ENGLISH MEDIA LITERACY: A COLLABORATIVE PROJECT TO TEACHING READING Report Author: Nguyen Van Huy Institution: Hue University-College of Foreign Languages Website:

1. Teaching reading skill and new constructivist approach in digital era Goals and objectives of current English curriculum: heavy stress on the instruction of literacy skills associated with print literacy Needs: learning by doing, training students to get more critical thinking skills by equipping them with media literacy and utilizing Internet-based e-learning tools using technologies as intellectual partners to  (a) articulate what they know;  (b) reflect on what they have learned;  (c) support the internal negotiation of meaning making;  (d) construct personal representations of meaning;  (e) support intentional, mindful thinking

2. The collaborative project, the teachers, the key concepts Introduction of project initiative Introduction of the teachers Key concepts  Media literacy  Collaboration  Ning platform  Local knowledge

3. Goals, expected outcomes of the project Goals  Create a collaborative curriculum and an online teaching and learning community  Promote student development of English digital media literacy skills  Promote students’ awareness, understanding and appreciation of different Asian cultural values and practices Expected outcomes  A replicable curriculum for the English program in Asian universities  An online teaching and learning community on English News Media Literacy  Exemplars of student digital news projects

4. Learners’ characteristics HUCFL:  11 groups of second-year students majoring in English language  30 students majoring in different fields (English language, Japanese Studies, Vietnamese Studies) agreed to enroll in this course PKU:  there are 21 students from different backgrounds (English, Economics, Environment, International Relations, Archeology)  8 groups, each group to collaborate with one or two Vietnamese sister groups

5. Methods and Procedures Developing collaborative curriculum Constructing and managing online teaching and learning community Collaborative teaching  Reading, presentation and comments  Interviewing, photo documenting  Feature story writing and peer-feedback

7. Implementation

8. Exemplars (Feature story by Action group)

8. Exemplars (Feature story by A6G_Black group)

9. Students’ feedback Video clip of PKU students interview (courtesy of Dr Zhang Wei) Video clip of HUCFL students interview (video online)

9. Students’ feedback

10. Challenges and solutions difference in students’ level of English competence technical and digital facilities access getting students connected to each other rising tension in the East Sea

11. The Website

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