楊仕煊-My Comprehensive English Enhancement Plan

My Comprehensive English Enhancement Plan

I hope that I can watch a football game in Englsih and exactly understand what broadcast are

talking about before 08 EU cup.

I think that the first step is to know some vocabularies which are commonly used in the game,

and I should to know more about the rules and some team players. It may be helpful.

And I should watch the games evey week to practice my listening comprehension.

If it doesn't work, maybe I'll adjust it.

許孟岡-My Comprehensive English Enhancement Plan

My Comprehensive English Enhancement Plan for 2007-2008 School Year

I’ve long dreamed of going abroad to study in places such as England or America. To achieve the goal, I know I will need to acquire at least one certain qualification, that is-the English proficiency test designed for overseas students (such as IELTS and TOFEL). To me, of course, this will be a very big challenge. However, I have the willingness to give it a try. It may really be a tough job, but I think I can master it through hard work.
Who knows, maybe eventually, it will result in a “dream come true”.

Below are some of my plans to achieve my goal:

1. Listening:
Recently I’ve discovered that renowned news broadcasting organizations like BBC, CNN offer audio and visual clips from their news programmes on their website. I think I will take advantage of it and make it a habit to listen to it for about 30 minutes every day. Besides that, I will continue with my daily listening programs with Advanced Studioclassroom. YouTube would be a great choice to practice listening, too. I’ve found the website so interesting and entertaining.

2. Reading & Writing:
I’ve made my mind to submit TIME magazine recently as a bridge to improve my reading and writing. From what I’ve heard, TIME magazine is very famous for its beautifully-written articles and unbiased content. By reading it, I believe my understanding of the language will definitely be more accurate. And since we’re required to update our blogs regularly, I think it’s a great chance for us to practice writing.

3. Speaking:
To be honest, this is a pretty tricky question. I’ve seen information about our school’s English Corner from posters lately. Maybe I’ll join that since it’s a rare opportunity. Or I might consider talking to myself in English at times.

洪子雅-My Comprehensive English Enhancement Plan

My Comprehensive English Enhancement Plan for 2007-2008 School Year

●1.special goal: i want to have a good score on my TOEFL test when i take the test in my sencond or third year.
●2. Specific actions to achieve that goal：i will memorize at least ten new words everyday, and i will listen to Advance four or five days a week; i'll read as many english novels as i can.
●3. keeping track and evaluation

it strange to see this on my blog = =", anyway, just make it a start

余星輝-How to improve my English in the following year

How to improve my English in the following year

Is a very difficult job for me,at least not easy.However,it is something worth trying.
First,I will leave no stone unturned to do my part in English class.My English teacher gave us his wedsite,which
has lots of imformation about how to study English.Second,I may apply for the activity for students to improve
English called English corner.Third,I want to study Economics overseas,and it is a very great motive for me to
improve English.Moreover,at the some time,it is also a rare chance for me to sharpen English skill.
I don't write too mush but it had already cost me A lot of time.Although,it is not enough but I will keep
these in mind and try to do more.

陳俊廷- My Comprehensive English Enhancement Plan

My Comprehensive English Enhancement Plan for 2007-2008 School Year

The ways that I will try:

1. Watch Desperate Housewives or The Apprentice Recap to realize different culture.
2. Listen to enslish songs or Global Voice or ESL. (the part which I interst in)
3. Talk to my partners about life in english.

Then I may abandon some or add some so that I can really enjoy english.

張鳳羚-My Comprehensive English Enhancement Plan

My Comprehensive English Enhancement Plan for 2007-2008 School Year

I always set some goals at the beginning of a new year , but seldom did I really achieve those goals. To say is always much easier than to do something. Since I’m a college student right now , I wish that I can really finish my plan.
I attend a school club called AIESEC. It’s a international organization. The members of it spread over the world . Students there are quite eloquent , I hope I can also be like them. I have already taken some of their classes . I want to become one of their organizers and play an important role in some activities.
I am a cadre in my class now. I’m still thinking about what can I do for this class. I have compassion. I want to contribute to my class. There are 101 students in my department. I have not get to know all of them. I wish that I can be a good friend of everyone. I believe that we will have a lot of good time in the future.

