新聞英語及聽力訓練（二）

臺北科技大學 114-2 學期課程，課號 359270。

課程大綱

Through listening comprehension of world news, this course aims to engage students in understanding the current international issues and events taking place in the world that are redefining our global reality and restructuring the world order. A greater goal of such studies of global issues and activities is to urge students to participate in the dialogues and actions to change and to make better of the world. The course content centers on listening, understanding, discussing and doing news report on selected topics and news to uphold all that matters for the aforementioned pursuits.

課程進度

I.Sources for international News (1) BBC News, NASA, The Economist, NBC NEWS, and Hashem Al-Ghaili Channels on Youtube (2) Global Issues (Facebook Page ) II.Syllabus Week One: Introduction . Theme One: Extreme climate and ecological disasters Week Two Human casualties resulting from extreme climate Week Three Rising sea levels and the loss of land Week Four Loss of farm land and fool/water shortage . Theme Two: Cultural/religious/economical conflicts Week Five The military clashes between superpowers on land Week Six The space competition between hostile countries Week Seven The invisible war of information via AI technology . Theme Three: Rich countries versus poor countries (Uneven distribution of wealth and resources) Week Eight Poor countries as the dump yards for rich countries Week Nine: Midterm exam week Week Ten Source of organ donors, cheap labors, sex workers, and drug trafficking Week Eleven Poor medical conditions and pandemic control . Theme Four: Cutting-edge technology Week Twelve The power of micro-chips Week Thirteen The power of AI Week Fourteen The influence of cryptic currencies . Theme Five: New Forms of Pandemic and Their Global Impacts Week Fifteen 1. The possibilities of new strings of corona virus 2. A new form of bird flu has developed from animal-animal to animal- human transmission. Week Sixteen The threat of “super bug” that no known antibiotics can cure Week seventeen Final presentation 1/2 Week 18 Final presentation 2/2

評量方式

1. Weekly report (individual and team work) 15 X 4% = 60% 2. Presence and participation in classroom discussions: 30% 3. Final individual presentation: 10%

教材

【遵守智慧財產權觀念，請使用正版教科書，不得使用非法影印教科書】 使用外文原文書：是 Textbook 參考書: Age Power 老化人口的力量 (1999). By Ken Dychtwald. Global Issues for Global Citizens (2006). Ed. by Vinay Bhargava. An Inconvenient Truth 不願面對的真相 (2006). By Al Gore. Blue Gold 水資源戰爭 (2011). By Maude Barlow and Tony Clark. The World in 2050人類大遷徙 (2011). By Laurence C. Smith The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order (1996). By Samuel Huntington DVDs 光碟: Changing Climate, Changing Time