Animal Action News Program: Help Wild Animals Stay Wild by I-Ling Hsu

created on Jun 30, 2016 modified on Jul 21, 2017 07:01

description:

The key driver for eating is hunger for sure but the eating habit we have is not solely determined by physiological or nutritional needs. Different factors, especially cultures, attitudes, beliefs, and knowledge, about food can influence people’s eating choice of food.

Given the fact that it may bring the negative impact to the society, there is a need for a greater understanding of the determinants that affect food choice. This project examines the major influences on food choice with a focus on those that threaten the environment and wildlife animals.

publisher:
National Foreign Language Resource Center
publish_date:
Oct. 1, 2016
contributors:
I-Ling Hsu
copyright:
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Language: Chinese

Subject Area(s): the environment, values, lifestyles, language and literature, health, global challenges, food, education, communities, nature, society, sustainability, traditions

Instructional Context

Target Audience Description:
Members at the OSLC (Organization of Students Learning Chinese) at the University of Rhode Island (URI). Members of OSLC are from the entire campus and most of them are the American students learning Chinese who will be studying abroad in China or have studied abroad. When the students are in China, their host may take them to those restaurants serving the wildlife animals to show hospitality, so it’d be helpful for them to be aware of such animal-eating culture.

Audience Location:
University of Rhode Island

Audience Role:
Students

Product Description:
Create a news program to present the cultural practices of serving wildlife animals at restaurants, present appropriate responses to help face such issue, and raise the awareness of animal protection.

Product Target Culture:
Chinese Culture

Heritage Learners:
mixed

Language Proficiency

ILR Scale Speaking:
1

ILR Scale Writing:
1

ILR Scale Listening:
1

ACTFL Scale:
6

ILR Scale Reading:
1

ACTFL Scale:
5

World Readiness Standards

Cultures
Relating Cultural Practices to Perspectives

Connections
Making Connections
Acquiring Information and Diverse Perspectives

Communication
Interpersonal
Presentational

Communities
Lifelong Learning
School and Global

Comparisons
Cultural comparisons

Communication
Interpretive

Cultures
Relating Cultural Products to Perspectives

21st Century Skills

Life and Career Skills
Initiative and Self-Direction
Flexibility and adaptability

Information, Media, and Technology Skills
Media Literacy
Information Literacy

Interdisciplinary Themes
Global Awareness

Information, Media, and Technology Skills
Technology Literacy
Creativity and Innovation
Collaboration
Communication

Life and Career Skills
Leadership and responsibility
Productivity and Accountability
Social and Cross Cultural Skills

Project Sequence Overview

Preparing for the Project

1. Newspaper Reading Reports - These news articles show cultural phenomena of how wildlife animals are treated in different cultures. more detail

Launching the Project

1. Interview, writing, creating a video - A sentence that summarizes this task. more detail

Managing the Project

1. Writing, reporting, and editing - A sentence that summarizes this task. more detail

Assessment

1. Assessment procedures - A sentence that summarizes this task. more detail