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Medium Of Instructions | Mode Of Learning | Mode Of Delivery |
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English | Self Study | Video and Text Based |
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INR 2436 | yes | Coursera |
The Syllabus
Videos
- Welcome to English for Journalism
- Course Overview: Topics, Assessments & Activities
- Course Overview: Games and Levels
- Why Journalism? What Makes This Field Interesting?
- Introduction to the History of Journalism – pre-1690
- History of Journalism – 1690 – present day
- Language Focus – Simple Past and Past Progressive
- Unlockable Achievement
- Principles of Journalism 1: Gathering Sources
- Principles of Journalism 2: Telling the Story
- Language Focus – Word Families
- Principles of Journalism 3: Impacting People
- Language Focus – Phrases for Agreeing and Disagreeing
- Online Learning Opportunities to Extend Your Skills
- Supplemental Listening: "Young Journalists Report on Worldwide Landmine Problems"
- Supplemental Listening: 'Berlin Airlift' Airport Becomes Emergency Refugee Shelter
Readings
- Overview of the Unit
- Political Cartoons: Exploring Serious Subjects in Fun Way
- Hearst and the Growth of US Journalism
- BASIC: "Media freedom is important. Here's what you can do."
- ADVANCED: Media Freedom is important. Here’s what you can do.”
- How freedom of information works
- Game: Unit 1 Vocabulary Flashcards
- Irregular Verb List
- Supplemental Reading: How Can Journalists Be Protected?
- Supplemental Reading: "'Berlin Airlift' Airport Becomes Emergency Refugee Shelter"
- Supplemental Reading: "Newspapers in America"
Practice Exercises
- Unit 1 Assessment 1: What do we expect from the media? (Survey)
- Game 1: Timeline Game
- Check Your Understanding: "Political Cartoons: Exploring Serious Subjects in Fun Way"
- Game 2: Selecting tense – Simple Past versus Past Progressive
- Check Your Understanding: Hearst and the Growth of US Journalism
- Value Affirmation Activity
- Check Your Understanding: “Media Freedom is Important. Here’s what you can do.”
- Game 3: Matching word forms in context
- Game 4: Vocabulary Practice - Principles of Journalism
- Check Your Understanding: "How freedom of information works"
- Check Your Understanding: “Young Journalists Report on Worldwide Landmine Problem”
- Crossword with Irregular Past Tense
- Check Your Understanding: "How Can Journalists Be Protected?"
- Check Your Understanding: 'Berlin Airlift' Airport Becomes Emergency Refugee Shelter”
- Check Your Understanding: "Newspapers in America"
Videos
- Choosing a Topic
- Researching an Idea
- Unlockable Achievement
- Pitching a Story – Newspapers/Magazines
- Pitching a Story - Radio
- Sample News Story Pitch
- Unlockable Achievement
- Video Listening: Times are Changing in Havana, Cuba
- Unlockable Achievement
- Language Focus – Interviewing Sources – Wh- Questions
- Interviewing Sources – Reliability, Facts & Opinion
- Language Focus – Quoting Sources & Reporting Verbs
- Video interview with a student journalist from The Daily Pennsylvanian
- Unlockable Achievement
- Interviewing Sources - Notetaking
- Language Focus – Quoting Sources Directly or Using Reported Speech
- Supplemental Listening: "Story of Dr. Omalu Enlightens on Risks of High-impact Sports"
Readings
- Overview of the Unit
- BASIC: "Want to be a good reporter? Follow these tips."
- ADVANCED: Want to be a good reporter? Follow these tips.
- Sample News Story Pitch and Written Pitch Template
- BASIC: Times Are Changing in Havana, Cuba
- ADVANCED: Times are Changing in Havana, Cuba
- Game: Unit 2 Vocabulary Flashcards
- Supplemental Reading: Student newspapers shake things up
- Supplemental Reading and Listening: "Story of Dr. Omalu Enlightens on Risks of High-impact Sports"
Practice Exercises
- Game 1: Right-sizing Your Topic
- Check Your Understanding: "Want to be a good reporter? Follow these tips."
