《英语新闻阅读与写作》（双语讲义教案）-1 news format 新闻格式.doc

Course Outline Introduction This course is offered as a subject Journalism for second year or third year, and also available as an elective to other students. Although the content is the same, Journalism students must complete an additional assessment task. Subject Description The purposes of this subject are to develop news reading and writing skills for the print media, and help to understand the difference between English news and Chinese news. Students will be introduced to a range of core themes, including identifying story ideas, news writing style, selecting and reporting the news, writing according to a traditional inverted pyramid approach, and writing specialized types of stories. Assessment is built around the development of fundamental reading and writing skills, including the ability to convey often complex information in a concise way, the ability to analyze news written by different news agency. Students will be expected to submit a range of stories and other writing tasks for assessment. Learning Outcomes On successful completion of this subject, students will be able to: Understand the basic principles of news writing. Identify story angles in news events/issues. Be able to research stories and conduct interviews that add significantly to a story’s development 4. Write news stories that will appeal to a broad readership. Attributes In meeting these objectives, students will develop skills relevant to the following: 1. A commitment to continued and independent learning, intellectual development, critical analysis and creativity. 2. Self-confidence combined with oral and written skills of a high level. 3. A capacity for, and understanding of, teamwork. 4. An ability to analyze issues logically, as well as to evaluate different options and viewpoints and to implement decisions. 5. An appreciation and valuing of cultural and intellectual diversity and the ability to function in a multicultural or global environment. Chapter1 Fo