Professor
Karen Steffen Chung 史嘉琳
E-mail: karchung@ntu.edu.tw
Homepage: http://homepage.ntu.edu.tw/~karchung/
(the first Google hit for 'Karen Chung')
TA:
Chander Tseng 曾國奕
Email: b01102032@ntu.edu.tw
Total
class meetings and important dates Spring 2016
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Readings
Spring 2016
Mini-conversations
師德文教 CET Hello! E.T.
大師開講 articles on English learning
First
12 CET articles in one single pdf file
Goals of Course
E-mail and miscellaneous requirements
List of somewhat shorter novels
for book report assignment
News and podcasts
Grade calculation
Dictionaries
Outside Work
Study aids and resources
Inputting KK/IPA symbols
English TTS
(text to speech) (good for proofreading); Chinese
TTS
Google in English
Spring
2016: 32 class meetings
February 2016: 22, 24, 29
(Holiday; no class);
March: 2, 7, 9, 14, 16, 21, 23, 28, 30;
April: 4
(Holiday; no class),
6,
11, 13, 18, 20, 25, 27;
May: 2, 4, 9, 11, 16, 18, 23, 25, 30;
June: 1, 6. 8, 13, 15.
Final exam: Wednesday, June 22, 2016 新生大樓
403
Class
Facebook group:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/452024954971431/
WEEK
ONE
February 22
(1) Welcome
back! and class list.
(2) Final exams will be returned, and we'll go over the answers
in class.
Correct carefully and hand in on Wednesday
Feb. 24.
(3)
You will submit your class notes every Monday, the same as last semester;
also notes on one of the remaining CET articles.
For next Monday, CET 22, 單數、複數、可數、不可數?
讓英文名詞再也難不倒你!(上)
(4) Warm-up: Kemo Kimo,
sung by Nat King Cole
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEHGMcJYang
(5) Oral storytelling: Snap Judgment:
Back of the Bus
"As a youngster, Glynn has a harsh
introduction to a new school
– before he even arrives..."
http://snapjudgment.org/back-bus
This is a podcast narrated in one
variety of Black US English.
We'll transcribe the entire story, part
by part, translate it into Chinese, and read it aloud in class.
Part 1: Transcribe from the 0:00 to the
1:20 minute point, to: "...right where I was going to sit."
(6) For Wednesday 2/4: Storytelling
exercise
Prepare
to tell an extemporaneous story about something that you experienced
over winter break. It must have a story
arc (also called a narrative arc),
with:
1. Exposition:
The introduction of the story in which characters are introduced, setting
is revealed.
2. Rising Action:
A series of events that complicate matters for the protagonist, creating
a rise in the story's suspense or tension.
3. Climax:
The point of greatest tension in the story and the turning point in the
narrative arc from rising action to falling action.
4. Falling Action:
After the climax, the unfolding of events in a story's plot and the release
of tension leading toward the resolution.
5. Resolution:
The end of the story, typically, in which the problems of the story and
of the protagonists are resolved.
Source:
http://contemporarylit.about.com/od/literaryterms/g/Narrative-Arc-What-Is-Narrative-Arc-In-Literature.htm
February
24
(1) Hand in corrected final exams.
(2) Dictation and error identification exercise #1.
(3)
Oral storytelling: Snap Judgment: Back of the
Bus
"As a youngster, Glynn has a harsh
introduction to a new school – before he even arrives..."
http://snapjudgment.org/back-bus
We'll go over your transcriptions of
the story from
the 0:00
to the 1:20
point.
For
Wednesday 3/2: Continue transcribing the podcast
from the 1:20 to the 2:17 point: "...and
I sit down."
(4)
Breaktime music: Piano
Man by Billy
Joel.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxEPV4kolz0
With lyrics:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEprNGh3FRo
It's nine o'clock on a Saturday
The regular crowd shuffles in
There's an old man sitting next to me
Making love to his tonic and gin
He
says, "Son, can you play me a memory
I'm not really sure how it goes
But it's sad and it's sweet
And I knew it complete
When I wore a younger man's clothes."
Sing
us a song you're the piano man
Sing us a song tonight
Well we're all in the mood for a melody
And you've got us feeling alright
Now
John at the bar is a friend of mine
He gets me my drinks for free
And he's quick with a joke or to light up
your smoke
But there's someplace that he'd rather be
He
says, "Bill, I believe this is killing me."
As a smile ran away from his face
"Well, I'm sure that I could be a movie
star
If I could get out of this place."
