2022/2023
Английский язык для специальных целей. Журналистика и медиакоммуникации - 3
Лучший по критерию «Полезность курса для Вашей будущей карьеры»
Лучший по критерию «Полезность курса для расширения кругозора и разностороннего развития»
Статус:
Факультатив
Кто читает:
Школа иностранных языков
Когда читается:
1-3 модуль
Охват аудитории:
для всех кампусов НИУ ВШЭ
Преподаватели:
Занозина Елизавета Сергеевна,
Квятковский Максим Васильевич,
Хомутский Константин Игоревич
Язык:
английский
Кредиты:
3
Контактные часы:
52
Course Syllabus
Abstract
The discipline refers to the variable educational tracks offered to Bachelor’s degree students as an option while they master the optional course of English in accordance with the “Concept of the Development of English-language Communicative Competence of HSE Students”. The ESP course "English for Journalism and Media" for2nd-year Bachelor's students explores the following topics: "Society and Media", "Digital Media", "News Production", "Three Ps: Pre-production, Production, Post-production", "Ethics and Laws in Media". Apart from a strong focus on mastering relevant and most frequently used subject-specific vocabulary and key terminology through communication practice, the course provides an empirically based understanding of the discourse and language used in the target ESP variety by involving students in projects related to media production. The course is also aimed at developing the four major sets of language skills — listening, reading, writing, and speaking through various tasks (both in standard and creative formats) based on the communicative approach to foreign-language teaching. Moreover, the course also provides task-based activities such as projects, most of which simulate workplace assignments and help students to practice them prior to the real working experience. The prerequisite level of English for students willing to take the course is B2 or higher (according to CEFR).
Learning Objectives
- 1. To sharpen students’ comprehension skills of manifold traditional and emerging (hybrid) types of media products (e.g., professional articles, reports/user-generated content)
- 2. To master essential genres and appropriate specialized registers of English
- 3. To enable students to acquire specialized vocabulary (key terminology) and a set of lexical items with the highest frequency of occurrence in various professional contexts
- 4. To develop the ability to use essential domain-specific and conventionalized grammatical structures prevalent in the target ESP variety
- 5. To master analytical and critical thinking/writing skills/to master writing skills in various spheres
- 6. To upgrade skills related to the solution of diverse professionally oriented tasks both individually and in teams
- 7. To foster awareness of long-term patterns and relevant trends in the spheres of media production and consumption
- 8. To improve media literacy and develop a creative approach applicable to a range of professionally relevant tasks (media project management, research)
Expected Learning Outcomes
- Listening: Understanding dialogues and polylogues on both familiar and unfamiliar topics Understanding lectures Understanding academic/ professional presentations which are linguistically complex Using basic listening techniques (predicting, understanding main ideas and details), Following extended speech and complex lines of arguments, Note-taking
- Understanding specialised complex longer texts*/articles and reports concerned with contemporary problems (CEFR) Understanding text structure Using basic reading techniques, skimming & scanning (predicting, understanding main ideas, understanding details) *can use a dictionary occasionally to confirm his/her interpretation of terminology
- can write clear, well-structured texts on a variety of subjects expanding points of view, developing arguments, synthesising and evaluating information, can evaluate different ideas or solutions to a problem): Summary Essay: opinion, discussion Report E-mail (business correspondence) CV Review of a film/book/play.
- Understanding dialogues and polylogues on both familiar and unfamiliar topics Understanding lectures Understanding academic/ professional presentations which are linguistically complex Using basic listening techniques (predicting, understanding main ideas and details), Following extended speech and complex lines of arguments, Note-taking
- Understanding specialised complex longer texts*/articles and reports concerned with contemporary problems (CEFR) Understanding text structure Using basic reading techniques, skimming, scanning (predicting, understanding main ideas, understanding details) *can use a dictionary occasionally to confirm his/her interpretation of terminology
- Debates (debate on abstract, complex topics) Monologue: descriptive/informative/reasoning Presentation (can give reasons in support or against a particular point of view, give the advantages and disadvantages of various opinions)
- Understanding specialised complex longer texts*/articles and reports concerned with contemporary problems (CEFR) Understanding text structure Using basic reading techniques, skimming & scanning (predicting, understanding main ideas, understanding details) *can use a dictionary occasionally to confirm his/her interpretation of terminology;
- Reading: understanding specialised complex longer texts*/articles and reports concerned with contemporary problems (CEFR) Understanding text structure Using basic reading techniques, skimming & scanning (predicting, understanding main ideas, understanding details) *can use a dictionary occasionally to confirm his/her interpretation of terminology
- Speaking: debates (debate on abstract, complex topics) Monologue: descriptive/informative/reasoning Presentation (can give reasons in support or against a particular point of view, give the advantages and disadvantages of various opinions).
