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第1回 | Course introduction | Student preparation: bring English language newspaper of choice and prepare to summarise one current story.
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.
| Student preparation:prepare textbook story and surrounding topic, summarise current news story including background and revise geography and socio-politics of Western Europe.
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.
| Student preparation:prepare textbook story and surrounding topic, summarise current news story including background and revise geography and socio-politics of Eastern Europe.
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.
| Student preparation:prepare textbook story and surrounding topic, summarise current news story including background and revise geography and socio-politics of North America.
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.
| Student preparation:prepare textbook story and surrounding topic, summarise current news story including background and revise geography and socio-politics of East Asia.
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.
| Student preparation:prepare textbook story and surrounding topic, summarise current news story including background and revise Southeast Asia.
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.
| Student preparation:prepare textbook story and surrounding topic, summarise current news story including background and revise geography and socio-politics of South Asia.
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.
| Student preparation:prepare textbook story and surrounding topic, summarise current news story including background and revise geography and socio-politics of China.
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.
| Student preparation:prepare textbook story and surrounding topic, summarise current news story including background and revise geography and socio-politics of the USA.
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
| Student preparation:prepare textbook story and surrounding topic, summarise current news story including background and revise geography and socio-politics of South America.
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.
| Student preparation:prepare textbook story and surrounding topic, summarise current news story including background and revise geography and socio-politics of Africa.
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.
| Student preparation:prepare textbook story and surrounding topic, summarise current news story including background and revise geography and socio-politics of the Middle East.
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.
| Student preparation:prepare textbook story and surrounding topic, summarise current news story including background and revise geography and socio-politics of 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. | Student preparation:revise all textbook stories and surrounding topics.
Prepare news round-up of selected country.
Round-up quizz and critical class discussion of geopolitical issues arising from preceding topics.
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第15回 | Summary, review, class discussion and conclusions. | Student preparation:revise all textbook stories and surrounding topics.
Prepare news round-up of selected country.
Summary of main points of lessons 1 – 14.
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