About the course

Course: Basic English Composition
Credits: 2 (required)
Instructor: Ming Huei (John) Lin
Email: johnlinminghuei@gmail.com

Teaching materials
(1) CNN Online news (2) Taipei Times (3) Peer ariticles
(4) Class blog: http://eflwriting.blogspot.com/

Grading: Participation 30% ; Assignments 30% ; Mid-term exam 20%; Final exam 20% (Note. Each absence will cause you a loss of 10%)

Notes1. Assignments: Students are required to hand in a piece of writing biweekly ONLINE.
Notes 2. Journals: Students are encouraged to keep online journals.

..........Syllabus

Dates.................. Lectures /Assignments/Journals
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Week 1, 9/18 .........Introduction. Creation of student blogs
Week 2, 9/25......... Organization of articles 1
Week 3, 10/2......... Organization of article 2
Week 4, 10/9 .........Content 1
Week 5, 10/16........Content 2
Week 6, 10/23... .... Language use 1
Week 7, 10/30 ....... Language use 2
Week 8, 11/6......... Mechanics
Week 9, 11/13........ Mid-term exam
Week 10, 11/20...... Language use 3
Week 11, 11/ge...... Language use 4
Week 12, 12/4 ...... .Vocabulary 1
Week 13, 12/11.......Content 3
Week 14, 12/18 ......Language Use 5
Week 15, 12/25.......Language Use 6
Week 16, 01/01 ......No class
Week 17, 01/08 ......Review
Week 18, 01/15 ......Final exam