Reminder: Outside Reading from Topic Talk 1

Outside readings for your weekend! 

ALL the outside readings shared by the groups during their topic talks!

Note that there will be exercises based on the readings on 12/5!

12/19, 12/26 Group Topic Talk 2

The following shows WHEN you have to give the second group topic talk.

12/19 Group Topic Talk 2
 Group 7 (12/18: The Happiness of Giving)
 Group 2 (12/25: It's Candylicious!)
 Group 3 (12/9-10: The World in Architecture)
 Group 1 (12/20: Invasion Earth)
12/26 Group Topic Talk 2
 Group 6 (12/23-24: North to the Future)
 Group 4 (12/31: Insta-Fabulous)
 Group 5 (12/29: That Darn Cat)

Note: Topic Talk 1 (40%) + Topic Talk 2 (60%)

Reminder: MIDTERM Preparation

Our midterm is coming! 
Please note that the midterm will take place on 11/14!

Also remember that the midterm will
(1) cover both October magazine (10/1-31) and November magazine (11/1-15) and
(2) include both listening and reading comprehension questions (4 question types each, similar to our pretest, though only 25 questions in total).

• Listening: picture description (2 questions), question and response (5), short conversation (3), short talk (2)
• Reading: sentence completion (6 questions), reading comprehension (2), text completion (5), Chinese-to-English translation (EXTRA 5 for a total of 10 bonus points)

For more information, please check our announcement made earlier.
(Click the link here: http://ncuefreshmanenglishfri.blogspot.tw/2014/09/course-syllabus.html)