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UNIT 1 Communication in the Digital Age

Introduction

iEnglish: An Integrated English Course (2)

Unit 1 Communication in the Digital Age

1. Introduction: the unit

Who We Are

Whereto Go

How to Get There

Freshman, Level A, iGeneration

English proficiency

Motivation

Analytical/critical thinking

01 Who we are 02 Where to go 03 How to get there

01 Who we are 02 Where to go 03 How to get there

Students’ on-line tasks, records, study journals (U-campus)

On-line resources forwarded to students

Textbook (selected)& materials designed for specific teaching purposes

PPT, student worksheet

Blended

On-line Off-line

02 Where to go01 Who we are 03 How to get there

Analytical/critical thinkingAnalyze pros & cons of digital and face-to-face communication

Pragmatic awarenessKnow the function of text, emoticon and emoji in communication

Autonomous/explorative/collaborative learning Engage in individual work, group work, pair work

Humanisticobjectives

Linguistic competenceTalk about communication;

Report with facts and opinions

Instrumentalobjectives

Discourse competenceIdentify the author’s tone of

writing;Read between the lines

03 How to get there01 Who we are 02 Where to go

Motivating Enabling Assessing

Step 1: output 1 Step 2: input-enabling

Step 3: output 2 (consolidation & reflective

learning)

Keyword: output-driven (“POA”, Wen Qiufang)

Output 3

Learning

iProduceOutput 4

Output 1Output 4: Unit Project

Output1:describe

Output3:re-describe & re-evaluate

Output2:re-describe & evaluate

Output 2

Elicitation

Guided discovery

Collaborative learning

Hands-on inquiry based learning

+POA

03 How to get there01 Who we are 02 Where to go

Self-assessment

T-S collaborative assessment

Peer assessment

03 How to get there01 Who we are 02 Where to go

Output-driven

teaching

Blended teaching

T-Scollaborative assessment

Learning-centeredness

Teaching reflection

2. Introduction: the demo class

Unit 1

01 iExplore1: emojis

02 iExplore2: face-to-face

03 iProduce: unit project

2.1 Teaching content

Before class In class: text analysisAfter class

The development of emojis

The role of emojis Relationship

between text, emoticon and emojis

2.2 Teaching objectives

Outcome 1:Analyze the relationship

Outcome 2: Visualize the relationship

2.3 Teaching procedures

Task 1: iActivateTask 2: iAnalyze

Task 3: iVisualize

Relationship?Guided discovery

+ Collaborative learning

ActivateAnalyze

Visualize

relationships

?

Communicationin digital age

Main idea and structure • The author introduces the origin, development and future of emojis.

Review

Division Main Idea Part I Para.1-7 The enormous effect of emojis.

Part II Para.8-12 The detailed history of emojis.

Part III Para.13-16 The importance of emojis in digital communication.

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A linear relationship？

text emoticon emoji

Digital communication

text

emoticon

emoji

1. Emojis have been one of the biggest cmmunication since people took to the Internet. (Para. 4)2. The use of emojis quickly that of emoticons. (Para. 9)

3. Where text took the empathy out of messages, emojis and emoticons . (Para. 8)

4. Digital communication needs emojis to the messages coming from the text. (Para. 15)

5. 80% of smartphone users in Britain use emojis; almost 100% of those under 25 text emojis; 74% of Americans use emojis every day. (Para. 3)6. Emojis language. (Para. 12)

group1

group2

group3

put it back in

complement and support

witharen’t here to replace

breakthroughs

Task 1: Blank-filling

surpassed

• breakthroughs• surpassed

Group 1

What relationship？

A.

B.

C.

Group 2

• put it back in• complement and

support

Group 3

• text with emojis • aren’t here to replace

• put it back in• complement and

support

• text with emojis • aren’t here to replace

Task 2: Matching

• breakthroughs• surpassed

A.

B.

C.

ComplementaryEvolutionary

Coexisting

E volu t ion a r y Com p lem en ta r y Coexist in g

Task 3: Mapping

text

emoticon

meme

happy

:-)

超开心的

Summary

Write a passage about the relationship between text,

emoticon, emoji and meme.

Upload your writing to U-campus.

Peer review.

checklist

I can identify details including the relationship

between the text,emoticon and emoji.

I can analyze the relationships

I can map the relationships

Assignment Assessment