Teaching

Digital Storytelling: Telling China’s Stories in English
(2021 Fall, 2022 Winter, 2022 Spring)

This course aims to train university students to use English to tell real-life stories, either personal or based on their observations, through short self-produced videos on platforms like Bilibili. By showcasing the lives of China’s youth in the new era, it seeks to convey China’s rapid changes and core socialist values to a global audience. Course content includes comparative studies of English and Chinese narratives, storytelling methodologies, story development discussions, English storytelling techniques, cross-cultural narrative strategies, digital storytelling elements (both verbal and non-verbal), and video production and editing. Through activities like reading, discussions, experiential exercises, reflection, analysis, creation, and refinement, students will develop skills in English narrative, cross-cultural awareness, and digital literacy.

Location: Beijing Foreign Studies University, Beijing, China