Sophomore Conversation & Composition
Group B—FFall, 1998
 
Tentative Syllabus: 
 
Date 
Focus   
 Assignment
09/22 
Introduction: CC Project & CM Project  *e-mail 0.1 
09/24
#Your Magazine Proposal # (Pan pp.3, 37, 91)  *CM proposal
09/29 
Description (Sample Analysis); Pan (pp. 48, 50, 51) *e-mail 1  
10/01
App. Description & Vocabulary Bank 1  *CC rep 1 
10/06 
Narration (Sample Analysis); Pan unit 9(Memory & Disaster) *com1.1
10/08 
App. Narration & Description Skills & Monthly Issue 1
10/13 #Presentation of Com.1# 
 
10/15  Life Past and Present: How Technology Affects Us: Pan unit 2  *CC rep 2
10/20 Comparison & Contrast I: Pan unit 6 & Sample Analysis  *com.1.2
10/22 Comparison & Contrast II: Outlining Com. 2  *com.2 outline
10/27 Career Planning: Understanding the Self 
10/29 #Presentation of Com.2#      *com2.1
11/03 International Business: Pan unit 8 & Vocabulary Bank 2    *CC rep 3
11/05  Tourism--Local & International: Pan unit 3 Monthly Issue 2 
11/10  Preparation for News Report & Weather Forecast  *com2.2
11/12 
Holiday
11/17  --Coaching Time for Class Magazine Project-
11/19 --Mid-term: TV News Report--     *9th e-mail  
11/24 #Video: Evaluation of TV News Report #  *CC final rep. & records 
11/26  The World of Entertainment: Pan unit 10 & Vocabulary Bank 3  
#Art & Culture in Taiwan # Monthly Issue 3   
12/03 Working on a Report I: from Notes to Synthesis (sample, MLA) 
12/08 #Oral Summary: Help Holmes Solve a Case # 
12/10  Working on a Report III: Oral Summary (Why Marriages Fail?) 
12/15 Vocabulary & Issue 4: Women in Taiwan’s Political Arena   *CM due  
12/17 Working on a Report III: Synthesis Outlining  *com.3 outline*   
12/22 Songs: Warm up for Christmas Special  *com.3.1*   
12/24  #Christmas Special
12/29 #Class Magazine Promotion Activity #
12/31 ##Class Magazine Presentation ##
01/05 The World and the Environment: Pan unit 4 * com.3.2* 
01/07 Vocabulary 5: The Case of Life and Death 1
01/12 Monthly Issue 5: The Case of Life and Death 2 
01/14 Language Review
01/19 --Final Exam. (Written, on Synthesis) 
01/21 --Final Exam. (Oral, Formal Interview)
Let's enjoy a BUSY yet FRUITFUL semester !!!