Freshman English for Non-English Majors (FENM) is a required course for the majority of freshmen at Tunghai University. This course is intended as a general four skills (namely, listening, speaking, reading, and writing) integrated English-as-a-foreign-language (EFL) course emphasizing English fluency in general contexts, i.e., English use for general purposes. Thereby, the course is designed to help students use their existing general knowledge about themselves and about the world along with the knowledge of the English language they have acquired to enhance their general English proficiency and enrich their personal background knowledge by using English to learn and communicate. Specifically, the FENM course maximizes students’ opportunities to use English in a wide variety of contexts both in and outside class. Furthermore, it provides an atmosphere that will increase students’ participation and confidence in a non-threatening, whole-English learning environment and that will facilitate students’ acquisition of new knowledge and skills of the English language and new knowledge about the world. 大一英文是東海大學大一學生之必修課程，本課程融合英語文聽、說、讀、寫等語言技能，著重英語文在一般情境、場合使用中所需之語言技能與流利度。因此，本課程設計主要在於幫助學生結合自己個人既有之一般性智能與英語文智能，藉由用英語文學習及溝通之方式，提升學生之英語文能力及充實學生之個人智能。具體而言，本課程提供多元化之學習情境與活動，讓學生在課堂、課外皆有充分使用英語文之機會，同時，亦提供一個和諧愉快、全英語文之課堂學習環境，藉以增加學生課堂活動之參與及學習英語文之信心，並有助於充實學生之英語文智能與個人智能。

中文: 此課程將結合聽說讀寫四個學習指標，並輔以CDIO模式讓學生Conceive(構思)、Design(設計)、Implement(實施)以及Operate(運行)，最後產出具有個人化觀點的聲音作品(主題播客或公共演講)． 英文: With four criteria of CDIO(conceive, design, implement, and operate), the course aims to help students work on projects of podcasts or public speeches.

Pinkley, Diane. (2016)
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References:
1. Voice of America
2 .CNN Network
3. BBC Network
4. BBC 6 minute English
5. Discovery Network
6. National Geographic Network
7. YouTube
8. Songs and Films in English
9. Easy Test for New TOEIC
10. Other Online Resources