Unit 5. The media

Nguyen Kim Thuy - Trung vuong school
Grade 9 – Unit 5
Unit 5: The Media
1. Getting started
5. Read
2. Listen and Read
3. Speak
4. Listen
6. Write
Language Focus
1. Getting started
Activities:
Watching TV
Reading newspapers
Listening to the radio
Reading magazines
Using the internet

Work with a partner. Ask and answer questions about your favorite activities and how much time you spend on each activity.

Example:
Which of these is your favorite activity in tour free time?
Watching TV.
How many hours a week do you spend watching TV
About 4 or 5 hours, I guess
2. Listen and Read
The Media
Passage A
Before newspapers were invented, town criers would go through city streets ringing a bell. They shouted the lates news as they were walking.
Passage B
In Viet Nam people love reading newspapers and magazines. The Kien Thuc Ngay Nay is one of the most popular magazines and is widely read by both teenagers and adults.
Passage C
Thank to television pepole can get the latest information and enjoy interesting propgrams in an inexpensive and convenient way. Nowadays, viewers can watch a variety of lacal and international programs on different channels.
Passage D
The next stage in the development of televition is interactive TV. Viewers are able to ask questions about the show by using their remote controls.
Từ mới
Complete the table with the passage letters in which these facts or events are mentioned.
D
B
B
C
D
A
b) Answer the questions.

What was a town crier?


How popular is the Kien Thuc Ngay Nay?


What benefits does TV bring about to people’s life?



What kinds of magazines and newspapers do you read?


What’s your favorite type of media? Why?
A town crier is a per son whose job was to go through city streets ringing a bell to shout the latest news as he’s walking
The Kien Thuc Ngay Nay is one of the most popular magazines and is widely read by both teenagers and adults
Benefits TV bring about: people can get the latest information and enjoy interesting and inexpensive lacal & international programs in a con venient way.
3. Speak
Before speaking,read this table:


Example:
Lien: You like watching sports, don’t you, Trung?
Trung: Not really. Some sports are so violent, and I don’t like
watching them. I prefer documentaries.
Lien: I’m the opposite. I love watching sports, and
documentaries seem quite boring to me.
Trung: But you watch the news, don’t you?
Lien: Yes, every day. It’s very informative.
Trung: I enjoy it too. You don’t like foreign films, do you?
Lien: No, I don’t.
Now work with a partner. Talk about the programs you like and dislike.
4. Listen
Listen to a conver sation between Chau and her father. Fill in the table with the information you hear.
The first newspaper appeared
Radio and newsreels?
In the late 19th century
In the 1950th
The Internet
Từ mới
5. Read
Read the forum on the Internet
The Internet posted by Jimhello on Tuesday, 10 December 2002, at 9.07 pm.
The Internet has increasingly developed and become part of our everyday life. Do you find the Internet useful? What do you use the Internet for? How much time do you sppend surfing the web a day? Please respond to these questions.

FORUM
Response #1 re: The Internet
Post by Sandra Morgan
In my opinion, the Internet is a very fast and convenient way for me to get information. I can also communicate with my friends and relatives by means of e-mail or chatting. However, I don’t use the Internet very often because I don’t have much time. For me, the Internet is a wonderful invention of modern life. It makes our world a small village.
Response #2 Re: The Internet
Posted by Honghoa
Nobody can deny the benefits of the Internet in our life. However, it is a pity for me as well as for most of my friends in the countryside. The Internet is available only in cities, therefore I cannot easily get access to it. I sometimes visit my uncle in the city on weekends, and this is a good occasion for me to explore the net. I spend most of the time wandering because I just don’t know which website is useful for me.

Response #3 Re: The Internet
Posted by Huansui
People use the Internet for many purposes: education, communication, entertainment and commerce. However, the Internet has limitations. It is not only time-consuming and costly but also dangerous because of viruses and bad programs. Moreover, Internet users sometimes have to suffer various risk such as spam or electronic junk mail, and personal information leaking. So, while enjoying surfing, be alert!
Từ mới
Read the forum on the Internet, then answer following questions
What does Sandra use the Internet for?

Why is it difficult for Honghoa to ge access to the Internet?

According to Huansui, why do people use the Internet?

Make a list of benefits of the Internet according to the three responses.

Are there any disadvantages of the Internet? If so, what are they?


Do you agree or disagree with the responses?

What is your response to this forum?
She use the Internet to communicate with her friends and relatives
Because she lives in the country where Internet is unavailable.
People use the Internet for education, communication, commerce
Multi-purposes: Getting information, education…
Disadvantages: Time-consuning,costly, dangerous risks viruses, bad programs…
6. Write
Read the forum on the Internet in the reading text again (5. Read). Write a passage about the benefits of the Internet. You can use the following cues.

The Internet as a source of information (news, articles, weather forecast, etc.)
The Internet as a source of entertainment (musec, movies, games, etc.)
The Internet as a means of education (on-line schools, on-line, lessons, self-study, etc.)
Language Focus

Tag questions
Gerunds after some verbs
1. Complete the dialogues with the correct tag.
a) Jim: You have read this article on the website, ……………………….?
Lina: Not yet.
b) Minh: Baird produced the first TV picture in 1926,………………………..?
Thao: Yes, he did.
c) Thu: A daily newspaper was published in Germany in 1550,…………….?
Tri: No, it wasn’t. It was in 1650.
d) Ha: You don’t like playing computer games,…………………….?
Thanh: Yes, I do. But I don’t have muchh time fo it.
e) Mai: We are going to have cable TV soon,……………………….?
Thang: Yes, I think so.
haven’t you
didn’t he
wasn’t it
do you
aren’t we
2. Work with a partner. Look at the table. Ask and answer questions about television programs these people like and dislike. Use tag questions.
Key: = like = dislike
Example:
A: Tuan likes news, doesn’t he?
B: Yes, he does.

b) A: Mai and Anh don’t like news, do they?
B: No, they don’t.
3. Work with a partner. Ask and answer questions about each item in the box.

soccer fishing movies
detective stories candy music
Do you like playing soccer?
Do you enjoy fishing?
Yes, I do.
No, I hate it.
Yes, I love it.
I don’t know. I’ve never tried it.
4. Use the words in the three boxes to write tru sentences about your parents, siblings, relatives, griends and yourself.










Example:
My father likes watching sports but my mother doesn’t
She loves listening to music.
like
love
enjoy
dislike
hate
watch
listen
play
write
read
games
music
articles
letters
advertisements
sports