English Reading and Discussion II
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<br>Instructor: Yi-Chuang E. Lin
<br>Course Hours: Monday, 13:10pm – 15:00pm
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<br>Course Description:
<br>English, a dominant international language, serves us to communicate and interact with the English-speaking world in various fields: trade and business, science and technology, politics and diplomacy just to name but a few. As non-native English speakers and with the goal of mastering this important language, we learn English by using different approaches and methods. Listening, reading, speaking and writing are among the most practical ways to develop our proficiency in English.
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<br>Course Objective:
<br>The purpose of this course is to improve students' English reading ability, and in the meantime to widen their vocabulary and general knowledge in a variety of fields.
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<br>Teaching Method:
<br>Seminar discussion, presentation
<br>Students will be divided into small groups with 4-5 students each in order to work on the assigned reading articles. During the semester, each group will present at least twice their additional findings, view points and comments on the articles with the aid of power point.
<br>Each group will have 30 minutes to do the presentation with the full participation of each member of the group, and followed by 10 minutes Q & A.
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<br>Evaluation Criteria:
<br>Attendance 10%
<br>Class Participation 30%
<br>Presentation and Seminar leading 50%
<br>Peer Review 10% 
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<br>Timetable: 
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<br>Session one: Introduction   
<br>Session two: Science and the Modern World, Alfred North Whitehead 
<br>Session three: Science and the Modern World, Alfred North Whitehead
<br>Session four: “On Truth and Lies in a Nonmoral Sense,” Friedrich Nietzsche 
<br>Session five: Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse
<br>Session six: Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse 
<br>Session Seven: Picture of Dorian Gray     
<br>Session eight: The Parables of Peanuts  
<br>Session nine: Fairy Tales and Walt Disney
<br>Session ten: Alice in Wonderland & Peter Pan 
<br>Session eleven: White Noise, Don Delillo
<br>Session twelve: White Noise, Don Delillo
<br>Session thirteen: White Noise, Don Delillo
<br>Session fourteen: The History Boys, Alan Bennett
<br>Session fifteen: The History Boys, Alan Bennett
<br>Session sixteen: What is Enlightenment, Immanuel Kant
<br>Session seventeen: Negotiating with the Dead,  Margaret Atwood
<br>Session eighteen: Negotiation with the Dead,  Margaret Atwood
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