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Listening and Pronunciation
3:30-5:20pm &
Foreign Language Teaching
and Resource Center (FLTR 外教)
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Karen Chung 史嘉琳 老師
Class syllabus:
on English pronunciation
A demonstration
of how the
2015: 15 class meetings
&&&&&March: 2, 9, 16, 23, 30;
&&&&&April: 6 (H
no class),
13, 20, 27;
&&&& May: 4, 11, 18, 25;
&&&& June: 1, 8, 15.
&&&&&Spring 2015: Last day of semester: Thursday,
June 18, 2015
&&&&&Final exam: June 22, 2015 外教 206
dates (Spring 2015):
Cancel-add:
24-March 7 (cancel: till March 8)
February 27 holiday (no
class): Friday,
February 27
Finalization of class schedules: March
Application period for withdrawing from a course:
March 9-May 22
Azelea Festival begins: March
Tomb-Sweeping Holiday (no
class for fe on Wednesday April 1 and Monday April 6): April
Online application for second chance at exemption from
advanced English class (subject to change):
March 23-27
Mid-semester online student course evaluations:
March 23-May 1
University marathon: March
Mid-terms (no midterm
will be given for this class): April
End-of-semester online student course evaluations:
Last day of class: Thursday,
Final exams: June
Final exam: Monday,
June 22, 3:30-5:20am, in 外教 206
Summer Vacation: June
29-September 6
2015 syllabus
&&&&&Note:
This syllabus is subject to change, and will be adjusted and updated weekly
throughout the semester.
&&&&&PLEASE REPORT ANY
ERRORS OR DEAD LINKS you find to !
Week 1: March 2-9:
Enrollment and other class business.
students: Join a. the
&&& and b.
on Facebook.
Monday, you will hand in:
a summary of your class notes from the previous week,
&& &2. together with a your daily listening log,
&&&&3. a summary of one or more of the CET 師德 articles online.
This week, for new students:
1. 大師開講 —
in No. 69, January/February
2012, p. 8-10.
2. 大師開講 —
in No. 70, March/April 2012, p.12-14.
&These articles explain in Chinese how the && of language learning works.
both new and old students: read and summarize CET
19 脫口而出的英文文法.
to access.
&&&&4. Summaries
of two (new students: four) chapters of Scott Cuthbert's book:
搞定50個你一定會犯的英文錯誤，
&&&&聽說讀寫有如神助
&作者： 史考特?科斯博 (Scott Cuthbert) &出版社：本事文化 &2014
&&& New students: For
next week, summarize chapters 1 and 2 of C
&&&&New and old students: summarize chapters 33 and 34.
&&& &&&&&& &Available at 政大書城
&&&&&&&&&&& 台北市大安區羅斯福路3
段301 號B1
&&&&&&&&&&& 電話：02-
營業時間：每日上午10:30至下午10:30
&&&&&&&&&&& (They sell
it for less than the online price.)
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6. Tell one-minute story of an
experience that happened during winter break.
&&&& It must have a story arc, and drama!
Week 2. March 9-16:
1. Submit class notes, notes
on CET 1, 2 and 19, Cuthbert 1, 2, 33, and 34,
&&&& pronunciation correction plan, and your listening log.
&&& &For next Monday: summary of :
(new students)
(new and old students);
Cuthbert 3, 4 (new students), 35 and 36
(new and old students).
a quo due by Friday, March 13;
&&& subject line: ELP make sure to send it in plain
text, not html.
&&& Also subscribe to the , and say so in your email.
Dictation.
telling one-minute story of an experience that happened during winter break,
&&& with story arc, and drama.
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Listen to The Truth Podcast: ; prepare
to act out the story next week.
&&&&Do it as an improvisation, but prepare some good and
correct sentences beforehand!
3. March 16-23:
Submit class notes, notes on CET 3 and 20, and
on Cuthbert 3, 4, 35, and 36;
&&&& pronunciation correction plan, and your listening log.
&&& &For next Monday - new students: summary of :&
Cuthbert 5, 6; everybody: Cuthbert 37 and 38.
&&&&&Also submit dictation
from last week and (old students) corrected final
exam from last semester.
