Thursday, the twentieth of February

ClassworkThe topic: “Mass Media: Good or Bad”

The aims:1.To learn new words and word combinations.2. To practice listening comprehension.3. To learn more about English-speaking countries.

Mass media

NewspapersNewspapers

TelevisionTelevision

RadioRadio InternetInternet

AdvertisingAdvertising

Tabloids,magazinesTabloids,

magazines

Mind Map

•The internet was created in 1983. The World Wide Web which enables simple and intuitive navigation of internet sites through a graphical interface, expanded during the 1990s to become the most important component of the internet.

The first English news book averaging 22 pages appeared in London in 1621. It was called “Weekly News”.

The first periodical was the “London Gazette”, a bi-weekly paper.

The first English daily was “The Daily Courant” (1702-35).

The “Times” was founded by John Walter in 1785, and “The Observer” was founded in 1791.

•The first radio (wireless) was invented by Alexander Popov in 1895 in Russia.

• In 1901 an Italian physicist named Guglierno Marconi received wireless telegraphic message sent from Cornwell to Newfoundland.

•TV experiments to create a workable television system began in the late 19th century by Paul Nipkow, a German scientist.

•The beginning of the Ukrainian press is considered the “Kharkiv Weekly”, founded in 1812.

•Today Ukraine has a large variety of newspapers and magazines.

1.карикатурист2.журналіст3.журнал4. редактор5.хіт-парад6.інтерв'ю7. міжнародні новини8.жовта преса9.підзаголовок10.газетна полоса с місцевиминовинами11.загальний огляд12. критик13. розділ світської хроники14.обкладинка15. щорічник16.сторінка17.модний ілюстрований журнал18.екстренний випуск19.заголовок

1. yellow press2.editor3.glossy4.headline5.censor6.page7. overview8.cover9. breaking news10. gossip column11. hit-parade12. magazine13.local page14.undertitle15.international update16.caricaturist17.interview18.yearbook19.reporter

Match the Ukrainian words in the left box with their English equivalent in the right box:

Say it in one word:1.a person in charge of design of a newspaper or magazine2.a person who finds interesting information and sometimes

composes articles3.one or several words printed in large letters that tell what

the item will be about4.a type of newspaper that focus more on sensation than

serious news5.a magazine which contains information about new trends

in fashion and a lot of pictures of models6. the very first and the very last pages of the magazine

usually thicker than others7.a non-periodical literary collection of works by different

writers

Television (satellite/cable) Newspaper (daily/weekly)

Tabloid

The Internet

Radio

1. A paper printed and sold usually daily or weekly with news, advertisements etc.

2. The process of sending and receiving messages through the air; broadcasting programmes for people to listen to

3. Broadcasting programmes (the news, plays, advertisements, shows, etc) for people to watch on their television sets

4. A newspaper with rather small pages, many pictures and little serious news

5. A way to communicate with your partner who might be a thousand miles away using the computer

6. (e-mail)

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1

4

5

2

Say which of the mass media are:• the most useful

• the easiest to use

• the most common

• the most expensive

• the most modern

• the most interesting

• the most convenient

• the safest

• the cheapest

•To rest

•To relax

•To receive information

•To listen (to read) about famous people, important events,

•To travel round the world without wasting money,

•To study at home

•To find new friends

•To take part in shows and competitions

•It’s a waste of time

•To have no time to communicate with relatives and friends,

•To damage your eyes

•To get lazy

•To put on weight

•To have no time for sport activities in the fresh air

•To stop writing letters to your relatives

•To learn about the bad side of life

Advantages Disadvantages

Some English words are used in an abbreviated (shortened) form in informal situations:Lab

Exam

Fax

Fridge

Bike

Plane

Bye

Info

(laboratory)

(examination)

(telefax)

(refrigerator)

(bicycle)

(airplane)

(Goodbye)

(Information)

Some abbreviations are read as individual letters

BBC (the British Broadcasting Corporation)

CNN (Cable News Network)

MTV (Music Television)

The UK (the United Kingdom)

The USA ( the United States of America)

Some abbreviations are read as words

UNESCO (United Nations

Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization)

NATO (North Atlantic Treaty

Organization)

ICTV - International Commercial Television

Some abbreviations only have written forms. They are pronounced as the full word:

Mr M Mrs Ms

Dr St

Some abbreviations are just used as letters

Etc. – and so on

e.g. – for example

ad

paper

telly

advert

the box

phone

advertisement

newspaper

television

advertisement

TV set

telephone

Ukraine 1+1, ICTV, NEW CHANEL

The USA

Britain

Canada

CNN

BBC

CBC

Complete the sentences

1.The main story today is about…

2.The Olympic games are competitions…

3.The most interesting fact is about…

4.There is an advice to visit…

5.The most interesting sports story is about…

6.The most striking photograph shows…

Paraphrase the following statements using the words in brackets instead of italicized ones:

(an editorial, to come out, to carry, home news, dailies, foreign news)

•1. Newspapers in all countries publish a lot of advertisements.

•2. In addition to national daily papers there are local papers published in every town.

•3. Local papers publish local, national and world news.

• 4. As a rule each paper begins with a leading article.

• 5. The majority of magazines are issued monthly.

Homework

Write a letter to your foreign penfriend. He is interested in Ukrainian newspapers and magazines.

“Mass Media: Good or Bad”

Goals:

1. To learn new words and word combinations

2. To practice language comprehension

3. To learn more about English-speaking countries