Introduction to English Broadcasting Skills
Junior
2 Credits
Birdie Chang
◆ Course Description &Objectives:
Introduction to English Broadcasting Skills is an advanced elective aimed at introducing the junior students to enhance the broadcasting skills of English media. The focus of the class will be on comprehension, analysis, and presentation of English print and broadcast news. The course will begin with the “news writing”, covering topics such as story structure, headlines and endings, using examples from English newspapers, magazines or online materials for illustration. In addition to materials readings, “DJ’s Time” and “Anchor’s Show” will be held, in which students will be assigned an area of news (e.g., traffic, world, sports, entertainment) to cover and discuss with peers and each group will be recorded to make a demo tape. Besides, students will be arranged to visit news studios such as ICRT and Formosa TV Station. Upon completion of the course, it is expected that the students will not only have the ability to comprehend a variety of English broadcast materials, but also be skilled with the broadcasting forms in our daily lives.
◆ Grading: Attendance, Participation & Group discussion 60%
Unit Presentations @20% each 20%
20-minute Final Project 20%
◆ Course Materials:
Handouts will be given every week.
◆ Reference books:
Alan Stephenson, David Reese, and Mary Beadle. Broadcast Announcing Worktext, Second Edition:
Performing for Radio, Television, and Cable. Focal Press; 2 ed., 2004 (http://www.amazon.com/Broadcast-Announcing-Worktext-Second-
Performing/dp/0240805690/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1240991190&sr=1-5)
Ted White . Broadcast News Writing, Reporting, and Producing. Focal Press: 4 ed., 2005
(http://www.amazon.com/Broadcast-Writing-Reporting-Producing-Fourth/dp/024080659X/ref=sr_1_6?
ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1240991190&sr=1-6)
◆ Tentative Syllabus:
September 14 Introduction of the Course
21 Principles of News Writing – Structure, Headline 28 Principles of News Broadcasting – Radio DJ
October 05 When You Are a DJ (I) – Weather Broadcasting
12 When You Are a DJ (II) – Entertainment News Broadcasting 19 When You Are a DJ (III) – Commercials Broadcasting
26 When You Are a DJ (IV) –Traffic Broadcasting November 02 When You Are a DJ (V) – Visiting ICRT Studio
09 (Midterm Week) Project 1 ★
16 Variety Session: Movie and English Songs 23 Principles of News Broadcasting – TV Anchor
01 When You Are an Anchor (I) – Entertainment News December 07 When You Are an Anchor (II) – Sports News
14 When You Are an Anchor (III) – Society News 21 When You Are an Anchor (IV) – Political News
28 When You Are an Anchor (V) – Visiting Formosa TV Studio (民視)
January 04 Wrap up Classes: Broadcasting Materials Preparation 11 Final Project – On-site Broadcasting (TV Anchor) ★ Ps. “★” means that students shall produce a demo tape after the projects.
◆ Reference links:
Broadcast Tips
http://www.audiojournal.net/volunteering/broadcast-tips
Sports Broadcasting Tips for Radio Beginners
http://www.americansportscastersonline.com/radiosportscastingtips.html
How to record an Internet radio broadcast
http://asia.cnet.com/digitalliving/tips/0,3800004921,39207200,00.htm
Getting Your Message Across Good Practice Guide: Broadcasting Tips http://www.nicva.org/uploads/docs/BroadcastingTips.pdf
How to Become a TV Reporter or News Anchor
http://www.wikihow.com/Become-a-TV-Reporter-or-News-Anchor
How to DJ: DJ Tips on How to Get Started http://www.dj-tips-and-tricks.com/how-to-dj.html
DJ Business Training 101 http://www.raymardo.com/
Online DJ Tips
http://onlinedjtips.com/
Tips for Being a DJ
http://www.taiwanfun.com/north/taipei/recreation/0404/0404Tips.htm