Dictation.
telling one-minute story of an experience that happened during winter break,
&&& with story arc, and drama.
4. We'll do the improvisations
in pairs of The
Monday (3/23).
and prepare to recite a poem to the class next week: , by Robert Frost.
4. March 23-30:
1. Submit PAPER class notes, notes
on CET 4, and on Cuthbert 37 and 38 (new: also 5 and 6),
&&& pronunciation correction plan, an ALSO
upload to Google Drive.
&&&&For next Monday: Melissa's article on how to write good
&&& the link will be emailed to you via M
&&& new students: summary of :
&&&&and Cuthbert 39 and 40 (new: also 7 and 8).
2. Dictation.
3. Improvisations in pairs of
The Truth: .
4. Recite poem: , by Robert Frost, if there' otherwise next week.
5 and 6. March 30-April 13:
Submit PAPER class notes and notes on Cuthbert 39 and 40 (new: also 7 and 8),
&&& and Melissa's article: 英文Email潛規則
(new students: notes on CET 5),
&&& pronunciation correction plan, an ALSO
upload to Google Drive.
&&&&For Monday April 13: CET 21
(issue 89; it has
&&& (new students: summary of : ),
&&&&and Cuthbert 41, 42, 43 and 44 (new: also 9, 10, 11,
&&&&2. Dictation.
3. Finish improvisations in pairs
of The Truth: .
4. Recite poem: , by Robert Frost.
5. Postponed to 4/20: Read your
vote on the ones you like best,
&&&&&form groups to develop and perform the plays chosen.
&&&&&The author of each idea will be the group leader.
7. April 13-20:
PAPER class notes and notes on Cuthbert 41, 42, 43 and 44;
&&&&(new: also Cuthbert 9, 10, 11 and 12 and CET 6).
&&&&For Monday April 20: Cuthbert 45, 46 (new: 13, 14 and
2. Dictation.
3. Recite poem: Fire and Ice, by Robert Frost.
Week 8. April 20-27:
1. Submit PAPER class notes
and notes on Cuthbert 45, 46;
&&&&(new: also Cuthbert 13, 14 and CET 7).
&&&&For Monday April 27: Cuthbert 47, 48 (new: also 15,
16 and CET 8);
2. Dictation.
3. Finish reciting poem: Fire and Ice, by Robert Frost.
4. For Monday May 4:
&&&&Read your play
vote on the ones
you like best,
&&&&form groups to develop and perform the plays chosen.
&&&&The author of each idea will be the group leader.
Week 9. April 27-May 4:
1. Submit PAPER class notes
and notes on Cuthbert 47, 48;
&&&&(new: also 15, 16 and CET 8);
&&&&For Monday May 4: Class notes and Cuthbert 49 and 50
&&& (new: also 17, 18 and CET 9).
2. Dictation.
3. Read your play
vote on the ones you like best,
&&&&form groups to develop and perform the plays chosen.
&&&&The author of each idea will be the group leader.
&&&&Submit first draft of 3-minutes radio drama next Monday
&&&&One person can do most of the writing, but the others
must be involved
&&&&throughout the process, and everybody must offer feedback
&&&&help edit the draft before it is handed in.
Week 10. May 4-11:
1. Submit PAPER class notes and Cuthbert 49 and 50 (new: also 17, 18 and CET
&&&&For Monday May 11: Class notes (new: Cuthbert 19, 20,
and CET 10).
2. Dictation.
3. Melissa's .
4. Read the draft of yo get
&&&&rehearse.
Week 11. May 11-18:
1. Submit PAPER class notes (new: also 19, 20 and CET 10).
&&&&For Monday May 18: Class notes and CET
22 (issue 89);
&&& (new: also Cuthbert 21, 22, and CET 11).
2. Dictation.
3. Melissa's .
4. Read the draft of yo get
&&&&rehearse.
Week 12. May 18-25:
1. Submit PAPER class notes and notes on CET 22
(issue 89);
&&&&(new: also 21, 22 and CET 11);
&&&&For Monday May 25: Class notes (and new: Cuthbert 23,
24, and CET 12 and 13).