- Game 2: Vocabulary Practice
- Check Your Understanding: Times are Changing in Havana, Cuba
- Game 3: Reliable Sources
- Game 4: Choose the reporting verb
- Check Your Understanding: Video interview with a student journalist from The Daily Pennsylvanian
- Game 5: Changing Direct Speech to Reported Speech
- Check Your Understanding: Student newspapers shake things up
- Game: WH- question formation
- Check Your Understanding: Story of Dr. Omalu Enlightens on Risks of High-impact Sports
Videos
- Print Media: From Topic to Article
- Types of Leads
- Creating a Lead
- Unlockable Achievement
- Language Focus – SV Agreement with Different Subjects
- Writing Using Associated Press Style
- Language Focus – Structure of Active and Passive Voices
- Language Focus – Use of Active and Passive Voices
- Reporting Accurately
- Proofreading an Article
- Unlockable Achievement
- Listening: Egyptian Journalists Call for Press Freedom
Readings
- Overview of the Unit
- Student Newspapers Face Real World Challenges
- BASIC: Thai Health Policy as Model for Emerging Economies
- ADVANCED: Thai Health Policy as Model for Emerging Economies
- BASIC: With billions to feed, sustainable agriculture is not a luxury
- ADVANCED: With billions to feed, sustainable agriculture is not a luxury
- Game: Unit 3 Vocabulary Flashcards
- Egyptian Journalists Call for Press Freedom
- Old Age, Debt Threaten Vietnam Economy
Practice Exercises
- Game 1: Labeling - the Process and the Front Page
- Game 2: Match Lead to Lead Type
- Check Your Understanding: "Student Newspapers Face Real World Challenges."
- Check Your Understanding 2: "Thai Health Policy Seen as Model for Emerging Economies"
- Game 3: Applying AP Style
- Game 4: When to Use Passive Voice
- Check Your Understanding: "With billions to feed, sustainable agriculture is not a luxury"
- Check Your Understanding: "Egyptian Journalists Call for Press Freedom"
- Check Your Understanding: "Old Age, Debt Threaten Vietnam Economy"
- Game: Active/Passive Game
- Game: Subject/Verb Agreement Game
Videos
- The Language of Broadcast Journalism
- Listening: "VOA Fast Five"
- Unlockable Achievement
- The People of Broadcast Journalism
- Types of Stories for Broadcast Journalism
- Using Conversational Style
- Listening: "So you want to be a TV reporter..."
- Language Focus – Present Tense & Active Voice
- Sample Broadcast News Story
- Ratings in TV News: How Journalists Compete
- Unlockable Achievement
- Sensationalism in TV News
- The 24-hour News Cycle
- Language Focus - Stress & Pausing
- Unlockable Achievement
- Listening: "Telepresence - The Next Best thing to Being There"
Readings
- Overview of the Unit
- Listening: So you want to be a TV reporter ...
- Podcasting on the rise
- Unit 4 Assessment 2: Instructions and Model
- Game: Unit 4 Vocabulary Flashcards
- Radio Hoax Causes Panic
- Forget a seat at the table. This reporter wants a seat in the briefing room.
Practice Exercises
- Check your Understanding 1: Listening: "VOA Fast Five"
- Game 1: Matching Language to Definitions
- Check Your Understanding: "So you want to be a TV reporter..."
- Game 2: Print vs. Broadcast Journalism
- Unit 4 Assessment 1: Rewrite your article as a copy for a broadcast
- Game 3: Stress
- Check Your Understanding: "Podcasting on the rise."
- Check Your Understanding: "Radio Hoax Causes Panic?
- Check Your Understanding: "Forget a seat at the table. This reporter wants a seat in the briefing room"
- Check Your Understanding: "Telepresence - The Next Best Thing to Being There"
- Game: Vocabulary Crossword Puzzle
Videos
- Origins and Current State of the Digital Age
- The Impact on the Journalistic Process
- The Impact on Traditional Media
- Language Focus – Present Perfect Form
- Challenges 1: The Digital Divide
- Language Focus – Data Commentary
- Unlockable Achievement
- Citizen Journalism
- Challenges 2: Ethics in the Digital Age
- Challenges 3: Intellectual Property and Censorship
- Unlockable Achievement
- Course Conclusion
Readings
- Overview of the Unit
- BASIC: Mapping the Digital Divide
- ADVANCED: Mapping the Digital Divide
- Want to be a citizen journalist? You might be one already.
- BASIC: Egypt Clamps Down on Media Ahead of 'Arab Spring' Anniversary
- ADVANCED: Egypt Clamps Down on Media Ahead of 'Arab Spring' Anniversary
- Game: Unit 5 Vocabulary Flashcards
- Sharing the benefits of the Internet across the digital divide
- Africa's Infotech Revolution
- Twitter Suspends Over 125,000 Accounts for 'Promoting Terrorist Acts'
Practice Exercises
- Game 1: Create a Timeline of Digital Media
- Game 2: Present Perfect Form
- Check your Understanding: Mapping the Digital Divide
- Game 3: Choose the Appropriate Data Commentary Language
- Unit 5 Assessment 1: Choose the Factually Accurate Data Commentary
- Check Your Understanding: "Want to be a citizen journalist? You might be one already."
- Check Your Understanding: Egypt Clamps Down on Media Ahead of 'Arab Spring' Anniversary
- Check Your Understanding: "Sharing the benefits of the Internet across the digital divide"
- Check Your Understanding: "Africa's Infotech Revolution"
- Check Your Understanding: "Twitter Suspends Over 125,000 Accounts for 'Promoting Terrorist Acts'"
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