Now
Paul is a real estate novelist
Who never had time for a wife
And he's talking with Davy, who's still
in the Navy
And probably will be for life
And
the waitress is practicing politics
As the businessmen slowly get stoned
Yes, they're sharing a drink they call loneliness
But it's better than drinking alone
Sing
us a song you're the piano man
Sing us a song tonight
Well we're all in the mood for a melody
And you've got us feeling alright
It's
a pretty good crowd for a Saturday
And the manager gives me a smile
'Cause he knows that it's me they've been
coming to see
To forget about life for a while
And
the piano it sounds like a carnival
And the microphone smells like a beer
And they sit at the bar and put bread in
my jar
And say, "Man what are you doing here?"
Sing
us a song you're the piano man
Sing us a song tonight
Well we're all in the mood for a melody
And you've got us feeling alright
WEEK
TWO
February
29 (There will be no class on Monday, February 29)
March 2
(1)
Corrected final exams and quiz papers will be returned;
hand in class notes from last week and notes
on CET
22, 單數、複數、可數、不可數?
讓英文名詞再也難不倒你!(上).
For next Monday, read and takes notes on:
CET
23, 單數、複數、可數、不可數?讓英文名詞再也難不倒你!(下)
(2) Dictation and error identification exercise #2.
(3)
Oral storytelling: Snap Judgment: Back of the
Bus
"As a youngster, Glynn has a harsh
introduction to a new school
– before he even arrives..."
http://snapjudgment.org/back-bus
We'll finish going over your transcripitions
for the podcast from 0:00
to the 1:20
point,
then from the 1:20 to the 2:17 point.
For next Wednesday: transcribe the
podcast from the 2:17 to the 4:00 minute point.
(4)
Review Kemo Kimo,
sung by Nat King Cole
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEHGMcJYang
(5) Storytelling
exercise
Prepare
to tell an extemporaneous story about something that you experienced
over winter break. It must have a story
arc (also called a narrative arc).
(6)
Breaktime music:
Tom's Diner by Suzanne
Vega
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLedFWpF9EA
Video
with lyrics:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSZ5EGuapIg
Lyrics:
http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/suzannevega/tomsdiner.html
I
am sitting In the morning at the diner on the corner
I am waiting at the counter for the man
to pour the coffee
And he fills it only halfway and before
I even argue
He is looking out the window at somebody
coming in
"It is always nice to see you"
says the man behind the counter
To the woman who has come in she is shaking
her umbrella
And I look the other way as they are kissing
their hellos
And I'm pretending not to see them and instead
I pour the milk
I open up the paper; there's a story of
an actor
Who had died while he was drinking – it
was no one I had heard of
And I'm turning to the horoscope and looking
for the funnies
When I'm feeling someone watching me and
so I raise my head
There's a woman on the outside looking inside
- Does she see me?
No she does not really see me 'cause she
sees Her own reflection
And I'm trying Not to notice that she's
hitching up her skirt
And while she's straightening her stockings
her hair has gotten wet
Oh,
this rain It will continue through the morning as I'm listening
To the bells of the cathedral I am thinking
of your voice...
And of the midnight picnic once upon a time
before the rain began...
And I finish up my coffee it's time to catch
the train
Da, da, da, da; da, da da da...
WEEK THREE
March
7
(1)
Hand in more carefully corrected final exams;
make sure to include all
mistakes with corrections from all
your work
and quizzes in your class
notes;
hand in class notes from last week and notes
on CET 23,
單數、複數、可數、不可數?讓英文名詞再也難不倒你!(下).
For next Monday, read and takes notes on CET
24: 動詞時態三頁通
(it will be emailed to you) and include with
your class notes.
(2)
Oral storytelling: Snap Judgment: Back of the
Bus
"As a youngster, Glynn has a harsh
introduction to a new school
– before he even arrives..."
http://snapjudgment.org/back-bus
We'll finish going over as much of
your transcripitions for the podcast as possible in class.
For this coming Wednesday: transcribe the
podcast from the 4:00 to the 5:43 minute point.
(3)
Breaktime
music: People are strange by Jim
Morrison and The
Doors (with lyrics)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRAr354usf8
Lyrics:
http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/doors/peoplearestrange.html
People Are
Strange
by Jim Morrison and The Doors
People
are strange when you're a stranger
Faces look ugly when you're alone
Women seem wicked when you're unwanted
Streets are uneven when you're down
When
you're strange
Faces come out of the rain
When you're strange
No one remembers your name
When you're strange
When you're strange
When you're strange
People
are strange when you're a stranger
Faces look ugly when you're alone
Women seem wicked when you're unwanted
Streets are uneven when you're down
When
you're strange
Faces come out of the rain
When you're strange
No one remembers your name
When you're strange
When you're strange
When you're strange
When
you're strange
Faces come out of the rain
When you're strange
No one remembers your name
When you're strange
When you're strange
When you're strange
(4) Storytelling
exercise
Prepare
to tell an extemporaneous story about something that you experienced
over winter break. It must have a story
arc (also called a narrative arc).