2. Dictation.
3. Finalize th get feedback for editing.
&&& We'll record your performances next Monday May 25;
&&&&rehearse.
4. Poetry.
13. May 25-June 1:
1. Submit PAPER (new: also 23, 24 and CET 12 and 13);
&&&&For Monday June 1: Class notes (and new: Cuthbert 25,
26, and CET 14 and 15);
also note which items in Cuthbert &error bank II& you might still
have problems with.
2. Dictation.
3. Your edited scripts have
&&& mark stress and intonation.
&&& We'll record your performances next Monday June 1.
Edited scripts with MP3 audio files for each
1. Ghostbusters Revisted &&
2. Eat Cake Revisited&&&&&&&
3. Smooch&&&&&&&
4. Girls' Night Out &&
5. Pickled Radishes &&
6. Hotline Romance &&
Week 14. June 1-8:
1. Submit PAPER (new: also 25, 26 and CET 14 and 15);
&&&&For Monday June 8: Class notes (and new: Cuthbert 27,
28, 29 and CET 16 and 17);
also note which items in Cuthbert &error bank I& (p. 173-182) you
might still have problems with.
2. Perform and record edited and rehearsed podcasts.
3. Poetry.
Week 15. June 8-15:
1. Submit PAPER (new: also Cuthbert 27, 28, 29 and CET 16 and 17),
and list of items from Cuthbert &error bank I& you might still have
problems with.
&&&&For Monday June 15: Class notes (and new: Cuthbert 30,
31 and 32 and CET 18 and 19).
2. Perform and record edited and rehearsed podcasts.
3. Next week: 3-minute news reports.
4. Poetry, if there's time.
Final evalution and Summary of
Class Notes (submit as two separate pdf files)
&&& for English Listening and Pronunciation are due Due
End-of-semester evaluation:
&&&&&&Part 1: evaluate the class,
teacher, homework assignments,
what was most and least useful, things that could be improved, and how
&#8212; everything about the class this semester.
&&&&&&Part 2: Evaluate yourself:
Attendance and punctuality, homework submission,
how prepared for class you
were, how much you learned from the class,
how much effort you put into this class.
&&&&&&Part 3: How do you plan to continue
improving your English?
&&&&&&II. Organized summary
of your class notes:
&&&&&&Go through all your old notes, and organize
them into a summary of main points,
including notes on the CET articles. You do not have to include every
single detail
try rather to combine notes that are about the same thing and
to generalize.
&&&&&&Format
and submission instructions: Convert your files to pdf
before emailing both files to Ms. Chung at:
no later than June 15, 2015.
Week 16. June 15:
1. News reports.
2. Poetry.
3. Submit final summary and evaluation as two separate pdf files to .
Week 17. June 22:
Final exam.
2014: 17 class meetings
&&&&&September 2014: 15, 22, 29;
&&&&&October 6, 13, 20, 27;
&&&&&November 3, 10, 17, 24;
&&&&&December 1, 8, 15, 22, 29;
&&&&&January 2015: 5.
&&&&&Last day of semester: Friday, January
&&&&&Final exam: Monday, January 12, 2015 外教
2014 Important dates:
Cancel-add:
Application
period for withdrawing from a course: September
29-December 12
Finalization of class schedules: October
Double Tenth National Day (no
class): Friday, October 10
Online application for exemption from advanced English
class: October 20-24 (tentative)
Mid-semester online student course evaluations:
October 13-November 21
Mid-terms (no midterm
will be given for this class): November
Anniversary of the Founding of Taiwan University
(no class): Saturday,
November 15
NTU Campus Fair:
November 16
New Year's Day/Founding Day of the ROC (no class):
Thursday, January 1, 2015
End-of-semester online student course evaluations:
December 26, 2014-January 8, 2015
Last day of class: Friday,
January 9, 2015
Final exams: January
12-16, 2015
ELP final exam: Monday,
January 12, 2015 in 外教 201
Winter break: January
19-February 23, 2015
Chinese New Year's Eve: Saturday,
February 18, 2015
Fall 2014 syllabus
&&&&&Note: This syllabus is subject to change, and
will be adjusted and updated weekly throughout the semester.
