introduction to english reading and writing. syllabus 第一週: back to school- preparing for a...
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Topic 1: Women’s Status – East and West, Past and Present 第二週: Story of An Hour - Kate Chopin 第三週: Lost Lives of women-Amy Tan 第四週: The Golden Cangue-Eileen Chang (intercultural reading group) 第五週: PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Introduction to English Reading and Writing
Syllabus
• 第一週: Back to school- Preparing for a Global Society (from Underachieving Colleges)-Derek Curtis Bok
• Topic 1: Women’s Status – East and West, Past and Present
• 第二週: Story of An Hour - Kate Chopin
• 第三週: Lost Lives of women-Amy Tan• 第四週: The Golden Cangue-Eileen Chang (in
tercultural reading group)• 第五週: Presentation
• Topic 2: Tradition and Values• 第六週: The Lottery-Shirley Jackson• 第七週: The Lottery: Confinement of tradi
tion and scapegoat• 第八週: The Statue Doesn’t Look Right-
Malcolm Gladwell• 第九週: Mid-Term
• Topic 3: Medicine, Ethics, and Life• 第十週: Tuesday with Morrie –Mitch Albo
m• 第十一週: Indian Camp/ Hills Like White
Elephant-Ernest Hemingway• 第十二週: “ Flesh-and-Blood Decision
Making” How Doctors Think
• Topic Popular Culture• 第十三週: Rare Jordan-Nelson George• 第十四週: Is Hollywood Responsible for
911?-Robert Roten• 第十五週: Reflection and discussion: do
we have our own popular culture? • Presentation
• 主題五 Negotiated Syllabus• 第十六週: To Be Announced• 第十七週: To Be Announced• 第十八週: Final Exam
指定用書 • An Introduction to Critical Reading• 出版商 :Thomson Wadsworth
參考書籍 • Our Underachieving Colleges: A Candid Look at How Much Student
s Learn and Why They Should Be Learning More• 作者: Bok, Derek Curtis 出版社: Princeton Univ Press• Tuesday With Morrie• 作者: Albom, Mitch 出版社: Bantam Books• How Doctors Think• 作者 : Groopman, Jerome/ Prichard, Michael (NRT) 出版社: Ingr
am Pub Services• Blink – The power of thinking without thinking• 作者: Malcolm Gladwell 出版社: Penguin Group UK• Patterns of Reflection• 作者: Seyler, Dorothy U. (EDT) 出版社: Addison-Wesley• Essays from Contemporary Culture 作者 : ACKLEY, KATHERINE
ANNE 出版社 : HARCOURT, INC.
Assessment
• 期中考 25%• 期末考 25%• 討論區發表、個人作業、日誌、學習歷程 2
5%• 小組報告、專案計畫 25%