March
9
(1)
Dictation and error identification exercise #3.
(2)
Breaktime
music: People Are Strange by Jim
Morrison and The
Doors (with lyrics)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRAr354usf8
Lyrics:
http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/doors/peoplearestrange.html
(3)
Oral storytelling: Snap Judgment: Back of the
Bus
"As a youngster,
Glynn has a harsh introduction to a new school
– before he even arrives..."
http://snapjudgment.org/back-bus
We'll finish going over as much of
your transcripitions for the podcast as possible in class.
WEEK
FOUR
March
14
(1)
Hand in and upload class notes from last week and notes on
CET 24: 動詞時態三頁通.
For next week, read and takes notes on the
English Island article: 台灣教室裡找不到的「嘲諷課」(上)
and include in your class notes to be handed
in on Monday.
(2)
Oral storytelling: Snap Judgment: Back of the
Bus
"As a youngster, Glynn has a harsh
introduction to a new school
– before he even arrives..."
http://snapjudgment.org/back-bus
We'll finish going over as much of
your transcriptions for the podcast as possible in class.
(3)
Breaktime
music: Perfect,
by Alanis Morissette, from
the album "Jagged Little Pill"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_1BQRAkcyc
Sometimes
is never quite enough
If you're flawless, then you'll win my love
Don't forget to win first place
Don't forget to keep that smile on your
face
Be
a good boy
Try a little harder
You've got to measure up
And make me prouder
How
long before you screw it up
How many times do I have to tell you to
hurry up
With everything I do for you
The least you can do is keep quiet
Be
a good girl
You've gotta try a little harder
That simply wasn't good enough
To make us proud
I'll
live through you
I'll make you what I never was
If you're the best, then maybe so am I
Compared to him compared to her
I'm doing this for your own damn good
You'll make up for what I blew
What's the problem...why are you crying
Be
a good boy
Push a little farther now
That wasn't fast enough
To make us happy
We'll love you just the way you are
If you're perfect
http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/alanismorissette/perfect.html
(4) TED talk: Teach girls bravery, not perfection,
by education activist Reshma Saujani of
Girls Who Code
https://www.ted.com/talks/reshma_saujani_teach_girls_bravery_not_perfection
March
16
(1)
There will be no dictation or error identification exercise today
so that we have more time to go over your
transcriptions in class.
(2)
Oral storytelling: Snap Judgment: Back of the
Bus
"As a youngster,
Glynn has a harsh introduction to a new school – before he even arrives..."
http://snapjudgment.org/back-bus
We'll review some of the skills and
tricks we've learned that can help you
figure out words you have difficulty hearing
clearly when doing a transcription.
We'll continue checking your transcripitions
in class; we should be able to finish
the entire podcast on Monday 3/21.
(3)
Breaktime
music: Perfect,
by Alanis Morissette
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_1BQRAkcyc
(4)
Storytelling exercise
Prepare
an extemporaneous story about something that you experienced
over winter break. It must have a story
arc (also called a narrative arc).
You'll tell your story in class on
Monday 3/21 if there's time;
otherwise on Wednesday 3/23.
WEEK
FIVE
March
21
(1)
Hand in and upload class notes from last week and notes on 台灣教室裡找不到的「嘲諷課」(上).
For next week, read and takes notes on the
English Island article: 台灣教室裡找不到的「嘲諷課」(下)
and include in your class notes to be handed
in on Monday.
(2)
Oral storytelling: Snap Judgment:
Back of the Bus
"As a youngster,
Glynn has a harsh introduction to a new school – before he even arrives..."
http://snapjudgment.org/back-bus
We'll review some of the skills and
tricks we've learned that can help you
figure out words you have difficulty hearing
clearly when doing a transcription.
We'll try to finish going over your transcripitions
in class today.
We'll read the entire story out loud once
the whole piece has been thoroughly corrected.
Assignment: Practice reading Back
of the Bus out loud using the audio file
and your corrected, error-free transcription;
we'll read it aloud in class on Wednesday 3/23;
you will be graded on your reading.
(3) Storytelling
exercise
Prepare to tell an extemporaneous story
about something that you experienced
over winter break. It must have a story
arc (also called a narrative arc).
You will tell your story to the class on
Monday, March 28.
