Course Description: College English is a two-semester course designed to help students improve their English language proficiency and develop the ability to engage critically with the world. While it is a four-skills (listening, speaking, reading, writing) integrated course, a particular emphasis will be placed on speaking and writing skills freshman students tend to lack most.

Course Objectives and Learning Outcomes:

All College English courses are conducted in English.

By the end of the course, students will have improved their English
language fluency and achieved a familiarity with a selection of issues related to cross-cultural communication. This is accomplished by providing a variety of authentic media and specific instruction on reading and listening strategies.

Learning outcomes for speaking

By the end of the course, students will be able to:

Initiate, continue, and end social conversations
Narrate an event and describe objects
Propose/ask questions appropriately and clearly in formal occasions

Summarize reading and listening content

Express opinions regarding reading and listening materials

Learning outcomes for writing

By the end of the course, students will be able to:

--Write a formal email

--Depict an experience and describe objects

--Describe statistical data and diagrams

--Write a summary of reading and listening content

--Write a one paragraph composition

Learning outcomes related to intercultural awareness

By the end of the course, students will have improved their ability to:

--Analyze cultural differences using the cross-cultural theory taught

--Identify potential misunderstandings or conflicts in cross-cultural

situations

--Gain a better understanding of their own culture