National Taiwan Normal University Course Outline
Fall , 2025

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I.Course information
Serial No. 2697 Course Level Undergraduate
Course Code MAU0189 Chinese Course Name 數學教學中的英語
Course Name English Language of Mathematics Teaching
Department Department of Mathematics
Two/one semester 1 Req. / Sel. Sel.
Credits 2.0 Lecturing hours Lecture hours: 2
Prerequisite Course
Comment
Course Description
Day & Class Period/Location Fri. 9-10 Gongguan M211
Curriculum Goals Corresponding to the Departmental Core Goal
1. Learn Vocabulary College:
 2-1 Being able to communicate and express mathematically
 2-3 Being able to lead or collaboratively work with peers
2. Learn common sentence and question structures. College:
 2-1 Being able to communicate and express mathematically
 2-3 Being able to lead or collaboratively work with peers
3. Learn typical confusions for mathematical English and everyday English College:
 2-1 Being able to communicate and express mathematically
 2-3 Being able to lead or collaboratively work with peers
4. Develop conversational and questioning skills College:
 1-6 Possessing the capacities to view elementary mathematics from an advanced viewpoint
 2-1 Being able to communicate and express mathematically
 2-2 Possessing the competences of transferring and contextualizing theories in mathematics and mathematics education
 2-3 Being able to lead or collaboratively work with peers
 3-1 Being able to seek out answers with the attitudes of patience, diligence, concentration, and curiosity
 3-3 Being willing to work collaboratively
 4-3 Possessing a variety of beliefs regarding mathematics values and mathematics learning
 4-4 Possessing global views from both scientific and humanistic perspectives, and being able to appreciate the values of other knowledge fields
5. Writing questions and assignments College:
 2-1 Being able to communicate and express mathematically
 2-3 Being able to lead or collaboratively work with peers
 4-3 Possessing a variety of beliefs regarding mathematics values and mathematics learning
 4-4 Possessing global views from both scientific and humanistic perspectives, and being able to appreciate the values of other knowledge fields
6. Collaborative and presentation skills College:
 1-6 Possessing the capacities to view elementary mathematics from an advanced viewpoint
 2-1 Being able to communicate and express mathematically
 2-2 Possessing the competences of transferring and contextualizing theories in mathematics and mathematics education
 2-3 Being able to lead or collaboratively work with peers
 3-1 Being able to seek out answers with the attitudes of patience, diligence, concentration, and curiosity
 3-3 Being willing to work collaboratively
 4-3 Possessing a variety of beliefs regarding mathematics values and mathematics learning
 4-4 Possessing global views from both scientific and humanistic perspectives, and being able to appreciate the values of other knowledge fields

II. General Syllabus
Instructor(s) CHU, Chi-Tai/ 朱台
Schedule
(2 weeks) Vocabulary, pronunciation, and sentence and question structures
(2 weeks) Confusions in everyday and mathematical English
(2 weeks) Math Specific Vocabulary by levels and topics
(1 week) Presentation of assignments, spoken and written
(1 weeks) Presentation of multiple solutions
(2 weeks) Discussion of different methods and alternatives
(2 weeks) Question Strategies
(4 weeks) Deep case study collaborative assignment with individual, reports and presentations

Instructional Approach
Methods Notes
Group discussion Students will explain and discuss their ideas and solutions to problems with other students in English as well as Chinese.
Problem-based learning Students will write high school mathematics problems and produce solutions in English.
Cooperative learning Deep case study collaborative assignment with individual reports and presentations.
Field work Observations of bilingual classrooms
Media, audio, visual materials Analyze online textbooks and video resources
Other: They will demonstrate ability to explain and discuss mathematics education issues in individual face to face assessments with the instructor.
Grading assessment
Methods Percentage Notes
Assignments 20 %  
Class discussion involvement 15 %  
Attendances 5 %  
Presentation 20 %  
Case study reports 20 %  
other: 20 % Contribute to online tasks
Required and Recommended Texts/Readings with References
Riddell, D. (2014) Teach English as a Foreign Language: Teach Yourself. McGraw-Hill

British Council. Nexus professional development: Teaching mathematics to ESOL learners.

Van De Walle, Karp, Bay-Williams (2014) Teaching Mathematics in the 21st Century. In: Van De Walle, Karp, Bay-Williams Elementary and Middle School Mathematics Teaching Developmentally. Chapter 1. Pearson New International Press.

Small, M. and Lin, A. (2015) More Good Questions: Great Ways to Differentiate Secondary Mathematics Instruction. Teachers College Press.

Illustrative Mathematics (OER)
https://im.kendallhunt.com/

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