高階英文字彙習得與應用

臺北科技大學 115-1 學期課程，課號 363119。

課程大綱

此課程旨在協助學生建立相當於美國大學入學測驗的高階字彙，亦即相當於接受高等教育之英語系國家人士所具備的用字能力。此課程將通過故事方式介紹此類字彙，其中也包括字形學之解析。學生修習此課程後應能將高階字彙使用於正確的上下文中，因此可達成下列諸目的： " 提昇高階字彙數量 " 加強英文閱讀能力 " 習得重要字源解析 " 避〇上下文中的用字錯誤 " 提高英語表達能力 " 加強英文寫作能力 " 精進英語文溝通技巧 This course aims to help students build a more powerful vocabulary on the SAT (the qualifying exam for US college admission) level, i.e. the level of proficiency of an educated native speaker's. Students will be introduced to the lexical use through story scenes. Morphological analysis of the words will be included in the course. At the exit of this course, students are expected to use them in their proper contexts and hence reach the following goals: " Develop a powerful vocabulary " Improve reading skills " Learn important word roots " Avoid word usage error in context " Become a better speaker " Strengthen his/her writing ability " Improve communication skills

課程進度

1. Course title: Advanced Vocabulary (for B2+ C1+ C2 EFL students) 2. Text sources: (1) Building Vocabulary Skills, Improving Vocabulary Skills, Advancing Vocabulary Skills, by Sherrie L. Nist and Carole Mohr. Publishers: Townsend Press, Bookman. (2) Film clips, literary passages, BBC News videos, soliloquies and great speeches from historical documents 3. Syllabus Week 1 — Introduction (a diagnostic and methodological week) Focus: Vocabulary learning strategies; self-assessment; establishing word banks Activity: Vocabulary Levels Test; introduction to word maps, context-guessing, collocation notebooks, and vocabulary journals Unit 1 Topic: Identity and belonging (film clips); Improving Vocabulary Skills, Exercises 1-6 Week 2 — Dead Poets Society (1989) Clip: "Carpe Diem" opening classroom scene (~4 min) Week 3 — The Devil Wears Prada (2006) Clip: Miranda's cerulean sweater monologue (~3 min) Week 4 — The Pursuit of Happiness (2006) Clip: "Don't ever let somebody tell you you can't do something" (~2 min) Unit 2 Topic: Human nature and society (literary passages); Improving Vocabulary Skills. Exercises 7-12 Week 5 — The Great Gatsby: Chapter 1 excerpt (Fitzgerald) Focus: Descriptive/evaluative vocabulary; social class Week 6 — Animal Farm: Chapter 1 (Orwell) Focus: Political/rhetorical vocabulary Week 7 — Never Let Me Go: Chapter 1 excerpt (Kazuo Ishiguro) Focus: Memory, identity, and loss; culturally resonant for Asian students Unit 3 Topic: The World Today (BBC News Videos); Improving Vocabulary Skills. Exercises 13-18 Week 8 — Topic: climate and environment Source: BBC Learning English, "6 Minute English" environmental episodes Week 9 — Topic: technology and society Source: BBC Learning English, "6 Minute English" AI/technology episodes Week 10 — Midterm Exam Format: Vocabulary-in-context gap fill, idiom matching, collocation quiz, short paragraph using target words from previous units Unit 4 Topic: Emotion and ethics (film clips); Advancing Vocabulary Skills, Exercises 1-4 Week 11 — Schindler's List (1993) Clip: "I could have got more…" breakdown scene (~4 min) Week 12 — Inside Out (2015) Clip: Joy and Sadness discuss core memories (~5 min) Unit 5: The art of the spoken word (soliloquies and great speeches); Advancing Vocabulary Skills, Exercises 5-10 Week 13 — Shakespeare: Hamlet – "To Be or Not to Be" (Act III, Scene 1) Performance clips: Kenneth Branagh (1996), David Tennant (2009), Benedict Cumberbatch (2015) — all on YouTube Week 14 — (1) Jane Austen: Pride and Prejudice – Mr. Darcy's First Proposal (Ch. 34) and (2) Jane Eyre's "I Am No Bird" Speech (Ch. 23, Brontë) Film clips: (1) 2005 *Pride and Prejudice (Keira Knightley); (2) 2011 Jane Eyre (Mia Wasikowska) — both on YouTube Focus: Romantic/social vocabulary; gender and power; contrast between entitled passion and fierce equality Week 15 — (1) Charlie Chaplin: The Great Dictator – Final Speech (1940); (2) Atticus Finch: To Kill a Mockingbird – Closing Argument Film clip: Chaplin's speech on YouTube (public domain) Focus: justice, democracy, and humanity; formal rhetorical register Week 16 — Final Exam Format: Authentic reading passage; vocabulary-in-use test; idiom interpretation section; short essay (200–250 words) incorporating vocabulary from all units Unit 6: Independent research Week 17 & Week 18: A vocabulary dossier compiled by students

評量方式

1. Weekly tests and classroom discussion: 60% (The personal dossier from Weeks 17-18: 10%) 2. Mid-term exam: 20% 3. Final exam: 20%

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 1. Building Vocabulary Skills, Improving Vocabulary Skills, Advancing Vocabulary Skills, by Sherrie L. Nist and Carole Mohr. Publishers: Townsend Press, Bookman. 2. Text sources: Film clips, literary passages, BBC News videos, soliloquies and great speeches from historical documents from YouTube Channel, FB and IG.