Program/Course Goals & Core Abilities
08/30/2011 Approved by the 1st Curriculum Committee Meeting of 2011
09/06/2011 Approved by the 2nd Curriculum Committee Meeting of 2011
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Program Goals
Prepare students to master learning skills and attain proficiency in listening, speaking, reading, writing, and presenting in English to
communicate effectively with the global community.
Help students understand and appreciate other cultures’ world views, unique ways of living, and behavior patterns.
Equip students to interpret a variety of authentic live, print, and technology-based resources to access knowledge related to all
university-wide disciplines.
Help students understand the nature of language systems, including English and Chinese, and how language and thought are inextricably
linked.
Prepare students to pursue language learning on their own for personal enjoyment and enrichment and to advance career opportunities.
Course Goals
Program Goals
1. Communication
Communicate in English
English Communication Training I
Listening & Speaking
a. Students will understand and
interpret English in its spoken
form on a variety of topics.
b. Students will use different
language functions to engage in
Course Goals
English Communication Training II
Reading & Writing
a. Students will understand and
interpret English in its written form
on a variety of topics.
b. Students will present information,
concepts, and ideas to an audience
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English Communication Training III
Presentation
a. Students will present information,
concepts, and ideas to an audience
of listeners on a variety of topics
through use of effective
presentation skills.
conversations, provide and obtain
information, express feelings and
emotions, and exchange opinions
in English.
of readers on a variety of topics.
c. Students will comprehend written
texts through use of reading and
vocabulary learning skills.
Core Abilities of English Communication Training I, II & III
Core Abilities of English Communication Training I
Course Goals
Indicators for English Communication Training I: Listening &Speaking
Level B
Level C
Listening
Listening
Listening
a. Students will comprehend spoken
a. Students will comprehend spoken
a. Students will comprehend brief spoken
language, as expressed by English
messages on topics of personal
messages on daily-life topics.
speakers in both formal and informal
interests, preferences, and memorable b. Students will comprehend simple oral
settings.
experiences.
statements using numbers and time.
b. Students will comprehend
b. Students will comprehend oral
c. Students will comprehend the main idea
information using simple
messages by applying concepts of
contained in various types of spoken
mathematics, scheduling, weather or
numbers, time and weather.
messages.
climate.
c. Students will comprehend main ideas Speaking
c. Students will comprehend main ideas
and significant details contained in
a. Students will exchange basic
and significant details contained in
various types of spoken messages.
information about people, events, and
various types of spoken messages.
Speaking
places.
Speaking
a. Students will exchange information
b. Students will share opinions and
a. Students will exchange information
on topics of personal interests,
preferences about people, events,
about past, current, or future events.
preferences, and memorable
places, and things.
b. Students will share ideas about and
experiences.
personal reactions to various sources, b. Students will exchange and apply
including face-to-face interaction and
information incorporating numbers,
recordings.
time and weather.
c. Students will describe issues and
c. Students will compare and contrast
problems that are of concern to
opinions and preferences about
Level A
1. Communication
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others.
d. Students will exchange, support, and
discuss opinions on various topics
dealing with personal, contemporary,
or historical issues.
people, events, places, and things.
Core Abilities of English Communication Training II
Course Goals
1. Communication
Indicators for English Communication Training II: Reading & Writing
Level A
Level B
Level C
Reading
Reading
Reading
a. Students will acquire knowledge and a. Student will acquire knowledge and
a. Students will understand highly
new information from extended
new information from comprehensive
contextualized texts of familiar topics.
discourses.
texts.
b. Students will comprehend the main
b. Students will comprehend main ideas b. Students will comprehend the main
ideas of selected written materials.
and key supporting ideas, and make
ideas and supporting ideas of selected Writing
inferences in selected written
written materials.
c. Students will compose sentences to
materials.
Writing
state opinions and personal preferences
Writing
c. Students will compose paragraphs to
about people, events, places, and things.
c. Students will compose essays to
compare and contrast opinions and
d. Students will compose sentences to
compare and contrast opinions and
preferences about people, events,
exchange basic information about
preferences about people, events,
places, and things.
people, events, and places.
places and things.
d. Students will compose paragraphs to
d. Students will compose essays to
express feelings, emotions and
describe and discuss issues and
opinions in various situations, and
problems that are of concern to
respond appropriately to the feelings
others.
and opinions expressed by others.
Core Abilities of English Communication Training III
Indicators for English Communication Training III: Presentation
Course Goals
Level A
Level B
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Level C
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Communication
a. Students will apply and present
a. Students will present information,
a. Students will present information,
information, concepts, and ideas to a
concepts, and ideas to a peer/teacher
concepts, and ideas to a peer/teacher
peer/teacher audience of listeners on a
audience of listeners on a variety of
audience of listeners on a variety of topics
variety of topics ranging from mottoes
topics ranging from mottoes for life to
ranging from favorite places to
for life to current affairs in the news.
current affairs in the news
memorable experiences.
b. Students will develop and apply tactics b. Students will develop the basic skills
b. Students will recognize, comprehend and
& skills acquired in units which include
required for a basic presentation which
apply on a basic level brainstorming, tips
brainstorming, taking and using
includes brainstorming, taking and
for basic introductions, and presentation
presentation notes, explaining survey
using presentation notes, explaining
layout including organization,
data/information, and persuasive use of
survey data/information, and persuasive
preparation, and making a formal public
English in formal public presentations.
use of English in formal public
presentation
c. Students will talk critically about daily
presentations.
c. Students will talk about daily activities,
activities, plans, likes and dislikes, and c. Students will talk critically about daily
plans, likes and dislikes, and past
past experiences and respond
activities, plans, likes and dislikes, and
experiences and incorporate these into
appropriately to those of others.
past experiences. Students will
basic presentations.
Students will incorporate basic
incorporate basic social/cultural
social/cultural knowledge and current
knowledge and current affairs into oral
affairs into class discussion and oral
presentations.
presentations.
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Culture
a. Students will be exposed to the target culture in areas ranging from daily activities to entertainment.
b. Students will discuss events/culture from all over the globe and will be able to relate and critically reflect upon knowledge and
experiences related to the target culture.
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Connections
a. Student will be exposed to general information in their peers’ various disciplines through interaction in class.
b. Students will improve English presentations in their own disciplines.
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Comparisons
a. Students will gain insight into English and Chinese through comparing things like feelings and experiences to peers and English
speakers.
b. Students will become more familiarized with the target culture through sharing and discussion opinions and viewpoints with peers
and English speakers.
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Communities
a. Students will discuss various topics in the context of an English-speaking environment with their peers and instructors within and
beyond the school setting.
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courses mainly focus on communication, and therefore the sections in gray (culture, connections, comparisons, and communities) are optional.
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above curriculum plan is developed based on National Standards for Foreign Language Education, issued by ACTFL (American Council on the Teaching of
Foreign Languages.
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