傳達技巧工作坊(一)：聽講訓練A組

Introduction

Activity: Show and Tell Each student brings an image of an object to class and speaks for 1–2 minutes. Tell us what it is, where you got it, and why it matters to you. After each presentation, one classmate asks a follow-up question. Topic: Communication Celeste Headlee, “10 Ways to Have a Better Conversation” (11:20) Dylan Marron, “Empathy Is Not Endorsement” (10:42)

Activity: Riddle Time Students prepare one riddle and present it to the class. The audience guesses the answer. Topic: Language Lera Boroditsky, “How Language Shapes the Way We Think” (14:02) Adam Aleksic, “Are We Cooked? How Social Media Shapes Your Language” (13:55)

Quiz 1 (on the assigned materials from weeks 2–3) Activity: Joke Telling Students tell a short joke, pun, or humorous anecdote in English. They should explain any unfamiliar words or cultural context if necessary. No sexist, racist, homophobic, transphobic, ableist, or body-shaming jokes. “It’s just a joke” is not a free pass. Topic: Ecology Isabella Tree, “3 Tips to Make Your World Beautifully Wild” (11:42)

Activity: One-Minute Mystery Object The instructor prepares several random objects or pictures. A student picks one and invents a short story about it. Topic: Plants, Biodiversity, and Human Well-Being Ameenah Gurib-Fakim, “Humble Plants That Hide Surprising Secrets” (14:02)

Quiz 2 (on the assigned materials from weeks 4–5) Activity: A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words The instructor prepares images of several famous paintings. Students work in pairs: One student describes an image without naming the work or artist, while the other, who cannot see the image, draws it on the board and guesses which painting it is. Topic: Climate Change and Food Security Kristie Ebi, “How Climate Change Could Make Our Food Less Nutritious” (10:50)

Activity: Sell Me This Useless Product Students invent or are assigned a strange product and deliver a brief persuasive sales pitch to the class. Review

Midterm Exam

Activity: Desert Island Choices Students choose three real or fictional people and/or items they would bring to a desert island and explain why. Topic: Literature Iseult Gillespie, “Why Should You Read Virginia Woolf?” (6:02) Virginia Woolf, “Kew Gardens.” First, listen to the recording (track 4; 17:26). Then, read the story while listening to it a second time.

Activity: The Expert Game A student becomes a fake “expert” on a silly topic. Other students ask questions. Topic: Literature Jane Hirshfield, “The Art of the Metaphor” (5:27) Read the following two poems and come to class with observations or questions for discussion: William Wordsworth, “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud”; Emily Dickinson, “‘Hope’ is the thing with feathers.”

Quiz 3 (on the assigned materials from weeks 9–10) Activity: My Hot Take Students give a short opinion on a low-stakes topic. Examples include: “Pineapple belongs on pizza.” “Cats are better than dogs.” “Texting is better than calling.” Topic: Sexuality, Family, and Equality Al Vernacchio, “Sex Needs a New Metaphor. Here’s One . . .” (8:07) Lynne Elvins, “The Myths of Gay Adoption” (16:36)

Activity: Two Truths and a Lie Each student shares three statements about themselves. Two are true, and one is false. The class asks questions and guesses the lie. Students may keep their statements light and need not disclose sensitive personal information. Topic: Gender Diversity and Inclusion Jackson Bird, “How to Talk (and Listen) to Transgender People” (6:14) LB Hannahs, “What It’s Like to Be a Transgender Dad” (13:34)

Quiz 4 (on the assigned materials from weeks 11–12) Activity: Teach Us Something in Two Minutes Each student teaches the class one small skill or piece of knowledge. Examples: How to order bubble tea like a pro; how to take better photos. Topic: A Favorite Music Video, Film, or Other Audiovisual Work Each student has 3–4 minutes, including the time spent playing any clips, to introduce one of their favorite audiovisual works to the class. Briefly describe the work, explain why it interests you, and analyze one or two specific images, lyrics, sounds, or scenes.

Activity: Word Charades Two teams of students compete to guess the most words we have covered in class. Topic: A Favorite Reading from This Semester Each student has up to 5 minutes to discuss a favorite reading from this semester. The reading does not have to come from this course. Briefly introduce the text, share a short passage if appropriate, and explain why the reading is meaningful to you.

Review

Final Exam