&&&&&PLEASE REPORT ANY
ERRORS OR DEAD LINKS you find to
1: September 15-22:
1. Enrollment and other class
<font color="#. Join
3. &Send a quote to
according to ; due by Monday, September 29;
subject line: ELP quote
&&&& make sure to send it in plain text, not html.
&&&& Make sure you also subscribe to the , and say so in your email.
&&&& Also, click on the link to join the
group on Facebook.
5. Every Monday, you will hand
a summary of your class notes
from the previous week,
&&&& &2. together with a your daily listening
&&&&&&3. a summary of one or more of the CET
師德 articles online.
&&&&&&4. and a summary of two chapters of Scott
Cuthbert's book.
&&&&& For next week, you will read and summarize the
first two articles, CET 1 and 2 (No.
69 and 70),
&&&&& which explain in Chinese
how the && of language learning works:
&&&&& 1. 大師開講 —
in No. 69, January/February 2012, p. 8-10.
&&&&& 2. 大師開講 — in
No. 70, March/April 2012, p.12-14.
&&&&&&Also summarize chapters 1 and 2 of Cuthbert.
<font color="#. Poetry: Limerick
handout on
&&&& There once was
an old man from Esser,
&&&&&Whose knowledge gr
&&&&&It at last grew so small,
&&&&&He knew nothing at all,
&&&&&And now he's a college professor.
2. September
1. Summarize for next Monday (same as last week due to large number of new students,
following pronunciation
&&&&assessment test):&&
&&& 1. 大師開講 —
in No. 69, January/February 2012, p. 8-10.
&&& 2. 大師開講 — in
No. 70, March/April 2012, p.12-14;
&&&&also summarize Cuthbert 1 and 2.
&&& and include in with your class notes and listening log next
2. Correct email quote assignment based on .
3. Recite limerick.
4. We'll go over mini-conversations 1 and 2 be ready to perform both
perfectly next Monday!
3. September
29-October 6:
1. Submit class notes, pronunciation correction plan, listening log,
&&& summary of :
&&& and Cuthbert 1 and 2 to Google Drive.
For next Monday, summarize :
&&&&also summarize Cuthbert 3 and 4.
2. Learn and practice mini-conversations
&&& Make sure your quote is corrected and submitted by today!
&&&&Leave only one blank line between paragraphs,
3. Learn and sing: :
&&&& My dame has a lame tame crane,
&&&&&My dame has a crane that is lame.
&&&&&Please, gentle Jane, let my dame’s lame tame crane
&&&&&Feed and come home again.
4. Perform mini-conversations 1 and 2;
&&& learn mini-conversations 3 and 4, to be performed 3/10.
5. Listening assignment: A Moment of Science:
&&& Copy questions and type out brief, concise answers into a
Word file,
&&& print it out, and bring it to class next Monday.
&&& This file type (.ram) can be played on the .
4. October
1. Submit class notes, pronunciation correction plan, listening log,
&&& summary of :
and Cuthbert 3 and 4.
&&& For next
Monday, summarize :
&&&&and Cuthbert 5 and 6.
2. Go over and perform mini-conversations 3 and 4;
&&& learn mini-conversations 5 and 6, to be performed 10/13.
3. Mark listening assignment: A Moment of Science:
&&&&listening assignment for 10/13: .
5. October
1. Submit class notes, pronunciation correction plan progress report, listening
&&&&summary of : ,
and Cuthbert 5 and 6.
&&&&For next Monday, summarize :
and Cuthbert 7 and 8.
2. Perform mini-conversations 5 and 6;
&&& learn mini-conversations 7 and 8, to be performed 10/13.
3. Mark listening assignment: .
&&&&listening assignment for 10/20: Popular song: .
&&&&Please CHECK YOUR GRAMMAR CAREFULLY on your listening
and ALL OTHER
&&&&assignments! Read the following piece and use Google
to check ALL WORK before submission:
&&&&, by Jerome C. Su.
