ACC 360 Advanced English: Journalism

Content

This course expands on your current knowledge of the English language. You will work on the conciseness, accuracy and versatility of your English writing proficiency and learn about writing for different forms of news media: print, radio, TV and online.  We will start by discussing what constitutes “news” and examine “news values” and newsgathering techniques. In a series of assignments you will have to find and extract information and write effective stories for different media -- all to very tight deadlines. You will conduct interviews, write agency copy, features, online stories and radio scripts.    The difference between spoken and written language will be explored and you will also further develop your presenting skills. Ongoing vocabulary development and reflections on your own learning process are part of the program.  Part of the course takes the form of a multimedia news project. 

Instructor

Anya Luscombe

Period

Spring / 2009

Course Material

• Sissons, Helen. Practical Journalism. How to write News. London: Sage 2006

Prerequisites

The following course is required in order to take this course:

• ACC 260 English for Academic Purposes (Intermediate)

Additional Prerequisites

• The ability to produce grammatically and lexically accurate English sentences is an absolute requirement at entrance.
• Students must have completed at least 3 semesters at RA (or a similar English-language institution).