACTICE with the
MP3 file, so you read aloud with correct
pronunciation and intonation in class
when it's your turn.
Pay special attention to phrasing (i.e.
where to pause) and the continuation rise.
4.
Breaktime song: Joan
Baez Diamonds and Rust
(1975) lyrics Washington Square Park
11/20
1. Perform
mini-conversation #11; learn
mini-conversation #12 for 10/27.
2. We'll go over the lyrics to Diamonds and Rust.
3. Article for
reading aloud and translation:
She Wanted a Man With a Good Job Who Is
Nice to Animals And I was that man.
by Timothy Braun New York Times
"Modern Love" August 16,
2019 MP3 file
Make sure to do ECHO PRACTICE with the
MP3 file, so you read aloud with correct
pronunciation and intonation in class
when it's your turn.
Pay special attention to phrasing (i.e.
where to pause) and the continuation rise.
4. Breaktime song: Joan
Baez Diamonds and Rust
(1975) lyrics Washington Square Park
WEEK
TWELVE: 11/25, 11/27
11/25
1. David Tu 凃冠竹
and Philip Hsu 徐聖璇 will present on: CET 13 (issue 81)
英語發音百樂篇（二）: Pronunciation Potluck (2)
in No. 81, January/February 2014, p. 12-14, and
連音"y"字篇：「醬子」講哪裡不對？ in English
Island 33, October 2018.
For next Monday 12/02, read and take
notes on: CET 14 (issue 82)
英語發音百樂篇（三）: Pronunciation Potluck (3)
in No. 82, March/April 2014, p. 12-14, and
到底是Yes還是No? in English Island 12,
December 2016.
Emily Cheng 程筠智 and
Audrey Lin 林胤含 will present.
2. Make-up
mini-conversation performances.
Review mini-conversation #12 for performance
on on Wednesday 11/27.
3. Article for reading
aloud and translation:
She Wanted a Man With a Good Job Who Is Nice
to Animals And I was that man.
by Timothy Braun New York Times
"Modern Love" August 16,
2019 MP3 file
Make sure to do ECHO PRACTICE with the
MP3 file, so you read aloud with correct
pronunciation and intonation in class
when it's your turn.
Pay special attention to phrasing (i.e.
where to pause) and the continuation rise.
4. Breaktime song: Joe Jackson Be My Number Two
lyrics
11/27
1. Perform mini-conversation #12.
2. New listening assignment: short MP3 excerpt
from: Betty in the Sky with a Suitcase,
episode 171:
"Just the Leg". Source page.
Due Monday December 2.
Transcribe word-for-word to the
0:23 second point using oTranscribe.
Print out and bring to class; also UPLOAD
to your Google Drive folder as a separate file, labeled Betty1.
3. Article for reading
aloud and translation:
She Wanted a Man With a Good Job Who Is
Nice to Animals And I was that man.
by Timothy Braun New York Times
"Modern Love" August 16,
2019 MP3 file
Make sure to do ECHO PRACTICE with
the MP3 file, so you read aloud with correct
pronunciation and intonation in class
when it's your turn.
Pay special attention to phrasing (i.e.
where to pause) and the continuation rise.
4. Breaktime song: Joe Jackson Be My Number Two
lyrics
WEEK
THIRTEEN: 12/02, 12/04
12/02
1. Emily
Cheng 程筠智 and Audrey Lin 林胤含
will present on: CET 14 (issue 82)
英語發音百樂篇（三）: Pronunciation Potluck (3)
in No. 82, March/April 2014, p. 12-14, and
到底是Yes還是No? in English Island 12,
December 2016.
Audio file on /z/ and /dz/ to
accompany (CET 13
(issue 81)
英語發音百樂篇（二）: Pronunciation Potluck (2).
For next Monday 12/09, read and take
notes on: CET 15 (issue 83)
英語發音百樂篇（四）: Pronunciation Potluck (4)
in No. 83, May/June 2014, p. 12-14, and
「抓到了！母語人士動詞時態不一致！」（我也可以不用管動詞時態嗎？） in
English Island 30, June 2018.
Montana Chang 張群岳 and
Jeffrey Hu 胡廷宇 will present.
2. Review mini-conversation #13.
3.
Correct
listening assignment: Word-for-word transcription of short MP3
excerpt from:
Betty in the Sky with a Suitcase,
episode 171: "Just the Leg". Source page.
