I.Course information
Course
Number
Title in
English
Title in
0AUG418
Chinese
電影英文
Learning English through Movies
Two/one
半
semester
2.0
Credits
Required/
Elective
Lecturing
hours
通識
正課時數: 2 小時
Eligible
Class
standing
Field
Category
通識
一般通識
This course is designed to help students learn English by screening
movies and analyzing some lines excerpted from the script. Students are
required to bring a notebook to take notes when watching the movies.
They are also encouraged to discuss and analyze the plots, themes,
characters, and the lines of the movies screened. They are required to
read the introductory excerpts prepared by the instructor before they
watch the film. Six or five films are scheduled to be screened during the
Course whole semester. We will spend three weeks reading part of the script,
Description screening the film, and discussing the vocabulary, phrases, sentences,
theme, plot, and cultural context of the film. Students are required to
should prepare a notebook and note down English vocabularies, phrases,
and sentences in the class. At the end of the semester students should
turn in their notebooks. Notebook will take up 30 points. Also required
is a ten minute short film adapted from the film we screen. Students
should turn in the DVDs they produce in the second last week of the
semester.
Course Outcomes
1.
To learn English through films
Corresponding Basic Achievement
學士:
2 多元文化與國際視野
3 批判反思與人文涵養
4 美感體驗與品味生活
學士:
1 溝通表達與團隊合作
2. To expose students to different cultural
aspects by watching the films and reading
their corresponding scripts.
4
5
6
7
8
美感體驗與品味生活
科學思辨與資訊素養
主動探究與終身學習
創新領導與問題解決
社會關懷與公民實踐
II. General Syllabus
Instructor(s)
林秀玲
Schedule
Movie English, Spring 2012,
Dr. Hsiu-ling Lin, 誠八樓 30 研究室 [email protected]
This semester, the theme of the films we are going to screen will be on Sherlock
Holmes. Sherlock Holmes has been a popular subject for film and TV series
adaptations. The films we will screen and study include recent hits of “Sherlock
Holmes,” and Granada TV Sherlock Holmes series based upon some short stories,
such as “The Man with Twisted Lip,” `The Adventure of the Engineer`s
Thumb,` “Illustrious Client,” “The Red-Headed League,” “The Blue Carbuncle,” and
“The Bruce-Partington Plan.”
Students are required to watch two Sherlock Holmes films outside the classroom.
Lecturing Methodologies
Methods
Notes
Formal lecture
Lectures
Other:
Student Oral presentation
Assessment Methodologies
Methods
Percentage
Notes
Assignments
10 %
筆記
Midterm Exam
30 %
期中報告
Final exam
40 %
Class
discussion
involvement
10 %
Attendances
10 %
Required and
Recommended
Texts/Readings n
with
References