Media Skills
Course Schedule
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Media Exercises |
Workshops |
Unit Reviews |
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Agenda |
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Orientation |
Orientation |
Orientation |
Orientation |
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Unit 1 |
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Unit 2 |
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Unit 3 |
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Workshop I |
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Unit 4 |
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Unit 5 |
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8 |
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Unit Review 1
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Quiz 1 (Units 1-5) |
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9 |
Unit 6 |
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10 |
Unit 7 |
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Unit 8 |
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12 |
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Workshop II |
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Unit 9 |
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Unit 10 |
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15 |
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Unit Review 2
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Quiz 2 (Units 1-10) |
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Course Can-do Goals
Listening Skills
- I can follow a conversation or discussion about a familiar topic.
- I can listen to a short instructional talk and remember 7-10 points.
- I can understand the main ideas and important details from authentic audiovisual materials of up to six minutes in length.
- I can predict consequences and outcomes based on what I have heard.
- I can understand sets of instructions and follow them even when not in step-by-step form.
Reading Skills
- I can read authentic text that is 1–2 pages long and moderately complex.
- I can read for information, to learn English, and to develop reading skills.
- I can use an English-English dictionary, but mostly for confirmation and precision.
- I can read and understand both concrete and abstract language, dealing with facts, opinions and feelings.
- I can infer the meaning of a new word from its context.
Speaking Skills
- I can participate in a small group discussion and express my opinions, feelings and reservations about a topic.
- I can comfortably speak about almost any topic that comes up in normal conversation.
- I can correct myself or rephrase what I say when I know that people do not understand me.
- I can use a variety of sentence structures and idioms.
- I can use a variety of strategies to keep the conversation or discussion going.
Discussion Skills: Topics in Social Sciences
- I can understand and discuss issues related to social acceptance.
- I can understand and discuss issues related to influencing youth.
- I can understand and discuss issues related to public distractions.
- I can understand and discuss issues related to public health issues.
- I can understand and discuss issues related to mysteries.
- I can understand and discuss issues related to unhealthy lifestyles.
- I can understand and discuss issues related to demographics.
- I can understand and discuss issues related to global citizenship.
- I can understand and discuss issues related to life after university.
- I can understand and discuss issues related to growing old.