(4) Breaktime music: Be
My Number Two, by
Joe Jackson (wiith lyrics)
Won't you be my number two
Me and number one are through
There won't be too much to do
Just smile when I feel blue
And
there's not much left of me
What you get is what you see
Is it worth the energy
I leave it up to you
And if you got something to say to me
Don't try to lay your funny ways on me
I know that it's really not fair of me
But my heart's seen too much action
And every time I look at you
You'll be who I want you to
And I'll do what I can do
To make a dream or two come true
If you be my
If you be my number two
http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/joejackson/bemynumbertwo.html
March
23
(1)
Dictation
and error identification exercise #4.
(2) Read Back of the Bus
aloud in class; you will be graded on your oral reading.
(3)
Storytelling exercise
Prepare to tell an extemporaneous story
about something that you experienced
over winter break. It must have a story
arc (also called a narrative arc).
Pay special attention to structure
and grammar – prepare
carefully!
You will tell your story to the class on
Monday, March 28.
(4) Breaktime music: Be
My Number Two, by Joe
Jackson (with lyrics).
WEEK SIX
March 28
(1)
Hand in and upload class notes from last week and notes on 台灣教室裡找不到的「嘲諷課」(下)
For next week, read and takes notes on the
English Island article: 老師,請認錯吧!(上),
and include in your class notes to be handed
in on Monday.
(2)
Oral storytelling: Snap Judgment: Back of the Bus
"As a youngster,
Glynn has a harsh introduction to a new school – before he even arrives..."
http://snapjudgment.org/back-bus
We'll continue going over your transcripitions
in class today.
We'll read the entire story out loud once
the whole piece has been thoroughly corrected.
Assignment: Practice reading Back of the
Bus out loud using the audio file
and your corrected, error-free transcription;
we'll read it aloud in class on Wednesday 4/6;
you will be graded on your reading.
(3) Storytelling exercise
Prepare to tell an extemporaneous story
about something that you experienced
over winter break. It must have a story
arc (also called a narrative arc).
You will tell your story to the class on
Wednesday, April 6.
(4)
Breaktime
music: Father
and Son, by Cat
Stevens.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdMPuMeTxzY
(Father)
It's not time to make a change,
Just relax, take it easy.
You're still young, that's your fault,
There's so much you have to know.
Find a girl, settle down,
If you want you can marry.
Look at me, I am old, but I'm happy.
I
was once like you are now, and I know that it's not easy,
To be calm when you've found something going
on.
But take your time, think a lot,
Why, think of everything you've got.
For you will still be here tomorrow, but
your dreams may not.
(Son)
How can I try to explain, when I do he turns
away again.
It's always been the same, same old story.
From the moment I could talk I was ordered
to listen.
Now there's a way and I know that I have
to go away.
I know I have to go.
(Father)
It's not time to make a change,
Just sit down, take it slowly.
You're still young, that's your fault,
There's so much you have to go through.
Find a girl, settle down,
if you want you can marry.
Look at me, I am old, but I'm happy.
(Son)
All the times that I cried, keeping all
the things I knew inside,
It's hard, but it's harder to ignore it.
If they were right, I'd agree, but it's
them you know not me.
Now there's a way and I know that I have
to go away.
I know I have to go.
http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/catstevens/fatherandson.html
(5) TED
talk: Inside the mind of a master procrastinator,
by Internet writer Ted Urban.
http://www.ted.com/talks/tim_urban_inside_the_mind_of_a_master_procrastinator
March 30
(1)
Oral
storytelling: Snap Judgment: Back of the Bus
"As a youngster,
Glynn has a harsh introduction to a new school – before he even arrives..."
http://snapjudgment.org/back-bus
We'll finish going over your transcripitions
in class today,
and
will read the entire story out loud once the whole piece has been thoroughly
corrected.
Assignment: Practice reading Back
of the Bus out loud using the audio file
and your corrected, error-free transcription;
we'll read it aloud in class on Wednesday 3/23;
you will be graded on your
reading.
(2) Storytelling
exercise
Prepare
to tell an extemporaneous story about something that you experienced
over winter break. It must have a story
arc (also called a narrative arc).
Pay special attention to structure
and grammar – prepare
carefully!
You will tell your story to the class on Wednesday, April 6 or Monday April
11.
(3)
Breaktime
music: Father
and Son, by Cat
Stevens.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdMPuMeTxzY
WEEK
SEVEN
April
4 (There
will be no class on Monday, April 4)
April 6
(1)
Read and
include notes on 同學,給我一點Feedback
in your class notes for Monday 4/11.
(2) Dictation and error identification exercise #5.
