You will work in pairs to produce a multimedia YouTube video broadcast about an aspect of Vietnamese culture.
Your target audience is young Vietnamese Americans and American learners of Vietnamese who are interested in Vietnamese culture.
Your video broadcast needs to:
I. GETTING STARTED
Pre-Task 1: Choose a Topic
Choose a topic among the following to explore. You will be paired with another student who chose a similar topic. Your teacher will coordinate the groups so that the topics don't overlap.
Pre-task 2: Form Pairs
Pre-Task 3: Vietnamese Partner Interview Preparation
II. CREATING VIDEO BROADCAST
Refer to the questions for the topic of your choice below to guide BOTH your research and interview for the video broadcast. The questions are meant to give you a starting point only; feel free to use your own insights, information, and opinions.
1. Natural Environment
Overall driving question:
Specific questions:
Suggested sources:
2. Dating and Marriage
Overall driving question:
Specific questions:
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3. Health
Overall driving questions:
Specific questions:
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4. Mass Media
Overall driving questions:
Specific questions:
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5. Education and Jobs
Overall driving questions:
Specific questions:
Suggested readings:
6. Holidays and Celebrations
Overall driving questions:
Specific questions:
Suggested sources:
7. Historical Figures in National Memory
Overall driving questions:
Specific questions:
Suggested readings:
(you may want to skim these documents)
8. Spiritual World
Overall driving questions:
Specific questions:
Suggested readings:
III. VIDEO BROADCAST PRESENTATION
Your pair will present your video broadcast in class.
IV. EVALUATION
Your project work will be evaluated according to this rubric.
Go to the Reflect page to wrap up this project.