Transcribe word-for-word to
the 0:23 second point using oTranscribe.
Print out and bring to class; also UPLOAD
to your Google Drive folder as a separate file, labeled
Betty1.
For next week: short MP3 excerpt from: Betty in the Sky with a Suitcase,
episode 171:
"Just the Leg". Source page.
Due Monday December 9.
Transcribe word-for-word the
remaining portion of the MP3 file,
from the 0:23 second point to the
end (1:31) using oTranscribe.
Print out and bring to class; also UPLOAD
to your Google Drive folder in the file
labeled Betty1.
4. Article for
reading aloud and translation:
She Wanted a Man With a
Good Job Who Is Nice to Animals And
I was that man.
by Timothy
Braun New York Times "Modern Love"
August 16,
2019
MP3 file
Make sure to do
ECHO PRACTICE with the MP3 file, so you read
aloud with correct
pronunciation and
intonation in class when it's your turn.
Pay special attention
to phrasing (i.e. where to pause) and the
continuation rise.
5. Breaktime song: The House Band The Setting (1994)
lyrics with guitar chords
12/04
1.
Review
mini-conversation #13.
2. Article for reading aloud and translation:
She Wanted a Man With a Good Job Who Is
Nice to Animals And I was that man.
by Timothy Braun New York Times
"Modern Love" August 16,
2019 MP3 file
Make sure to do ECHO PRACTICE with
the MP3 file, so you read aloud with correct
pronunciation and intonation in class
when it's your turn.
Pay special attention to phrasing (i.e.
where to pause) and the continuation rise.
3. Breaktime song: The House Band The Setting (1994)
lyrics with guitar chords
WEEK FOURTEEN: 12/09,
12/11
12/09
1.
Montana
Chang 張群岳 and Jeffrey Hu 胡廷宇 will
present
on:
CET 15 (issue 83)
英語發音百樂篇（四）: Pronunciation Potluck (4)
in No. 83, May/June 2014, p. 12-14, and
「抓到了！母語人士動詞時態不一致！」（我也可以不用管動詞時態嗎？） in
English Island 30, June 2018.
For next Monday 12/16, read and take notes on: CET 16 (issue 84)
and CET 17 (issue 85)
Do not 和 don’t意思一樣嗎？英語的縮讀字（上、下） in No.
84, July/August 2014, p. 12-14 and in
No. 85, September/October 2014, p. 16-18,
together with
會唱這兩首歌，就學會假設語氣 in English Island 14,
June 2017.
Thomas Wang 王睿民 and Thomas Chen 陳子安 will
present.
More on schwa elision: Introduction to
Phonetics I: 32. Schwa Elision
2. Go over the
transcription of Betty 2, of Betty in the Sky with a Suitcase,
from the 0:23 second point to the
end (1:31).
Make sure you have pasted in your original
transcription to the Betty1 file in your
Google Drive folder. After we have
gone over the transcription in class, also
paste in the corrected version of the
transcription. There should at this point
be four labeled passages in this file.
3. New transcription
assignment: Tim Ferriss interviews Julie Rice of
SoulCycle, part 1
Transcribe the portion from 0:00 to 1:17,
ending in "...and we started to have Shabbat."
Remember to use earphones! Due on Wednesday,
December 18.
Information on Shabbat
(Wikipedia).
4.
Article for
reading aloud and translation:
She Wanted a Man With a Good Job Who Is
Nice to Animals And I was that man.
by Timothy Braun New York Times
"Modern Love" August 16,
2019 MP3 file
Make sure to do ECHO PRACTICE
with the MP3 file, so you read aloud with correct
pronunciation and intonation in class
when it's your turn.
Pay special attention to phrasing (i.e.
where to pause) and the continuation rise.
5.
Breaktime song: Dave Frishberg
Blizzard of Lies
lyrics
12/11
1. We'll finish going over the
transcription of Betty 2, of Betty in the Sky with a Suitcase,
from the 0:23 second point
to the end (1:31).
Remember to pay special attention
to punctuation and capitalization.
Here are some basic punctuation rules for
English.
Here's a handy chart of punctuation symbols.
Make sure you have pasted in your
original transcription to the Betty1 file in your
Google Drive folder. After we
have gone over the transcription in class, also
paste in the corrected version
of the transcription. There should at this point
be four labeled passages in this
file.
2.
