Spring 2008 Mon.: 8:30-10:10 pm ES 504
English Broadcasting Skills
Sophomore
2 Credits
Birdie Chang
Course Description &Objectives:
English Broadcasting Skills is a basic elective aimed at introducing the sophomore 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, “Anchor’s Time” “talk show” and “press conference” will be held, in which students will be assigned an area of news (e.g., politics, world, sports, entertainment) to cover and discuss with peers and each group will be recorded by the digital camera. By the end of the semester, the class will be recorded a “20-minute current affairs broadcast news program” with participation from each student. 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 familiar with the broadcasting forms in our daily lives. .
Grading: Attendance, Participation & Group discussion 40%
Unit Presentations @10% each 40%
20-minute Final Project 20%
Text: Weekly handouts. Be sure to prepare a file collector.
Tentative Syllabus:
February 25 Introduction of the Course
March 3 Principles of News Writing – Structure, Headline 10 When You Are an Anchor (I) - Radio
17 When You Are an Anchor (II) - Television 24 When You Are an Anchor (III) ★
31 Monthly Theme/Variety Session April 7 Introduction of Talk Show / Clips
14 Conduct a Talk Show (I) 21 Conduct a Talk Show (II)
28 (Midterm Week) Conduct a Talk Show (III) ★ May 5 Introduction of Press Conference / Clips
Spring 2008 Mon.: 8:30-10:10 pm ES 504 12 Hold a Press Conference for Journalists (I)
19 Hold a Press Conference for Journalists (II) ★ 26 Monthly Theme/Variety Session
June 2 Final Project Porposal
9 20-minute Final Project (I) ★ 16 20-minute Final Project (II) ★
Ps. “★” stands for recording by digital camera.
References:
CNN Student News: http://www.cnn.com/studentnews/
BBC Radio: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/
ICRT: www.icrt.com.tw
LiveABC Headline news: http://www.liveabc.com/site/hotnews/hotnews.asp
China Post: http://www.chinapost.com.tw/guidepost/, http://www.studentpost.com.tw/
民視英語新聞: http://englishnews.ftv.com.tw/
台灣英語網: http://www.english.com.tw/
The Internet Movie Database: http://www.imdb.com/
TIME magazine: www.time.com
