Course Objectives:
(1). enhance their overall English communicative ability; and
(2). enhance their knowledge of cultural diversity and international perspective


Course Contents:
In addition to activities suggested by the textbook (Top Notch Book 3), SENM also incorporates discussions, exhibitions, competitions, and show-and-tell’s to enhance students’ ability to understand, accept, and respect other cultures.

Course Objectives:
(1). enhance their overall English communicative ability; and
(2). enhance their knowledge of cultural diversity and international perspective


Course Contents:
In addition to activities suggested by the textbook (Top Notch Book 3), SENM also incorporates discussions, exhibitions, competitions, and show-and-tell’s to enhance students’ ability to understand, accept, and respect other cultures.

Sophomore English for Non-English Majors (SENM) is a required course for the majority of second-year students. It is a one-year course (1-1 credits) taken during the second year regardless of whether a student has passed or failed FENM. Students are NOT arranged by a placement exam. Students will remain in the same course section, with the same teacher, for both fall and spring semesters.

「大二英文」是多數大二學生的必修課程。學生必須於大二期間修習這門上下學期各二學分的一年課程。大一英文成績不及格不會擋修大二英文。學生一旦完成選課，必須留在原班，不得要求更動。上下學期皆然。

This course is intended as a general two-skills (listening and reading) integrated English-as-a-foreign language (EFL) course, emphasizing English in general contexts. In particular, SENM focuses on reading and listening in academic contexts. English is the medium of instruction. The main goal in listening is to provide students with opportunities to hear different English accents and voices in practical real-life conversational situations. The main goal in reading is to enhance students’ reading comprehension through maximizing their opportunities to use basic reading skills such as skimming, scanning, reading for main ideas, inferring, and guessing vocabulary from context. As an extension of FENM, SENM focuses on reading and listening, but still makes use of the four language skill areas: listening, speaking, reading, and writing.

本課程著重聽與讀兩種能力之訓練，尤其偏重學術性文本，俾能對學生在校學習有所助益。學生除了課堂中聽教師以英文授課，其餘課程中提供的各種視聽教材（CD，DVD以及影片）也幫助學生聽懂各種相關議題的英文。聽力訓練的主要目標乃提供學生於實際日常生活對話情境中聆聽各種英文腔調及聲音的機會。閱讀能力訓練的主要目標在於提供大量基礎閱讀技巧的練習，以加強學生的閱讀理解能力。譬如：快速抓重點、快速尋找資訊、找主旨、做推論以及從上下文揣測字義等。「大二英文」既定位為「大一英文」之延伸，即便以閱讀與聽力之訓練為其主軸，也勢必含括英語四技：聽、說、讀、寫之相關訓練。

Sophomore English for Non-English Majors (SENM) is a required course for the majority of second-year students. It is a one-year course (1-1 credits) taken during the second year regardless of whether a student has passed or failed FENM. Students are NOT arranged by a placement exam. Students will remain in the same course section, with the same teacher, for both fall and spring semisters.

"Soul English" is a compulsory course for most sophomore students. Students must take a one-year course of two-school grades each during the second year of the sophomore. If you fail the English test in freshman year, you will not be able to take the English test in sophomore year. Once students complete the course, they must stay in the original class and no updates are required. The same is true during the whole and second periods.

This course is intended as a general two-skills (listening and reading) integrated English-as-a-foreign language (EFL) course, emphasizing English in general contexts. In particular, SENM focuss on reading and listening in academic contexts. English is the medium of instruction. The main goal in listening is to provide students with opportunities to hear different English accents and voices in practical real-life conversational situations. The main goal in reading is to enhance students’ reading comprehension through maximizing their opportunities to use basic reading skills such as skimming, scanning, reading for main ideas, inferring, and guessing vocabulary from context. As an extension of FENM, SENM focuss on reading and listening, but still makes use of the four language skill areas: listening, speaking, reading, and writing.

This course focuses on the training of two abilities: listening and reading, especially academic texts, so as to be helpful to students' learning in school. In addition to listening to teachers in English, students provide various listening materials (CD, DVD and video) in their courses also help students understand English in various related topics. The main goal of hearing training is to provide students with the opportunity to listen to various English accents and voices in real daily conversation situations. The main goal of reading ability training is to provide a large number of basic reading skills to enhance students' reading and comprehension skills. For example: quickly grasp the key points, quickly find information, find the main topic, make recommendations, and calculate the meaning from the context. "Soul English" is positioned as an extension of "Fresh English", and even if the training of reading and listening is its main axis, it must include four techniques in English: listening, speaking, reading and writing related training.

1. Top Notch Book 3 (Third Edition)
2. SENM Online Program

1. Top Notch Book 3 (Third Edition)
2. SENM Online Program