Assignment #1
Assignment #1
Should it be done?
**Who would read/use my material?
Students in my content-based “History of Western Art Music.” This is a new “liberal arts elective” type course, part of an initiative by my university to offer alternatives to the regular skills / conversation courses.
Some of these students are Korean (naturally, as I’m in Korea), but the main targets are the international students whose levels tend to be high enough they can manage a course delivered in English (some of them easily!).
**Why? What would they gain from it?
Content: This would give them written synopses of lecture material, as well as all their homework, and vital course information in one place (last semester it was on a Weebly website, which worked but was not ideal-at least not for certain things).
Language: It would give them reading work, which is, of course, beneficial in and of itself, as well as scaffolding what they are hearing / will hear / heard in the lecture.
**What are they currently using or reading instead?
Nothing.
**Why do I think my material (or idea) is good?
The idea, I think, is pretty solid: The standard “Music appreciation” textbooks tend to be expensive, especially if you require students purchase CDs. My students are not wealthy, and tend to balk at anything over 15$ (it might not seem much, but it’s almost 3 hours at their part-time job — if they have one). Also, an entire textbook is not really necessary; this is going to be a really selective history. Also, the e-book can be distributed for free.
The material: I’ll have to write some material first, but I think it will (hopefully) be good, as it can be tailored specifically to my students’ needs. I can also provide multiple versions of the same text (low-intermediate, high-intermediate, advanced, etc.), so students can work at their level + work upwards.
Should it be done?
**Who would read/use my material?
Students in my content-based “History of Western Art Music.” This is a new “liberal arts elective” type course, part of an initiative by my university to offer alternatives to the regular skills / conversation courses.
Some of these students are Korean (naturally, as I’m in Korea), but the main targets are the international students whose levels tend to be high enough they can manage a course delivered in English (some of them easily!).
**Why? What would they gain from it?
Content: This would give them written synopses of lecture material, as well as all their homework, and vital course information in one place (last semester it was on a Weebly website, which worked but was not ideal-at least not for certain things).
Language: It would give them reading work, which is, of course, beneficial in and of itself, as well as scaffolding what they are hearing / will hear / heard in the lecture.
**What are they currently using or reading instead?
Nothing.
**Why do I think my material (or idea) is good?
The idea, I think, is pretty solid: The standard “Music appreciation” textbooks tend to be expensive, especially if you require students purchase CDs. My students are not wealthy, and tend to balk at anything over 15$ (it might not seem much, but it’s almost 3 hours at their part-time job — if they have one). Also, an entire textbook is not really necessary; this is going to be a really selective history. Also, the e-book can be distributed for free.
The material: I’ll have to write some material first, but I think it will (hopefully) be good, as it can be tailored specifically to my students’ needs. I can also provide multiple versions of the same text (low-intermediate, high-intermediate, advanced, etc.), so students can work at their level + work upwards.
Catherine Noble Yes, only for them.
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