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Questions (Betsy’s class)

  • How many times can I be absent in a semester?
  • You must attend at least ⅔ of classes.
  • We have 14 classes.
  • ⅔ x 14 = 9.333 → 10
  • You can be absent 4 times.
  • If you are absent 5 times, you will lose credit.

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COIL PROJECT - ONLINE SESSION 2

NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIV. & KYOTO SANGYO UNIV., 2025

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TIMELINE

Create story game

Make branching narrative

First draft of game

Revise game

Final draft of game

April 23

April 30

May 14

May 21

May 28

Student Presentations

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Today’s Schedule

  • Teacher lecture (15 min.)
  • Team breakout rooms (45 – 50 min.)
    • Brainstorm story topics
    • Discuss plot and characters
  • Reflection on teamwork and next steps (5 – 10 min.)

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WRITE A STORY WITH YOUR COIL TEAM!

  • Story:
    • Combine Japanese and Taiwanese folktales?
    • Create a story about your daily life?
    • Something more creative??? Fantasy, Drama, Detective story…?
  • Players (English learners)
    • 1st-year KSU/NCU students?
    • High school students?
    • Elementary school kids?
  • Learning target (English language)
    • Vocabulary? (make a list!)
    • Grammar? (make a list!)
    • Other?

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INTERACTIVE NARRATIVE��

  • Narrative = story
  • An interactive narrative has a branching structure where a single starting point may lead to multiple outcomes. 

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INTERACTIVE NARRATIVE

  • The player makes choices that advance the story, leading to new series of choices.

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Setting

  • The time, place, and conditions in which the narrative takes place
  • The setting may change during the narrative.

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Characters

  • Player (often “you”)
  • Other characters

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Plot

  • Plot = a series of events that form the narrative
  • There may be different plots depending on player choices.
  • The plot must include obstacles.
  • Usually, there should be different endings. (Success? Death? Partial success?)

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Choices

What choices will you give your player?

  • actions
  • speaking

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MAKE A BRANCHING STRUCTURE

  • Use the story you previously wrote about
  • Create branches to the story
    • Each branch must be based on a choice for the player
  • Include at least 6 endings

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Story begins

Option A

Option C

Option F

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2

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Option D

Option B

Option E

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5

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What to do (April 23)

  1. To brainstorm topics for a story
  2. To discuss a plot (in general) and characters
  3. To decide on target users (learners)
  4. To discuss target language form(s) or English Vocabulary

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Reflection on teamwork

Think about your group discussion:

  1. What went well in your teamwork?
  2. What challenges did your team face, and how did you solve them?
  3. What do you still need to decide or finish?
  4. What did you learn from working with international teammates?

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Next steps

  • Next week: Develop your story into a branching narrative with different choices and endings.

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