陳怡介-My Comprehensive English Enhancement Plan

1.英文相關科目學年平均成績達85分以上

2.收聽ICRT 讀NEWSWEEK 和外國友人聊天

3.準備托福和多益

張文亭--English enhancement plan

My comprehensive English enhancement plan for 2007-2008 school year

• 1. Special goal:I want to pass GEPT 中高級 in 2008. And I will also study 5 English novels in this semester.
• 2. Specific actions to achieve that goal：I will study Newsweek for 40 minutes everyday，and every weekend I will spend one and half hours to read the English novels that I interesting in.（So far I have Harry Potter and Charlotte's Web,so I think I will start on these two books.）
• 3. Keeping track and evaluation

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HOMEWORK 2

My Comprehensive English Enhancement Plan for 2007-2008 School Year

1. Specific goal (Should be realistic and attainable.)
2. Specific Actions that you think will be effective to achieve that goal
3. Keeping track and evaluation
4. The English classes that you are taking this year, such as this one, should be part of the plan.
5. The teacher may request you to do a periodic review of your progress. You may adjust your goal and action plan upon sincere valuation of your progress.

Course Description

Freshman English Oral Communication (Section U)

Prof. Dingren Tsao (dingren.tsao@gmail.com)

Fridays 3:10PM~5:00PM (Humanity Bldg 309)

Many individuals. Many Dreams. One Class. One Objective—to help students develop themselves so that they will be aspired to enjoy life more and become better contributors to the world through proficient English

The course is designed to improve advanced EFL students’ oral communication skills by focusing on:

1. Listening skills: comprehending main ideas and important details; understanding speaker’s purpose and attitude, making accurate inferences, forming generalization, and drawing conclusion
2. Speaking skills: expressing ideas and opinions clearly and effectively; summarizing main ideas from various sources.
3. Pronunciation improvement: English sound articulation, stress, rhythm, grouping (pausing, linking, focus) and intonation.
4. Discourse strategies: using proper forms of language to perform social functions in various contexts.

Required Text:
Summit I. by Saslow & Aschser. (2006) Longman (Available in 北大書坊)

CLASS ACTIVITIES: Class activities will include (but not limited to)

1. A variety of listening exercises, primarily based on material provided in our textbook

2. Pair work and small group activities on oral communication skills

3. Sharing of learning insights and highlights, primarily, material beyond our textbook.

Preparations for Class Time

1. Create and Maintain your personal blog

2. Make a plan for English Enhancement, 2007-8 school year.

3. Identify one or two major English (or ESL) sources of quality audio and video input such as Randall’s ESL Cyber Listening Lab (http://www.esl-lab.com), EFLpod.com and visit them regularly.

4. Record your efforts and progress on your blog.

5. Share your insights and highlights first with your team members then with the entire class.

6. Teamwork is highly encouraged.

7. Attend all classes with a positive attitude and ready to behave as mature adults.

Proposed Course Schedule For u1599

(Revised 11/02)

	Date	Major Content	Notes/Assignments
1	9/21	Placement Test
2	9/28	No class	Teacher’s Day
3	10/05	Introduction, “Attitude” Talk,	H1:E-mail & Blog addresses
4	10/12	These I Believe, Form Groups,.	H2:English Enhancement Plan
5	10/19	Team Introduction	Text unavailable
6	10/26	Team Time, First visit with Randall—Healthy Lifestyle (Tex unavailable)	H3: Revise CEEP
7	11/02	More on Team, Blogs, Finish Healthy Lifestyle, Summit Overview, Unit 1	Class Photo
8	11/09	Unit 1 (Pair & Team Works)
9	11/16	Exam Unit 1, Begin Unit 2	校定期中考週
10	11/23	Unit 2, (Team )
11	11/30	Exam 2, Begin Unit 3
12	12/07	Unit 3 (Pair & Team )
13	12/14	Exam 3 (Pair &Team ), Begin Unit 4
14	12/21	Unit 4 (Pair & Team )
15	12/28	Exam 4, Begin Unit 5
16	01/04	Unit 5 (Pair & Team )
17	01/11	Exam 5 (Team J)

Proposed Grade Composition

1. In class activities and contribution 35%

2. Quizzes and exams 30%

3. Quality and quantity of sharing on blogs 35%

Important Notice

1. In all your e-mails to the teacher to her gmail address, be sure to write your course number (u1587) and team name (A~J) in the SUBJECT line. Always put your name and school ID number in the closing. Why? The teacher has five classes. She needs your specific information to properly sort your mails.

2. In all your submissions directly to the class blog, be sure to include your name, school ID number and team name in each of the submissions. If it is a homework, mark “Homework No. x” as well. Never use an attachment to post to any blog as blogs do not take attachments!

3. Your Homework 2 is to produce your very own “Comprehensive English Enhancement Plan for 2007-8 School Year”. Please read again the instructions on the class notes. In addition to post it on your own personal blog, please submit a copy to your class blog.