Type of Credit: Elective
Credit(s)
Number of Students
This course is aimed at helping students develop the ability to understand, evaluate, and comment on real news as presented in actual newspapers and broadcasting companies. The course will first introduce the most important news outlets from Spain and Latin America. Additionally, it will teach students how to synthesize the content of articles. It will also help students identify their fields of interest, and finally, it will teach students how to structure and redact a news article.
能力項目說明
At the end of the course, students will be able to:
- understand the gist of a news article (presented in written form)
- understand the gist of a news report (presented in oral form)
- evaluate the quality of an article
- synthesize the content of an article or a report
- redact a short article about a theme they are interested on
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週次 Week |
課程主題 Topic |
課程內容與指定閱讀 Content and Reading Assignment |
教學活動與作業 Teaching Activities and Homework |
學習投入時間 Student workload expectation |
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課堂講授 In-class Hours |
課程前後 Outside-of-class Hours |
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1 |
Most essential news outlets in Spain 10-sep |
Introduction of Spain’s newspapers and broadcasting companies: history and characteristics |
- Lecture - discussion |
3 |
3 |
| 2 |
feriado 放假 17-sep |
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3 |
Most essential news outlets in Latin America 24-sep |
Introduction of Latin America’s Newspapers and broadcasting companies: history and characteristics |
- Lecture - discussion |
3 |
3 |
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4 |
Cultural news (written) 1-oct |
Reading, analyzing, and discussing one or two articles about cultural matters |
- Reading and summarizing texts - discussion |
3 |
3 |
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5 |
Cultural news (oral) 8-oct |
Listening to a radio report about cultural matters, analyzing and discussing it. |
- Listening and analyzing audio reports - discussion |
3 |
3 |
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6 |
Economic news (written) 15-oct |
Reading, analyzing, and discussing one or two articles about economic matters |
- Reading and summarizing texts - discussion |
3 |
3 |
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7 |
Economic news (oral) 22-oct |
Listening to a radio report about economic matters, analyzing and discussing it. |
- Listening and analyzing audio reports - discussion |
3 |
3 |
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8 |
Political news (written) 29-oct |
Reading, analyzing, and discussing one or two articles about political issues |
- Reading and summarizing texts - discussion |
3 |
3 |
| 9 |
midterm exam 5-nov |
midterm exam | |||
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10 |
Political news (oral) 12-nov |
Listening to a radio report about political issues, analyzing and discussing it. |
- Listening and analyzing audio reports - discussion |
3 |
3 |
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11 |
Sports news (written) 19-nov |
Reading, analyzing, and discussing one or two articles about sports |
- Reading and summarizing texts - discussion |
3 |
3 |
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12 |
Sports news (oral) 26-nov |
Listening to a radio report about sports, analyzing and discussing it. |
- Listening and analyzing audio reports - discussion |
3 |
3 |
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13 |
Society news (written) 3-dic |
Reading, analyzing, and discussing one or two articles about social matters |
- Reading and summarizing texts - discussion |
3 |
3 |
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14 |
Society news (oral) 10-dic |
Listening to a radio report about social matters, analyzing and discussing it. |
- Listening and analyzing audio reports - discussion |
3 |
3 |
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15 |
Scientific news (written) 17-dic |
Reading, analyzing, and discussing one or two articles about science |
- Reading and summarizing texts - discussion |
3 |
3 |
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16 |
Final exam 24-dic |
Final exam |
Final exam |
3 |
3 |
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17 |
Online class: Health news (written) 31-dic |
Reading, analyzing, and discussing one article about health issues |
- Reading and summarizing texts - discussion |
3 |
3 |
| 18 |
Own article 7-ene |
deadline to finish own article | |||
Participation in class 15%
Write an article 25%
Midterm test 30%
Final test 30%
Principally, materials for the course (news articles and reports) will be selected from the following newspapers and broadcasters' sites:
ABC, España : https://www.abc.es
As, España: https://as.com
Diario Público, España: https://www.publico.es
El Clarín, Argentina: https://www.clarin.com/
El Comercio, Perú: https://elcomercio.pe/
El Mundo, España: https://www.elmundo.es
El País, España: https://elpais.com
El Universal, México: https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/
La Razón, España: https://www.larazon.es
Marca, España: https://www.marca.com
Radio y televisión española: https://www.rtve.es
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