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EnglishSelf StudyVideo and Text Based

Courses and Certificate Fees

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INR 2436yesCoursera

The Syllabus

Videos
  • 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
Readings
  • 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"
Practice Exercises
  • Unit 1 Assessment 1: What do we expect from the media? (Survey)
  • Game 1: Timeline Game
  • Check Your Understanding: "Political Cartoons: Exploring Serious Subjects in Fun Way"
  • Game 2: Selecting tense – Simple Past versus Past Progressive
  • Check Your Understanding: Hearst and the Growth of US Journalism
  • Value Affirmation Activity
  • Check Your Understanding: “Media Freedom is Important. Here’s what you can do.”
  • Game 3: Matching word forms in context
  • Game 4: Vocabulary Practice - Principles of Journalism
  • Check Your Understanding: "How freedom of information works"
  • 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"

Videos
  • 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"
Readings
  • 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"
Practice Exercises
  • Game 1: Right-sizing Your Topic
  • Check Your Understanding: "Want to be a good reporter? Follow these tips."
  • Game 2: Vocabulary Practice
  • Check Your Understanding: Times are Changing in Havana, Cuba
  • Game 3: Reliable Sources
  • Game 4: Choose the reporting verb
  • Check Your Understanding: Video interview with a student journalist from The Daily Pennsylvanian
  • 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

Videos
  • 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
Readings
  • 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
Practice Exercises
  • Game 1: Labeling - the Process and the Front Page
  • Game 2: Match Lead to Lead Type
  • Check Your Understanding: "Student Newspapers Face Real World Challenges."
  • Check Your Understanding 2: "Thai Health Policy Seen as Model for Emerging Economies"
  • Game 3: Applying AP Style
  • Game 4: When to Use Passive Voice
  • Check Your Understanding: "With billions to feed, sustainable agriculture is not a luxury"
  • 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

Videos
  • 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"
Readings
  • 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.
Practice Exercises
  • Check your Understanding 1: Listening: "VOA Fast Five"
  • Game 1: Matching Language to Definitions
  • Check Your Understanding: "So you want to be a TV reporter..."
  • Game 2: Print vs. Broadcast Journalism
  • Unit 4 Assessment 1: Rewrite your article as a copy for a broadcast
  • Game 3: Stress
  • Check Your Understanding: "Podcasting on the rise."
  • 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

Videos
  • 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
Readings
  • 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 125,000 Accounts for 'Promoting Terrorist Acts'
Practice Exercises
  • Game 1: Create a Timeline of Digital Media
  • Game 2: Present Perfect Form
  • Check your Understanding: Mapping the Digital Divide
  • Game 3: Choose the Appropriate Data Commentary Language
  • 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
  • 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 125,000 Accounts for 'Promoting Terrorist Acts'"

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