BONUS: Another
example of someone telling a story about something
funny that
happened to her. Does she
follow the rules we've learned for alternating the use
of the past tense
and the narrative present
tense in her storytelling?
Note that the narrator is
from Alabama and speaks with a southern accent.
("Y'all")
American blogger Mary Katherine
Backstrom's story about hugging a stranger by
mistake
3.
Book sharing: Volume Control:
Hearing in a Deafening World
by David Owen
NPR Fresh Air
interview with David Owen: Hearing in a
Deafening World
4. For Monday:
We will try to finish
reading and translating, then will reread and discuss:
She Wanted a Man With a Good Job Who Is
Nice to Animals And I was that man.
by Timothy Braun New York
Times "Modern Love" August 16,
2019 MP3 file
Make sure to do ECHO PRACTICE
with the MP3 file, so you read aloud with correct
pronunciation and intonation in class
when it's your turn.
Pay special attention to phrasing
(i.e. where to pause) and the continuation rise.
We'll go over the transcription of Tim Ferriss interviews Julie Rice
of SoulCycle, part 1
on Wednesday, December 18.
5.
Breaktime song: Dave Frishberg
Blizzard of Lies
lyrics
WEEK FIFTEEN: 12/16,
12/18
12/16
1.
Thomas
Wang 王睿民 and Thomas Chen 陳子安
will present
on: CET 16 (issue
84) and CET 17 (issue 85)
Do not 和
don’t意思一樣嗎？英語的縮讀字（上、下） in No. 84,
July/August 2014, p. 12-14 and in
No. 85, September/October
2014, p. 16-18, together with
會唱這兩首歌，就學會假設語氣 in
English Island 14, June 2017.
Also, discuss Introduction to Phonetics I: 32. Schwa Elision
For next Monday 12/23, read and take notes on: CET 18 (issue
86) 次重音：次要的重音還是很重要！
in No. 86, November/December
2014, p. 12-14, together with
台灣味學習法：用注音練英文母音 in English
Island 24, December 2017.
Brady Chang 張書明 and
Max Wu 吳孟哲 will present.
2. We'll go over the
new
transcription assignment on Wednesday, December 18:
Tim Ferriss interviews Julie Rice
of SoulCycle, part 1
Transcribe the portion from 0:00 to
1:17, ending in "...and we started to have Shabbat."
Remember to use earphones!
Information on Shabbat
(Wikipedia).
3.
Finish
article for reading aloud and translation; we'll then reread
and discuss it:
She Wanted a Man With a Good Job Who
Is Nice to Animals And I was that man.
by Timothy Braun New York
Times "Modern Love" August 16,
2019
MP3 file
Learn all the vocabulary
for the final exam!
4.
Breaktime
song: Harry Chapin Cat's in the Cradle 1974 (live)
video with lyrics
lyrics
12/18
1.
We'll go over
the transcription of Tim Ferriss interviews Julie
Rice of SoulCycle, part 1
Transcribe the portion from 0:00 to
1:17, ending in "...and we started to have
Shabbat."
Remember to pay
special attention to punctuation and capitalization.
Here are some basic punctuation rules for
English.
Here's a handy chart of punctuation symbols.
Make sure you have pasted in your
original transcription to the Betty1 file in
your
Google Drive folder. After
we have gone over the transcription in class, also
paste in the corrected
version of the transcription. There should at this
point
be four labeled passages in
this file.
2. Finish
article for reading aloud and translation; we'll
then reread and discuss it:
She Wanted a Man With a
Good Job Who Is Nice to Animals And
I was that man.
by Timothy
Braun New York Times "Modern Love"
August 16,
2019
MP3 file
Learn all the
vocabulary for the final exam!
3.
Breaktime song: Harry Chapin Cat's in the Cradle 1974
(live) video with lyrics
lyrics
WEEK SIXTEEN: 12/23, 12/25
12/23
1. Brady
Chang 張書明 and Max Wu 吳孟哲 will
present
on: CET 18
(issue 86)
次重音：次要的重音還是很重要！ in No. 86,
November/December 2014, p. 12-14, together with
台灣味學習法：用注音練英文母音 in English
Island 24, December 2017.
For next Monday 12/30, read and take notes on:
英中「發呆」翻譯法大公開 in English
Island 43, August 2019, and:
文法消失了！那些「看不見」的翻譯規則 in English
Island 44, September 2019
Breeze Ni 倪楷恩 and Eddy
Yang 楊昌興 will present.
