Weekly Session |
Topic |
Preview/Task/Project Progress |
1st |
Course Introduction
Warmers
Learning Resources on Campus and the Net |
1. Prw. handout 1
2. Finding resources on campus |
2nd |
Signs and Character I ⅈ Pronunciation Drill I; Paragraph Structure I |
1. Prw. handout 2
2. Researching celebrities |
3rd |
Holiday |
1. Topic Reading
2. Observing my phone use |
4th |
Holiday |
1. Writing Task 1 |
5th |
Smartphone Addiction; Pronunciation Drill II;
World Café: An Introduction |
World Café Preparation |
6th |
World Café; Paragraph Structure II; In-class writing |
1.Team-building & questionnaire design
2. Writing Task 2 |
7th |
Questionnaire Discussion; Oral Presentation Skills I |
1. Discussion questions
2. Conducting survey and
preparing for the team
survey presentation |
8th |
Team Survey Presentation: Smartphone Addiction across Continents & Feedback; Confirmation of the Individual Presentation Topic |
Individual oral presentation preparation |
9th |
Mid-term Week
Film Screening: Cultural Literacy
Writing Steps: Topic Sentence and Format |
Response paragraph 1: cross-cultural marriage |
10th |
Mini-Individual Oral Presentation: My Favorite
Group I |
Peer Feedback |
11th |
Mini-Individual Oral Presentation: My Favorite
Group II |
Peer Feedback
Prw. Handout 5 & Discussion Questions |
12th |
Working Holiday: roundtable discussion
Pronunciation Drill IV |
Research: how successful people spend their college life? |
13th |
Mini-Debate: Uniform or Unicorn?
Paragraph Structure III
FP Announcement |
- Writing Task 3
- Brainstorming for FP
|
14th |
Paragraph Sample Discussion
Screenplay Writing and Consultation
Setting up the Premiere Organizing Committee |
Writing Task 4: revising the screenplay |
15th |
FP Work Week I: line reading and shooting |
Shooting continues |
16th |
Holiday & Online progress report |
1. Revising the screenplay
2. Preparing for shooting |
17th |
FP Work Week II: shooting and producing |
Microfilm preparation |
18th |
Final Week
Micro Film Premiere |
1. Submitting the film
2. Voting for and commenting on your Favorite micro films |