1503 Course Overview - 2015

1503 Course Content Overview

TED Talks

You will be asked to pick a TED talk of your choice from http://www.ted.com/. After listening to it, you will take notes on its key points in class. Next, you will use the notes to write your own summary. The written summary is then recorded to create an audio summary. This will be followed by a group discussion in class where you will share and discuss your TED talk ideas in a group. Each student will need to ask and answer questions as well as give a personal reflection of his/her own TED talk topic.

Announcement

You will pick a 30-45 second public announcement of your choice from youtube. You will then transcribe the speech word for word and mimic the message, pronunciation and intonation as is. This is to be audio recorded. In the second part of this assignment, you will create your own announcement and present it ‘live’ in front of the class.

Interview

After finalizing your interview topic and the person you like to interview, you will prepare the questions you want to ask in consultation with your teacher. Once approved, you will have project time to conduct the interview which needs to be video recorded and submitted to your teacher for grading.

Presentation

As a follow up from the interview project, you will be asked to make a presentation in front of the class, based on the information you gathered during your interview. There are many ways to make a presentation. You may choose to use the Pecha Kucha method which will be discussed in class.

Debate

You and your group will be asked to pick a controversial debate topic which needs to be approved by your teacher. You will then be required to research facts to support the side that you represent (proposition/opposition). Each member will stand and speak for about 2 minutes, this will be timed and only note cards with brief notes can be used.

Digital Story

You will be asked to consider a current problem (social, health, political, economic, cultural etc.). You will then define, discuss and suggest ways to solve the concerned issue by creating a video documentary. This will be your platform to voice your opinion backed by research, with facts, figures, images and personal accounts. You may use camtasia, i-movie or moviemaker to complete this project. This should be about 5 minutes long.

Portfolio

This includes any task that is assigned by the individual teacher. It could include an independent project, a portfolio, quizzes etc.

Assessment Weightings and Planner

Coursework	%	Week	Mode of Delivery
Speaking Skills 1 ·         TED TALK (15%) ·         GROUP DISCUSSION/DEBATE (15%)	30%	Week 1-4	Face-to-face
Speaking Skills 2 ·         ANNOUNCEMENT (15%) ·         PRESENTATION (15%)	30%	Week 5 Week 6-9	Eid break Face-to-face
Portfolio ·         Task to be decided by the teacher	10%	Ongoing	Independent
Final Exam
INTERVIEW	15%	Week 10 Week 11 & 12	Face-to-face Blended
DIGITAL STORY	15%	Week 13 Week 14 & 15 Week 16	Face-to-face Blended Face-to-face
Total	100%