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

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"

Unit 1 Assessment 1: What do we expect from the media? (Survey)

Check Your Understanding: "Political Cartoons: Exploring Serious Subjects in Fun Way"

Check Your Understanding: Hearst and the Growth of US Journalism

Check Your Understanding: “Media Freedom is Important. Here’s what you can do.”

Check Your Understanding: "How freedom of information works"

Game 1: Timeline Game

Game 2: Selecting tense – Simple Past versus Past Progressive

Value Affirmation Activity

Game 3: Matching word forms in context

Game 4: Vocabulary Practice - Principles of Journalism

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"

Unit 1 Assessment 2: Principles of Journalism

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"

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"

Check Your Understanding: "Want to be a good reporter? Follow these tips."

Check Your Understanding: Times are Changing in Havana Cuba

Check Your Understanding: Video interview with a student journalist from The Daily Pennsylvanian

Game 1: Right-sizing Your Topic

Game 2: Vocabulary Practice

Game 3: Reliable Sources

Game 4: Choose the reporting verb

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

Unit 2 Assessment 1: Create a Written Pitch

Unit 2 Assessment 2: Issues and Sources

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

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

Check Your Understanding: "Student Newspapers Face Real World Challenges."

Check Your Understanding 2: "Thai Health Policy Seen as Model for Emerging Economies"

Check Your Understanding: "With billions to feed sustainable agriculture is not a luxury"

Game 1: Labeling - the Process and the Front Page

Game 2: Match Lead to Lead Type

Game 3: Applying AP Style

Game 4: When to Use Passive Voice

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

Unit 3 Assessment 2: Write an article based on the lead you created in Assessment 1.

Unit 3 Assessment 1: Create a lead for your story.

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"

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.

Check your Understanding 1: Listening: "VOA Fast Five"

Check Your Understanding: "So you want to be a TV reporter..."

Unit 4 Assessment 1: Rewrite your article as a copy for a broadcast

Check Your Understanding: "Podcasting on the rise."

Game 1: Matching Language to Definitions

Game 2: Print vs. Broadcast Journalism

Game 3: Stress

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

Unit 4 Assessment 2: Writing follow-up questions

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

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 125000 Accounts for 'Promoting Terrorist Acts'

Check your Understanding: Mapping the Digital Divide

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

Game 1: Create a Timeline of Digital Media

Game 2: Present Perfect Form

Game 3: Choose the Appropriate Data Commentary Language

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 125000 Accounts for 'Promoting Terrorist Acts'"

Unit 5 Assessment 2: How has digital journalism affected traditional journalism?