Week 1. Lessons 1-2: Syllabus Introduction

Lesson 1
Syllabus introduction
Lesson 2
Tutorial
Lesson 3
Reading: Internet
Lesson 4
Listening: Elon Musk's Starlink project
Week outline
Lesson 5​
Asynchronous task ​

Asynchronous task
Open the link. Read the texts about 5G network and complete the tasks.
https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=8xWPFeCDBkmCTGm9xQ2dYWoU_TL__RhJkEq6FpsrbyhUNEpMNkg4SkFTV1BLUVdPVlQySVEyTkVXVC4u

Warm-up activity: For me success means:
being rich
getting good grades
having a good job
having a happy family life
having lots of friends
being famous
always being the winner
being respected by everyone
having freedom to do what I want
Being emotionally stable
Rank the following items in order of their importance to you, from 1 (most successful) to 10 (least isuccessful). ​

Syllabus introduction: Scan the syllabus and answer the questions (5 min)
What are the learning outcomes of the course? What skills this trimester will focus on?
How many assessed tasks are there? What are their weight?
How many projects you should complete during the course? What are those projects?
What are the asynchronous and self-study tasks? How will they be assessed?

Syllabus introduction: Scan the syllabus and answer the questions
Why it is not a good idea to submit your assignment after the deadline?
What if a student's attendance rate is less than 70%?
What if a student's grade for Midterm or End term is lower than 25 out of 100 %?
What is a good way and proper time to message your instructor?

Video Tutorial
English for Professional Purposes

VT definition and
stages
Quick task
and
examples
Requirements and tips for VT project
Reflection
and
key phrases
Informing and giving clear and effective instructions in English on how a website/application works​
VT project objective:
Lesson outline:

What is a video tutorial (VT)?
A video tutorial is one of the educational means, which has been used as an alternative to other teaching methods.

What are the purposes of a VT?
to guide a student's participation in the viewing experience;
to require higher order cognitive skills for processing information;
to transform a passive viewing experience into an active learning experience.

The VT should...

The VT’s stages:
Hook​
Introduction​
Body (content)​
Middle Engagement​
Call for Action

The VT’s stage: Hook
A good hook should do the following:
Gain the viewers’ attention (surprising statistics, asking questions,an interesting story, graphics and music).
Give the reason why they should stay with you and make them want to watch until the end (because of an incentive).
Keep it simple by using conversational language.
Be funny or emotional.
*additional notes below

The VT’s stage: Introduction
An introduction should do the following:
Include self presentation and personal mission.
Tell the viewers what the video is about and reinforces that the video will answer/solve their question/problem.
Tell what is going to be covered in the video or what the viewer is expected to see.
Give additional information to related to the tutorial purpose.
*additional notes below

The VT’s stage: Body
Body of a tutorial is content of the video. This is what for the viewer clicked the video to see.
Content should be sequential and contain 3-5 parts and give specific information how smth works, demonstrate how to do smth, introduce what the product does, what should be done to register in ….
It should be finished with concluding sentence, “Remember 3-5 tips and summarise your words”.
*additional notes below

The VT’s stages: Middle engagement and Call for Action
Middle engagement increases the viewer’s engagement in the process by asking the question “Does it make sense?” and guiding the viewers.
Call for action implies telling the viewers what to do next, e.g. ‘subscribe to the channel’, ‘see another tutorial’, ‘give a thumbs-up’, ‘press a link’ and etc.
*additional notes below

A quick task/competition
Watch the tutorial 2 times in class https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQw9j8qE-_E
Ready for Kahoot?! Test your comprehension of the tutorial
https://create.kahoot.it/share/canva-tutorial-how-to-make-a-logo/dd12683c-29ef-4f07-8490-8f1ca10cb588
Top 3 students earn extra points (to be confirmed by an instructor )
Discuss the presentation of the tutorial in small groups/pairs (next slide).

Presentation. Discuss the following questions in small groups:
What was the manner of presentation? Do you suppose Sara managed to engage the audience?
Would you describe the presenter’s look and voice as appropriate? What could be improved?
Have you got any comments regarding the body language Sara used?
Was the presentation style formal or informal?
What is your opinion about the graphics and effects Sara applied?
Do you consider the video tutorial well organized and structured? Why?
If not, what should be changed in the terms of structure design?

