Language Classroom Content & Pedagogy Creating Interactive Skill-Based Units in World News Class more

Sun, Nov 14, 10:45-11:45 Asia/Tokyo

In this workshop, we will introduce news-based media literacy skill units for L2 English learners. Topics include fake news, bias, fact manipulation, and sources. We firstly provide some background and argue the importance of including skill-based units in regard to fostering students’ critical thinking ability. Thereafter we shortly describe the process of making the units. Then, we demonstrate some of the activities, such as identifying fake news and spotting bias.