- comprehends pragmatic features of spoken and written media business discourse, knows the peculiarities of basic genres to demonstrate them in media business communication contexts (e.g., meetings with sponsors, project presentations)
- Writing: can write clear, well-structured texts on a variety of subjects expanding points of view, developing arguments, synthesising and evaluating information, can evaluate different ideas or solutions to a problem; Summary/ Essay: opinion, discussion/ Report/ E-mail: business correspondence/ CV/ Review of a film/book/play.
Course Contents
- UNIT 1. Media and Society
- UNIT 2. Digital Media
- UNIT 3. News Production
- Unit 4. Three Ps (Pre-Production; Production; Post-Production
- Unit 5. Challenges, Trends, and Calls
Assessment Elements
- Written AssessmentWritten assessment includes Emails and Reviews
- Oral AssessmentOral Assessment includes Presentations and Dialogues
- Independent Work AssessmentIndependent work includes activities that students do at home, activities that student do in the classroom and online work. Answers containing spelling mistakes are considered incorrect.
- Final AssessmentFinal Assessment, module 3 Period of Final Assessment: the final exam is held in class within 10 days before the exam period in class. The release of examination papers: during the session. The release of examination papers: during the session. The exam consists of 3 parts: Listening (30%), Reading (30%) and Vocabulary (40%) respectively in the total mark for the exam. 0 points in case of cheating. Retaking exams: till the 15th of October 2023. Time limit: 80 minutes online/offline. Tasks complexity: В2+/C1. Exam structure: 1. Listening (L) Listen to the text and complete the tasks 1-10. max. 10 points 2. Reading (R) Read the text and complete the tasks 1-10. max. 10 points 3. Vocabulary (V) Complete the following tasks. Max. 10 points. (the score is calculated according to Table 1) Grading formula: L*0,3+R*0,3 +V*0,4 = 10
- Review
- Remastered Article (Unit 1)Rewrite the story from 1973 newspaper article as if it happened this year. Think about the following: • media you are going to write you story for • the focus of the story • the realities of the 21st century • technological advances
- Public Speech (Unit 1)Use your analysis as a plan for your own speech. Mind the given pieces of advice. Pick any topic that you like and prepare a good 5 minute public performance. Type of speech Topics to choose Informative ● A book you’ve read ● A film you’ve watched ● The media person you admire (you just inform people about his/her biography, personal characteristics, accomplishments) ● How to launch a project ● How to run a b/v-log ● How to stay informed and demanded in the media sphere ● How to shoot a successful video (any type) ● How to cope with student life (or life in your university) ● What can be done to bring something innovative to journalism ● What can be done to preserve sound, bold, independent journalism Persuasive ● Your way to success (any famous person’s way to success) and the ways for your audience to become achievers ● How and why the establishment you study at/work for should improve the canteens/bathrooms/etc. ● Asking sponsors for money for your project ● An election speech (you persuade your groupmates to vote for you as group president, think of your strengths, changes you can make, promises you can keep, etc.) ● ‘Love yourself’/ ’love your mistakes’/ ’think about future’/ ’change your lifestyle’/ ’give up some habit’/ ’manage your time’/ ‘stress is (not) useful’/ ‘positive thinking’ speech Entertaining ● You won the Pulitzer Prize (think of the area in which you worked, what exactly won the prize, what would you say about your ‘journey’ to this moment, whom would you thank, etc.) ● Honouring a person you admire (celebrating the accomplishments of your boss, colleague, teacher, friend) ● You graduate from university (you deliver your speech in front of students, teachers, parents, you can address them all, and the environment is semi-formal) ● You are at your best friends’ wedding (the event is huge, your speech has to be delivered to the guests) ● Your parents either have their wedding anniversary or one of your parents has his/her birthday ● You are at your favourite actor/actress/singer/director/composers’ birthday
- Writing a Post (Unit 2)Write your own post for Telegram or VK. Pay attention to the length (about 150-200 words), find a suitable photo, address the post to your target audience and consult exercises 1-4 when writing a text. Please carefully consider the idea of your post because it will be part of your project at the end of Unit 2. You can use one of those themes or make it yourself: 1.Selling a product/info product 2.Showing your personal experience 3.Covering current news 4.Your own topic
Interim Assessment
- 2022/2023 3rd module0.2 * Oral Assessment + 0.25 * Independent Work Assessment + 0.25 * Written Assessment + 0.3 * Final Assessment
Bibliography
Recommended Core Bibliography
- Global media studies, Miller, T., 2016
- The principles of multimedia journalism : packaging digital news, Hernandez, R. K., 2016
- Английский язык для журналистов : учебник для академического бакалавриата, Чиронова, И. И., 2016
- Английский язык. Медиакоммуникации и журналистика : учебник, , 2023
Recommended Additional Bibliography
- Introduction to mass communication : media literacy and culture, Baran, S. J., 2012
- The culture of connectivity : a critical history of social media, Dijck van, J., 2013