計畫撰寫 (Work Proposals)


　
Exercise 53
I. Pre-Listening Exercise
II. Listening Exercise
III. Post-Listening Exercise


Purpose:

Writing the abstract (part one): briefly introducing the background, objective and methodology / 摘要撰寫（第一部份）: 簡介背景，目標及方法

　

I. Pre-Listening Exercise [Top]

Check the meanings of the following words and expressions:

  • Taiwan’s Ministry of Education
  • multi-assessment
  • assess
  • higher-order thinking
  • motivate students properly
  • flexibility
  • storage capacity
  • novel
  • networked portfolio system
  • peer assessment

Consult page 193 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 increasingly emphasizing the use of multi-assessment in middle schools and universities?
A. Taiwan’s Ministry of Economic Affairs
B. Taiwan’s Ministry of Education
C. Taiwan’s Ministry of Interior

2. Why do conventional methods of assessing students’ abilities fail to assess higher-order thinking?
A. They are time consuming and expensive.
B. They are inefficient and complicated.
C. They can not motivate students properly.

3. Which word in similar in meaning to “assess”?
A. evaluate
B. determine
C. control

4. Which word in similar in meaning to “motivate”?
A. neglect
B. inspire
C. contain

5. Which word is similar in meaning to “peer”?
A. superior
B. manager
C. classmate

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2. Listen to the story again as you read the audiotranscript on page 334 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. Write the first part of an abstract for your work or research project by briefly introducing the background, objective and methodology. View the accompanying two Power Point presentations on details of how to write this assignment.

3. Write four questions regarding the background, objective and methodology of one’s research project in which the person must respond with “Yes” or “No”. The question does not have to come directly from the listening exercise.
Example: Does Richard’s network portfolio system combine the flexibility of a network with the storage capacity of a computer?
Answer: Yes, it does.
Example: Does your methodology involve simulating a factory environment?
Answer: Yes, it does.

回計畫撰寫 Work Proposals