6. October
for name on homework &#8211; in upper right hand corner, left justified:
&& &Rita Lin 林玉梅
&&&&Freshman English
&&&&September 18, 2013
Use: Times New Roman 12 pt for text,
&&&&&&&Lucida
Sans Unicode 10.5pt for IPA symbols,
&&&&&& 新細明體 12pt for 中文
Submit class notes, pronunciation
correction plan progress report, listening log,
&&&&summary of :
and Cuthbert 7 and 8.
next Monday, summarize :
and Cuthbert 9 and 10,
&&&&and submit with your class notes on Google Drive.
3. Compound noun and ph due 10/27.
4. Perform mini-conversations 3, 4, 5 and 6;
&&& learn mini-conversations 7 and 8, to be performed 10/27.
5. Mark listening assignment: ;
&&&&listening assignment for for 10/27:
6. Read this SECOND article in
Chinese from 商業周刊 on using Google
and other online tools
&&& to check your English grammar:
&&&&This article has gone viral on Karen
on I as of this writing it has been viewed over 30,000 times!
7. PAY CLOSE ATTENTION to word-final and syllable-final
/b, d, g/ stops in spoken English.
&&&&a. Can you hear the little &tail& of rumbly
voicing at the end?
&&&&b. Can you hear a longer
vowel before word-final and syllable-final /b, d, g/ stops and
other voiced sounds?
Book sharing:
&&& 1. , by Malcolm
Gladwell. (2002)
&&&&2. , by Amanda Ripley.
&&&&3. , ed. by Ben Karlin. (2009)
7. October 27-November 3:
1. Submit class notes, pronunciation correction plan progress report, listening
&&&&summary of :
and Cuthbert 9 and 10, on
Google Drive.
next Monday, summarize :
and Cuthbert 11, 12, 13
How to check your English grammar BEFORE submitting any assignment:
&&&&, by Jerome C. Su
&&&&and: .
3. Perform mini-conversations 7 and 8;
&&& learn mini-conversations 9, 10 and 11, to be performed 11/3.
4. Mark listening assignment: ;
&&& listening assignment for 11/3: Louis CK (Szekely):
8. November
1. Submit class notes, pronunciation correction plan progress report, listening
&&&&summary of :
and Cuthbert
11, 12, 13 and 14.
next Monday, summarize :
and Cuthbert
15 and 16.
2. Perform mini-conversations 9, 10 and 11; learn mini-conversations 12 and
13 for 11/10.
3. Mark listening assignment: ;
&&& listening assignment for for 11/10: 20/20 on YouTube: .
4. Complete the practice worksheet with the following four tasks: (1)
compound noun stre
&&&&(2) [s]
or [z]? (3)
syllable cou and (4)
deaspirated /sp/, /st/,
5. Read this web page under Phonetics I: , and give the number
of syllables
&&&&for each word in the list, then check them by marking
反白 the space after each word with
your computer mouse.
&&&&Make sure you know how
to pronounce each one by checking the audio pronunciation on
&&&& online. Please focus on US
&&& but you can also listen to how the&words are pronounced
in Standard British English.
9. November
1. Submit class notes, pronunciation correction plan progress report, listening
&&&&and your summaries of :
and Cuthbert 15 and 16.
2. For next Monday, summarize: these TWO
&&&&(a) : &&&&
Cuthbert 17 and 18.
3. Mark listening assignment:
20/20 on YouTube: ;
&&& listening assignment for for 11/24: .
4. Rest of performances of mini-conversations 9, 10
and 11, by those who didn't perform 11/03/14:
&&& everyone will perform mini-conversations 12
and 13 if there is time.
&&&&Learn mini-conversations 14 and 15.
5. Go over Four-task exercise: (1)
compound noun stre (2)
[s] or [z]?
&&& (3) syllable
cou and (4)
deaspirated /sp/, /st/,
10. November
1. Submit class notes, pronunciation correction plan progress report, listening
&&&&and your summaries of:
&&& (a) : ;
&&&&(b) : ; and
&&&&(c) Cuthbert
17 and 18.
&&& For next Monday, summarize:
Cuthbert 19 and 20.
2. Mark listening assignment:
&&& listening assignment for 11/24:
3. Perform mini-conversations 12 and 13; also
14 and 15;
&&& learn mini-conversations 16 and 17
for 11/24.
