Course Syllabus

Course Information：

Year-Semester	Course Number	Course Name	Phase	Credits	Hours	Required/Elective	Instructor	Class	Student NO.	Withdraw	Note
Spring Semester Year 2025	345250	English for World Affairs II	1	2.0	2	△	Qing-Lu Wang	Diversified English (I)	45	0	中級

Course Plan：

Instructor	Qing-Lu Wang
Email	chinglu1831@gmail.com
Last Updated	2025-02-12 17:54:44
Course Objective	本課程旨在帶領學生讀、理解並分析國際時事,提高學生之英文能力，透過對多元主體之解析，讓學生了解單字用法，句型結構，特殊術語和慣用俚語等，提升閱讀能力，另外配合聽力技巧學習，提升理解能力。本課程著重英文閱讀，聽力與口說能力，鼓勵學生以英文討論國際時事，發表見解，拓展對世界的認識。 This course intends to enhance students’ reading, speaking and listening abilities by using quality newspapers, journals, interviews and podcast. It will help students enrich their vocabulary and acquire key English expressions and sentence patterns used in different realms like politics, arts, entertainment, science & technology, sports, business and health. Students learn to read, discuss and debate global issues through diverse forms of activities. This course familiarizes students with world affairs and broadens their perspective of the world.
Course Schedule	Course Syllabus (Subject to change) ★ = Required ● = Self-study Week 1 ★ Why Art (Thinking) Matters to Your Wallet and Global Competitiveness: A Lecture by Wang Ching-lu王清祿. ★ “See it in a New Way.” The Joy of Art: How to Look at, Appreciate, and Talk about Art. Carolyn Schlam. Allworth, 2021, p. 19. (excerpt) Week 2 ★ “Imagination and Insight.” How to Understand Art. Janetta Rebold Benton. London: Thames & Hudson, 2021, pp. 6, 12. (excerpt) Week 3 ★ “Is Seeing Believing?” The Art of Illusion. Florian Heine. Munich: Prestel, 2020, pp. 6 and 8. Introduction. Week 4 ★ “Theodor Adorno: ‘Art is magic delivered from the lie of being truth.’” socratic-method.com Accessed 4 March 2024. ● "Growth Mindset vs. Fixed Mindset." Sprouts, 2016. YouTube. (video) Week 5 ★ “It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see. —Henry David Thoreau.” by Philosiblog. 10 February 2012. ● "What Having a ‘Growth Mindset’ Actually Means." Harvard Business Review, 2022. YouTube. (video) Week 6 ★ “The Design Thinking Process.” Sprouts. Youtube, 2017/10/23. (video) Week 7 ★ “Everyone Is a Creator.” Rick Rubin. The Creative Act: A Way of Being. New York: Penguin, 2024, pp. 1-3. Week 8 ★ Midterm exam Week 9 ● Post-exam review Week 10 ★ “Inspiring Confidence." How to Write a Conclusion: an Example from HBR. How to Build Trust. HBR Special Issue. Winter 2023, p. 2. Week 11 ★ “Palph Bauer on Creative Processes.” (Reading skill: How to enumerate/list key points of an article) How Ideas Are Born: Graphic Designers on Creative Processes. Miguel Ágnel Pérez Arteaga. Barcelona: Hoaki Books, 2022. Week 12 ★ “Propaganda and the Art of Lying.” Design Literacy: Understanding Graphic Design. 3rd ed. Steven Heller. Allworth, 2014, p. 17. Week 13 ★ “Cognitive Warfare: Strengthening and Defending the Mind.” NATO’s Strategic Warfare Development Command. April 5, 2023. atc.nato.int. Week 14 ★ How Design Makes Us Think: And Feel and Do Things. Sean Adams. New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 2021. pp. 8, 14, 236. ★ “Thinking by Visual Images.” Robert H. McKim. Experiences in Visual Thinking. 2 ed. California: Wadsworth, 1972/1980, pp. 8-9. ★ “What Is Design Thinking?” Harvard Business Review. 2019. (video) ● “Cellphones in School: What to Know.” ColeClaybourn. U.S. News & World Report. usnews.com. Oct. 20, 2022. ● “Why Taiwan is worried about Chinese Tiktok’s popularity among youth; 'Cognitive warfare'.” Hindustan Times. YouTube, 2022. (video) Week 15 ★ "The Challenges to Democracy.” Condensed from Is Democracy Failing?: A Primer for the 21st Century. Jacob Field. T&H, 2018, pp. 107-135. The Big Idea Series. ● “Is Democracy Good Or Bad? - Nas Debates #3." Nas Daily. YouTube, 2022. (video) Week 16 ★ “The Lost Art of Concentration: Being Distracted in a Digital World.” Harriet Griffey. theguardian.com. Accessed 12 May 2023. ★ “AI art: The end of creativity or the start of a new movement?” Claudia Baxter. 21 October 2024. bbc.com. ★ “Innovation Doesn't Have to Be Disruptive.” W. Chan Kim and Reneé Mauborgne. Harvard Business Review. Harvard Business School, May-June 2023, pp. 72-81. hbr.org. Week 17 ★ Final exam Week 18 ● Post-exam review ★ “Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow: How is the art world changing?” Who’s Afraid of Contemporary Art? pp. 120-121. ● “Geeks and Techies: When did it all get so technical?” Who’s Afraid of Contemporary Art?: An A to Z Guide to the Art World. Kyung An and Jessica Cerasi. London: Thames & Hudson, 2017, pp. 34-35. ●“What China’s Falling Population
Evaluation and grading policy	The final grade will be based on: Midterm exam 20% Joint midterm exam 20% Final exam 20% Attendance 20% Class participation, quizzes, and assignments 20% Students who are absent in class for up to one third (12 class hours) or more of the semester (36 class hours) will be given a failing grade. Incentive for the final grade (minus the Joint English Exam全校英文大會考) based on the BESTEP Test培力英檢考試: 1. Anyone who signs up for—AND complete—the BESTEP Test on 17th Feb. and 26th April will receive additional 5% of the final grade. 2. Anyone who scores between 80-89 points will receive additional 10% of the final grade. 3. Anyone who scores 90 points or above will receive additional 20% of the final grade.
Materials	All right reserved. Do not reproduce without permission. Foreign-language textbooks:No Photocopy handouts
The access to curricular consultation	同學如有學業相關問題需和我討論可用LINE或email。 If students need consultation related to English learning, please email me at chinglu1831@gmail.com or go to LINE at https://line.me/ti/g/8ij47LGLVH.
Expanding teaching and resources
The course corresponds to the SDGs	SDG3：良好健康和福祉（Good Health and Well-being） SDG4：優質教育（Quality Education） SDG5：性別平等（Gender Equality） SDG8：尊嚴就業與經濟發展（Decent Work and Economic Growth） SDG9：產業創新與基礎設施（Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure） SDG10：減少不平等（Reduced Inequalities） SDG11：永續城市與社區（Sustainable Cities and Communities） SDG12：負責任的消費與生產（Responsible Consumption and Production） SDG13：氣候行動（Climate Action） SDG16：和平正義與有力的制度（Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions）
Does the course incorporate AI
Note	In case the campus is closed due to coronavirus pandemic, information about remote teaching and exams will be updated on LINE. The following are our online platforms for remote teaching: 1. Microsoft Teams (Student ID number @ cc.ntut.edu.tw) 2. LINE (https://line.me/ti/g/8ij47LGLVH) 3. email: chinglu1831@gmail.com