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 s

修畢大一英文後，學生應該能達成下列八項課程目標： On completion of the FENM course, students should be able to: 1. 能運用英語文於日常生活中﹔ use English in daily life; 2. 能運用英語文進行邏輯思考、分析判斷、整合創新﹔ think independently, logically, analytically, synthetically, and creatively in English; 3. 能了解及增進個人學習英語文興趣與動機﹔ understand and enhance one’s own interest and motivation in learning English; 4. 能運用英語文吸收及了解多元領域知識﹔ use English to acquire and understand knowledge of various disciplines; 5. 能運用各類英語文學習策略﹔ use various English language learning strategies; 6. 能運用各類資源學習英語文﹔ use various English language learning resources; 7. 能運用英語文探索及了解國際多元文化﹔ use English to explore and understand various cultures in the world; and 8. 能運用英語文探索及了解自我人生意義。 use English to explore and understand the meaning of one’s own life.

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