(3)
Oral
storytelling: Snap Judgment: Back of the Bus
"As a youngster,
Glynn has a harsh introduction to a new school – before he even arrives..."
http://snapjudgment.org/back-bus
First, we'll briefly discuss the story
– what the point of the story is, and its emotional impact.
We'll read the entire story aloud
in class; you will be graded on your reading.
(4)
Assignment
for Monday 4/11: First, open this video
of a different version of "Back of the Bus":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHtn7MbvonQ
Next, with your corrected transcription
in front of you, listen carefully to the video,
think about it for a while, then answer
the following questions:
1. What is similar about the two versions of
the story?
2. What are the differences between the
two versions?
3. What does the visual body language add
to the telling of the story?
4. Do you notice any difference in the words
(e.g. "Yo!)
and attitude Washington
uses in this telling of the story?
If so, in what part of
the story are these differences most pronounced,
and how do you account
for these differences?
5. Give some examples of where Washington
gives more details or examples in the story.
6. How easy or difficult was it for you
to understand almost everything in the new video?
*Optional: Interesting article on Glynn Washington in The Atlantic
magazine:
http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2013/07/nprs-great-black-hope/309394/
(5) Breaktime music – another song sung a capella:
Behind the Wall,
by Tracy Chapman
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfeUZJwioio
Last
night I heard the screaming
Loud voices behind the wall
Another sleepless night for me
It won't do no good to call
The police
Always come late
If they come at all (x 2)
And
when they arrive
They say, "they can't interfere
With domestic affairs,
Between a man and his wife."
And as they walk out the door
The tears well up in her eyes
Last
night I heard the screaming
Then a silence that chilled my soul
I prayed that I was dreaming
When I saw the ambulance in the road
And the policeman said,
"I'm here to keep the peace."
Will the crowd disperse
I think we all could use some sleep
Last night I heard the screaming
Loud voices behind the wall
Another sleepless night for me
It won't do no good to call
The police
Always come late
If they come at all
WEEK
EIGHT
April
11
(1)
Discuss
同學,給我一點Feedback
from English Island; hand in your class notes.
For next week's notes, make a thorough
and well-organized list of all the tricks 撇步
for getting a transcription right, even
when you can't hear every word clearly.
Include your comments on whether you have
used the trick yourself, and if so, how useful it is.
Add any tricks and resources
you discovered yourself that were useful to you.
Also make a list of problems
you still have in transcribing spoken English
that you haven't been able to solve with
the above tricks.
(2) Oral storytelling: Snap Judgment: Back of the Bus
First, we'll briefly discuss the story –
what the point of the story is, and its emotional impact.
Then we'll read the entire story aloud in
class; you will be graded on your reading.
You will hand in your original effort at
transcribing your story, and also your
hopefully 100% correct transcription.
(3)
Video
version of "Back of the Bus":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHtn7MbvonQ
We'll discuss the following questions - you should
have included the answers to these
in your notes for this week:
1. What is similar about the two versions of
the story?
2. What are the differences between the
two versions?
3. What does the visual body language add
to the telling of the story?
4. Do you notice any difference in the words
(e.g. "Yo!)
and attitude Washington
uses in this telling of the story?
If so, in what part of
the story are these differences most pronounced,
and how do you account
for these differences?
5. Give some examples of where Washington
gives more details or examples in the story.
6. How easy or difficult was it for you
to understand almost everything in the new video?
(4) Make a full, accurate transcription
of the video version of the story; due Monday April 18.
(5)
Storytelling
exercise
We'll
do this on Wednesday 4/13:
Prepare to tell an extemporaneous story
about something that you experienced
over winter break. It must have a story
arc (also called a narrative arc).
Pay special attention to structure
and grammar – prepare
carefully!
(6)
Breaktime music:
American Tune,
by Paul Simon
(1973)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3_qyWU3-qQ&nohtml5=False
Many's the time I've been mistaken
And many times confused
Yes, and I've often felt forsaken
And certainly misused
But I'm all right, I'm all right
I'm just weary to my bones
Still, you don't expect to be
Bright and bon vivant
So far away from home, so far away from
home
And
I don't know a soul who's not been battered
I don't have a friend who feels at ease
I don't know a dream that's not been shattered
or driven to its knees
But it's all right, it's all right
For we've lived so well so long
Still, when I think of the road we're traveling
on
I wonder what's gone wrong
I can't help it, I wonder what's gone wrong
And
I dreamed I was dying
I dreamed that my soul rose unexpectedly
And looking back down at me
Smiled reassuringly
And I dreamed I was flying
And high up above my eyes could clearly
see
The Statue of Liberty
Sailing away to sea
And I dreamed I was flying