course schedule

Professional English

Senior students, Department of Mass Communication
Lecturer: Albert Tang ES318 csalbert@mails.fju.edu.tw
Fall 2006

A. Goal:
a. to continue bettering command of English usage
b. to demonstrate ceaseless effort in media production with inter-cultural mindset
c. to showcase an internationalist-localist perspective
d. to accumnilate past work in media layout

B. Srategies
a. strategy-determined, each student will be asked to do a research/production project ( collective project is possible with supervisor's permission)
b. performance-oriented, each project will be required to demonstrate its professionalism both in its creativity, delication, and sense of attention.
c. digitally-layered,


C. Operation
a.podcasting?
English essay/journal (special edition to your graduation project) (e-news, or on-site journal)
b.post-production?
short film dubbed or subtitled into english
c. self-presentation?
PPT/ 20 pages, compilation of college career studies and job experience
d. weblog/vblog?
words to the audience/ 2-min video clip (or Vblog) in eng to explain your
graduation project
e. typing criteria
40 wpm, http://www.typingmaster.com
f. e.g. http://davidchanfilms.com

D. Guideline
a. students should be responsible for their own grammatical error or typos.
b. brainstorming and idealization of your project is highly appreciation.
c. strictly meet the requirements, dealine, par excellence.
d. plagerism will be seriously punished.

E.Schedule
Monday night E2 (19:35--20:20)
sept 18 course explanation & discussion, grouping
sept 25 ppt/ weblog ( hand in)
oct 2 project proposal draft (hand in)
oct 9 group 1 presentation (in eng)
oct 16 group 2
oct 23 group 3
oct 30 group 4
nov 6 group 5
nov 13 mid term (group 6)
nov 20 group 7
nov 27 group 8
dec 4 off
dec 11 typing test
dec 18 typing test
dec 25 off
jan 1 off
jan 8 final
jan 15 evaluation