4. Read carefully and make sure you understand everything on the page:
&&& Phonetics I:
24-December 1:
1. Submit class notes, pronunciation correction plan progress report, listening
&&&&and your summary of
Cuthbert 19 and 20.
2. For next Monday, summarize: : ,
&&& and Cuthbert
21 and 22.
3. Mark listening assignment:
&&&&check email for Gilmore Girls pilot link, watch the
video at least 3
&&& then complete this cloze exercise for 12/01: .
4. Perform mini-conversations 16 and 17; learn
18 and 19 for 12/01.
12. December
1. Submit class notes, pronunciation correction plan progress report, listening
&&&&and your summary of&: ,
&&& and Cuthbert
21 and 22.
2. For next Monday, summarize:
&&& and Cuthbert
23 and 24.
3. Mark compound noun stress exercises.
4. Mark listening assignment: .
&&&&Part assignments for 12/08:
5. Performances
of mini-conversations 18 and 19 postponed
to work on Gilmore Girls.
6. Christmas music will be distributed to those planning to play an instrument
on December 22.
&&&&Here is the&.
13. December
1. Submit class notes, pronunciation correction plan progress report, listening
&&&&and your summary of
&&& and Cuthbert
23 and 24.
2. For next Monday, summarize:
&&& and Cuthbert
25 and 26.
3. Perform ,
&&&&go over .
1. Submit class notes, pronunciation correction plan progress report, listening
&&&&and your summary of
&&& and Cuthbert
25 and 26.
2. For next Monday, summarize:
&&& and Cuthbert
27 and 28.
3. We'll sing
next week (Monday, December 22), so we won't do
&&& other assignments in class that day.
out and bring to class on Monday December 22 this handout of &&&
4. Perform Gilmore
Girls pilot, go over scene two.
5.&You will perform Gilmore Girls Pilot, scene two on Monday, December
&&&&Here is the , divided into numbered parts.
&&& Below are your part assignments for scene two:
bellboy/Michel/Drella:
evalution and Summary of Class
Notes (submit as two separate pdf files)
&&&&& for English Listening and Pronunciation are due
January 5:
End-of-semester evaluation:
&&&&&&Part 1: evaluate the class,
teacher, homework assignments,
what was most and least useful, things that could be improved, and how
&#8212; everything about the class this semester.
&&&&&&Part 2: Evaluate yourself:
Attendance and punctuality, homework submission,
how prepared for class you
were, how much you learned from the class,
how much effort you put into this class.
&&&&&&Part 3: How do you plan to continue
improving your English?
&&&&&&II. Organized summary
of your class notes:
&&&&&&Go through all your old notes, and organize
them into a summary of main points,
including notes on the CET articles. You do not have to include every
single detail
try rather to combine notes that are about the same thing and
to generalize.
&&&&&&Format
and submission instructions: Convert your files to pdf
before emailing both files to Ms. Chung at:
no later than January 5, 2014.
15. December
1. Submit class notes, pronunciation correction plan progress report, listening
&&&&and your summary of
&&& and Cuthbert
27 and 28.
2. For December 22, summarize:
&&& and Cuthbert
29 and 30.
3. Sing &&&
&&Bring any instruments you have that you would like to play!
4. Don't forget your class evaluation and summary of class notes, due January
16. December
29-January
1. Submit class notes, pronunciation correction plan progress report, listening
&&&&and your summary of
&&& and Cuthbert
29 and 30.
2. For January 5, summarize:
and Cuthbert 31 and 32.
3. Finish marking compound noun stress exercises
&&&&collect a list of <font color="# compound
nouns and noun phrases similiar to the ones
&&&&in th circle the stresses and mark
tonic stresses on each item,
&&& and hand in next week, 1/5.
4. Perform
people who didn't finish today
&&&&perform Monday January 5.
5. Prepare to perform
scene three Monday January 5;
&&&&look up or Google everything you're not sure
of in part 3, e.g. what is a hayride?
&&&&What is a &slam book&?
