Course Requirements and Evaluation Criteria:
To check the MOODLE course website on a regular basis for announcements and supplementary materials
To preview and review the assigned news texts and videos for effective class participation
To participate actively in class discussions
Attendance: The class depends on student participation.
To collect and share current issues in the news with the class
To complete assignments on time
To complete assignments accurately (Accuracy of vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation)
To meet with the teacher to discuss topics
To present a midterm and group news project
Plagiarism, the passing of someone else’s work as your own, will be taken seriously.
Tentative Class Schedule
Week 1 : Course Orientation
Week 2 : News Topic + Introduction to Journalism and News (Topic selection, Newsworthiness etc.)
Week 3: News Topic + Media Ethics, Issues Facing Journalists
Week 4: News Topic + News Conventions: Headlines, Leads and Content + HW: Writing Leads
Week 5: News Topic + News Conventions: Asking Questions + HW: Preparing for an interview
Week 6: Tomb-Sweeping Festival
Week 7: News Topic + News Conventions: Putting it Together + HW: Draft Due
Week 8: News Topic + Class Workshop: Preparing a Newsworthy Report
Week 9: News Topic + Broadcast Media: Body Language and Visual Presentation Skills
Week 10: Midterm Presentations + News Assignment Due
Week 11: News Topic + Orientation to Types of Broadcast Media
Week 12: News Topic + Broadcast Media: Live Interviews + HW: Follow-up/in-depth Questions
Week 13: News Topic + Broadcast Media: Issue Debates + HW: Prepare for Class Activity
Week 14: News Topic + Broadcast Media: Employing Visual Aids + HW: Prepare Visual Aids
Week 15: News Topic + Broadcast Media: Youtubers + HW: Prepare for Class Workshop
Week 16: News Topic + Class Workshop: Putting Our Broadcast Project Together
Week 17: Final Project Presentation
Week 18: Final Project Presentation
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