Course Description
The Practical Internet English Writing course is a workshop style course in which students will be introduced to some of the most popular genres of internet writing i.e. emailing, blogging, meming, commenting on posts, website creations, real vs fake news stories. Students will discuss the different genres of writing in detail and engage in hands on tasks to practice each different style. A variety of input methods will be used such as videos and readings, to activate students’ schemata and facilitate writing output. The course mainly focuses on casual internet English usage, however due to the flexibility of the course topics of academic writing may also be included. Objectives By the end of the course, students will have: 1. engaged in various writing tasks in multiple internet genres. 2. developed clarity and confidence in their writing. 3. developed the ability to do a variety of tasks on the internet i.e. post on social media, email, create a website. Expectations Students are expected to: 1. come to class with open mind, ready to share and learn with others. 2. participate in class actively, enthusiastically and diligently. 3. contribute ideas, efforts, and experiences to class/groups. 4. show respect and contribute positively towards discussions, class atmosphere, peers and instructor. 5. make a strong effort to interact in English as much as possible. Course Topics Unit 1. The Keys to Online Communication Unit 2. Wordle, Memes Unit 3. Facebook, Twitter, Instagram Unit 4. Commenting on news, video and other types of online posts Unit 5. Creating your own site using weebly Unit 6. Writing an email Course Evaluation Grading is done on a curve. It means only the very top 40% of students can get an A/A+ grade, the next 30% only can get B/B+, and the lowest 30% will be awarded C grade or lower. You are competing against each other. Course Requirements Midterm exam (written) (30%) Final exam (written) (30%) Attendance (20%) Participation/Homework/Classwork (20%) Total (100%) Course Books TBA |
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