Make sure you include
your thoughts on how
to retain the dialogs we learned
in class,
and your suggestions on
how to help the public
learn English better.
2. Reread and
discuss: She Wanted a Man With a Good
Job Who Is Nice to Animals And I was that
man.
by Timothy Braun New
York Times "Modern Love" August 16,
2019
MP3 file
Learn all the vocabulary
for the final exam! There will also be a part
on compound noun stress.
3. We'll go over the
new
transcription assignment: Tim Ferriss interviews Julie Rice
of SoulCycle, part 1
Transcribe the portion from 0:00 to
1:17, ending in "...and we started to have Shabbat."
Remember to use earphones!
Information on Shabbat
(Wikipedia).
Here are some basic punctuation rules
for English.
Here's a handy chart of punctuation symbols.
4.
Breaktime
Christmas carols: Lully, Lulla, Thou Little Tiny
Child / Good People All, This
Christmastime / words
Sweet Was the Song the
Virgin Sang by Maddy Prior and the
Carnival Band · Sneak's Noyse
12/25
1.
Due January 6:
Prepare:
(I) a written evaluation of
this semester's class and
(II) an organized summary
of your class notes, in two separate pdf files:
I.
End-of-semester evaluation:
Part 1: evaluate the
class, materials, teacher, syllabus, 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 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 in general and
your English listening and
pronunciation skills in particular?
II.
Organized summary of your class notes:
Go through all your old notes, and
organize them into a summary of main points.
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 Prof.
Chung at: feathermountain@gmail.com and Evanna
Shih at hi9433tw@gmail.com
Make sure all your work is in
you Google Drive folder, especially your "before" and
"after" translations
of the Modern Love article,
and your "before" and "after" transcriptions of the three
transcription assignments.
Also, make sure your Learning
Checklist is up to date.
2. Discuss:
She Wanted a Man
With a Good Job Who Is Nice to
Animals And I was that man.
by Timothy
Braun New York Times "Modern Love"
August 16,
2019
MP3 file
Learn
all the vocabulary for the final
exam! There will also be a part on
compound noun stress.
3. Finish
going over
the transcription of Tim Ferriss
interviews Julie Rice of
SoulCycle, part 1
Transcribe the portion from 0:00
to 1:17, ending in "...and we
started to have Shabbat."
Remember
to pay special attention to punctuation
and capitalization.
Make sure you have
pasted in your original transcription to the
Betty1 file in your
Google Drive folder.
After we have gone over the transcription in
class, also
paste in the corrected
version of the transcription. There
should at this point
be six labeled
passages in this file.
4. Breaktime
Christmas carols: Lully, Lulla, Thou Little Tiny
Child / Good People All, This
Christmastime / words
Sweet Was the Song the Virgin Sang by
Maddy Prior and the Carnival Band ·
Sneak's Noyse
WEEK SEVENTEEN: 12/30 (Wednesday,
January 1 is a holiday; no class)
1. Breeze Ni 倪楷恩 and
Eddy Yang 楊昌興 will present on:
英中「發呆」翻譯法大公開 in English Island 43,
August 2019, and:
文法消失了！那些「看不見」的翻譯規則 in English Island
44, September 2019
2. Finish going over the
transcription of Tim Ferriss interviews Julie Rice of
SoulCycle, part 1
Transcribe the portion from 0:00 to
1:17, ending in "...and we started to have Shabbat."
Remember to pay special attention to
punctuation and capitalization.
3. Make sure you have
submitted ALL your homework and uploaded it to your Google Drive
folder!
Also make sure to update your Learning
Checklist,
upload all your "before" and "after"
transcriptions and translations,
and to submit your notes summary and
class evaluation.
4. The final exam
will be held on Wednesday January 8, 2020 at 8:10-10:00am in
外教中心
101.
5. For next semester:
1. Read a simplified English novel, to
report on orally with a partner – see examples in the class fb group;
available from
Bookman Books 書林 and Crane's 文鶴, among other places.
2. Watch the
Gilmore Girls pilot; we'll perform scenes from this episode in
small groups.
Scene One a Scene One b
6. Breaktime song: Happy New Year (1980) ABBA
lyrics
WEEK EIGHTEEN: 01/08 Final exam
The final exam
will be held on Wednesday, January 8,
2020
at the regular class time
and place, i.e. 8:10am in 外教
中心 101.
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