回 | 項目 | 内容 |
第1回 | Course introduction | The importance of geopolitical contexts
Analysing basic economic data
Presenting basic news data
Newspaper reading skills.
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第2回 | News topic 1.
Historical, political and socioeconomic contexts of Western European news.
| Geopolitical quiz.
Student news presentation
Class discussion and critique of presentation
Discussion of news topic 1.
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第3回 | News topic 2.
Historical, political and socioeconomic contexts behind Eastern European news.
| Geopolitical quiz
Student news presentation
Class discussion and critique of presentation
Discussion of news topic 2.
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第4回 | News topic 3.
Historical, political and socioeconomic contexts of North American news.
| Geopolitical quiz
Student news presentation
Class discussion and critique of presentation
Discussion of news topic 3.
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第5回 | News topic 4.
Historical, political and socioeconomic contexts behind East Asian news
| Geopolitical quiz
Student news presentation
Class discussion and critique of presentation
Discussion of news topic 4.
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第6回 | News topic 5.
Historical, political and socioeconomic contexts of Southeast Asian news.
| Geopolitical quiz
Student news presentation
Class discussion and critique of presentation
Discussion of news topic 5.
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第7回 | News topic 6.
Historical, political and socioeconomic contexts of South Asian news.
| Geopolitical quiz
Student news presentation
Class discussion and critique of presentation
Discussion of news topic 6.
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第8回 | News topic 7.
Historical, political and socioeconomic contexts of Chinese news.
| Geopolitical quiz
Student news presentation
Class discussion and critique of presentation
Discussion of news topic 7.
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第9回 | News topic 8.
Historical, political and socioeconomic contexts of USA news.
| Geopolitical quiz
Student news presentation
Class discussion and critique of presentation
Discussion of news topic 8.
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第10回 | News topic 9.
Historical, political and socioeconomic contexts of South America news
| Geopolitical quiz
Student news presentation
Class discussion and critique of presentation
Discussion of news topic 9.
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第11回 | News topic 10.
Historical, political and socioeconomic contexts of African news.
| Geopolitical quiz
Student news presentation
Class discussion and critique of presentation
Discussion of news topic 10.
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第12回 | News topic 11
Historical, political and socioeconomic contexts of Middle Eastern news.
| Geopolitical quiz
Student news presentation
Class discussion and critique of presentation
Discussion of news topic 11.
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第13回 | News topic 12.
Historical, political and socioeconomic contexts of
news in Oceania.
| Geopolitical quiz
Student news presentation
Class discussion and critique of presentation
Discussion of news topic 12.
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第14回 | Random selection of items in previous classes to revisit and reappraise news issues.
| Round-up quizz and critical class discussion of geopolitical issues arising from preceding topics. |
第15回 | Summary, review, class discussion and conclusions | Summary of main points of lessons 1 – 14. |