Example Script
Video Tutorial Script:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zOo4huXH-MHo_qi9odEP6LtluEqXBna0UpZb1j7iNv8/edit?usp=sharing

Here are some examples:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Ojm-SkL_zE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LiEGspEwZ-E
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfBELqSJfZg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGXI0KpkR50
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PY6v9s1MU8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fqch5OrUPvA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSFyB_I9QnI

VT Project: Guess the questions

VT Project

VT project management timeline: distribute the tasks by the weeks

VT project management timeline

Additional tips (1):
1. Know Your Stuff
The first step to making a good tutorial is to know all of the ins and the outs of your topic. If you have some gaps, you should probably run through it a few times to make yourself as knowledgeable as possible.
2. Write a Bullet-Point Script
Having a few key bullet-points in front of you on a piece of paper or electronic device can help make sure you don’t miss anything important and remind you what’s coming up next.
3. Create a Clean Environment
If you’re recording your computer screen that may include recording your desktop background, programs you have running, browser windows you have open, your bookmarks, and more. Before you press record, make sure that your computer’s display looks professional and won’t show any overly personal information.

Additional tips (2):
4. An Optimized Acoustic Environment
Turn off any fans, heaters, or other devices that produce ambient noise. Also look out for flat, uncovered walls and hardwood floors that may create harsh, reverberant echoes. If the room that you’re in is producing too much reverb, you can cover the floors with rugs, the walls with blankets or paintings, and place pillows or comforters in the corners. Or simply record in a different room with better acoustics.
5. The Sound of Silence
After you’ve finished recording your voice walking through the video, record about 30 seconds of dead silence. When you’re editing the video later, you may need to separate parts of the voiceover and you can use that “white noise” to fill in the gaps without the audio cutting out entirely and distracting the viewer.
6. Background Music
There’s a variety of sites online to find licensed music for free in the creative commons (ccmixter.org etc.)

Assessment criteria

*Collaboration rubric

Thank you for participating!

Key phrases: General
Introducing your topic
What I’d like to present to you today is….
Today’s topic is …..
The subject/ topic of my tutorial is ……
In my tutorial I would like to report on …..
In my talk I’ll tell you about….
Stating your purpose
The purpose/ objective/ aim of this tutorial is to….
Our goal is to determine how/ the best way to…
Today I will be showing you/ reporting on…
Structuring
I’ve divided my tutorial into three/four/five parts.
In my presentation/video I’ll focus on three major issues.
Moving to the next point
Let’s now move on/ turn to….
Let’s take a look at ….
Highlighting information
I’d like to stress/ highlight/ emphasize the following point(s)
I’d like to start by drawing your attention to….
Let me point out that …
I’d like to focus your attention on…
What’s really important here is….
Let’s look more closely at….
Indicating the end of your talk
I’m now approaching/ nearing the end of my presentation/ tutorial….
Well, this brings me to the end of my presentation/ tutorial.
As a final point, I’d like to …

Key phrases: Main parts
Introducing the topic
We are going to look at … and how you can utilize it to…
I am going to demonstrate the key features that you can use to…
The first thing I am going to do is…
If you are using it for the first time than…
Main part of the presentation
Let’s dive into it!
On the side there is a number of options
At the top (underneath) we have…
This can include…
I have already created a demo ….
Scroll down to the bottom…
Once we're done we can select…
You have to go to the general tab first…
Alternatively, if you click on this button right here you get…
This really allows you to …
If you want to get a general overview
Check and make sure that …
Concluding your presentation:
These are some of the basics that will allow you and enable you to……online
I hope you found this helpful

Vocabulary Bank (from textbook “English for Professional Purposes)
Unit 1
Hyperlink
Miscalculate
Restart
Subnetwork
Developer
driver
Instruction
Paperless
Variable
Plug in
Install, operate, maintain
Spam(junk) mail
Flaw in program
Computer bugs
Program freezes
Operating System (OS) crashes
Requirements specification
Systems(software) design
Unit 2
Electronic point of sale
CAD-computer-aided design
CAM – computer-assisted manufacturing
Technical support
Video-conferencing
Upgrade
Font
Computer aided
Unit 3
Application software
Remote
Embed
Encode
Transmit
Utilize
Outsourcing
Unit 4 /Abbreviations
CAL-computer assisted learning
CLI-command line interface
GUI-graphical user interface
HCI- human- computer interaction
HTML-hypertext markup language
HTTP- hypertext transfer protocol
ISP-Internet service provider
RAM-Random access memory
ROM-read only memory
URL- uniform resource locator
USB-universal serial bus
VLE-virtual learning environment
WIMP-windows, icons, menus, pointers
Default
Jump to the web page
On the main/dashboard
Software products on offer