&&&&Here are the part assignments people who got more lines
in scene 2 will receive
&&& fewer in scene 3 to even things out a bit:
Woman (1 line);
Girl 2; Girl 4 (1 line each = 3 lines):
18 lines total
Sookie (12 lines);
Girl 1; Girl 3 (one line each = 2 lines): 23 lines total
Drella (2 lines);
Salvador (1 line):
9 lines total
Your grade for this performance (scene 3) together with that for scene 2
&&& will be counted as your oral performance
grade for your final exam.
6. Start developing ideas for a <font color="#
to 5 minute radio drama podcast
&&&&for next semester;
&&& students planning to return and continue the class in Spring
2015 should
&&&&begin working on their ideas and forming groups of 3
to 5 people now.
7. Don't forget your class evaluation and summary of class notes, due January
17. January 5:
1. Submit class notes, pronunciation correction plan progress report, listening
&&&&and your summaries of
Cuthbert 31 and 32 to Google Drive.
2. Your class evaluation and summary of class notes are due today!
3. Hand in list of 10 compound nouns and phrases, with stresses and tonic stresses
4. We'll finish the remaining Gilmore Girls, scene 2 performances first, then
5. We'll discuss next semester's radio drama podcast if there's time.
6. The final exam will be held on January 12
at 3:30-5:20pm in 外教 201;
&&&&&it will be a written test, covering the content
of the CET articles you read and
&&&& took notes on this semester, plus compound noun and
phrase stress marking.
FINAL EXAM: January
12 at 3:30-5:20pm in 外教 201
&&&& The main goals of this course are (1) to teach you
this will be done mainly by listening to audio and video files
online and answering comprehensi and (2) to improve your
pronunciation.
&&&& Listening and pronunciation are probably the two weakest
links in English education in Taiwan (though even those of you who have been
educated in English abroad may find you have things to learn from this class).
Rather than complain about what you didn't get in the past, we encourage you
to focus on the here and now &#8211; there's still time to fix things. But you
must be committed. The things you learn in this class are not assignments to
be completed to earn a grade and then forgotten. They will require behavior
modification on your part. Anybody knows how hard a habit is to break, and poor
pronunciation habits present an especially stubborn case. Producing the correct
sounds in class is easy &#8211; using them consistently when you're supposed
to is the tough part! You will need to tire yourself out for a few weeks or
months relearning the way you speak English. It will be well worth it &#8211;
you'll sound absolutely wonderful every time you speak English for the rest
of your life! You can sound like a native  but you have to really, really want
very important reason to fix your pronunciation is to show respect for other
people. When you speak with a heavy foreign accent, other people have to strain
to understand you, and that makes them very tired. When you speak clearly and
correctly, you make life easier and happier for everybody you come in contact
Materials and Activities:
most class materials
will be available through this Website and the Internet. However, if you feel
you need extra work on your pronunciation, you might want to consider buying
the following textbook with CD recordings:
&&&&&Gilbert,
Judy. Clear Speech. 4th edition, with CD. New York: Cambridge University
Press, 2012.
&&&&&Here's
a very useful pdf by Judy, entitled:
another called .
&&&&&&Handouts
will be mainly be posted on this site and will not be distributed in class.
&&&&&Occasional
quizzes will be given, usually
dictations or ones requiring you to distinguish between correct and incorrect
pronunciations.
&&&&&Pronunciation
and grammar journal: You are required to keep a running record
of specific sounds and other areas you need to work on in your pronunciation
in a small notebook, based on feedback you receive in class. You are also required
to note down grammar points discussed in class and corrections you receive orally
or in your written work. You are expected to have your journal open and ready
throughout each class, without being reminded.
&&&&&Grades
for the course will be based on: attendance and punctuality, class performance
and participation, listening assignments, quizzes, progress made, attitude,
and the final exam.
IPA input tool:
IPA input interface:
tone tool: Adds tone markings over correct vowels
to pinyin marked with tone numbers
Dictionaries
and reference tools:
to choose a dictionary
Merriam-Webster (American English)
Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary
(American and British English)
Macmillan Dictionary (American
and British English)
Howjasay (British English pronunciation)
(Refer to this for definitions of terms like iambic, doggerel,
and synaesthesia)}