計畫撰寫 (Work Proposals)


　
Exercise 46
I. Pre-Listening Exercise
II. Listening Exercise
III. Post-Listening Exercise


Purpose:

Outlining the work proposal (part two): describing the plan to solve the problem / 工作提案計畫（第二部分）: 行動

　

I. Pre-Listening Exercise [Top]

Check the meanings of the following words and expressions:

  • networked peer assessment system
  • higher education
  • students’ attitudes
  • reliability and validity coefficients
  • feasibility
  • alternative strategy
  • distance learning

Consult page 47 of Writing Effective Work Proposals by Ted Knoy for some of these definitions.

II. Listening Exercise [Top]
1. Listen to the conversation by pressing the "Play" button and then answering the following questions. Press the "Final score" button to check your quiz results.


1. What is John’s networked peer assessment capable of supporting?
A. students’ attitudes and performance
B. instruction and learning
C. appropriate reliability and validity coefficients

2. John’s networked peer assessment system can identify a significant relationship between what?
A. instruction and learning
B. appropriate reliability and validity coefficients
C. students’ attitudes and performance

3. What is John’s proposed system an alternative strategy for?
A. higher education
B. distance learning
C. the Internet

4. How can John’s networked peer assessment system be used to analyze?
A. appropriate reliability and validity coefficients
B. instruction and learning
C. effectiveness of students’ learning in higher education

5. Which word is the most similar in meaning to “analyze”?
A. examine
B. propose
C. calculate

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2. Listen to the story again as you read the audiotranscript on page 322 of Writing Effective Work Proposals by Ted Knoy.

III. Post-Listening Exercise [Top]
1. Read the audiotranscript with a partner or change some of the information to adapt it to your situation.

2. Outline the first part of your work or research proposal by describing the project background. View the accompanying two Power Point presentations on details of how to write this assignment.

3. Write four questions beginning with “What” when recommending someone for advanced study, and then answer them. The question does not have to come directly from the listening exercise.
Example: What does John believe is an alternative strategy for distance learning?
Answer: his networked peer assessment system?
Example: What are the main strengths of your proposed method?
Answer: It is more efficient than conventionally available ones.

回計畫撰寫 Work Proposals