Unit 7. The mass media

Welcome To Our Class!
Wellcome to the programme of This is news morning.
Unit 7 : The Mass Media
A. Reading
B.Speaking
C.Listening
D.writing
Game
A. Reading
While you read
Look at some popular TV programmes, and then do the tasks that follow.
A. Reading
Task1. The words in A appear in the reading passage. Match them with their definitions in B.
A. Reading
Task 2. Decide whether the following statements are True (T) or false (F). Correct the false information.

There are five news programmes on the three channels
2. There is a comedy programme on between 10:15
and 11:00
3. The Nature of Language is a documentary programme
at 15:15 on VTV2
on VTV3
4. The film Punishment is shown at 4:15 p.m on VTV1
VTV1 starts at 5:35 and ends at 23:30
VTV1 starts at 5:35 and the last programme starts
at 23:30


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A. Reading
Task 3. Work in pairs. Ask and answer the following questions.
1.How many films are on?
+Five films are on.
2.What time can you watch the news?
+At 9:00 a.m, 12:00 at noon, 7:00 p.m, 11 p.m, on VTV1 and 7:00 p.m on VTV3.
3.Which channel do you recommend to someone who likes animals?
+VTV2.
A. Reading

4.What programme is on on VTV3 at 7:30 ?
+ The Quiz Show
5.Which channel will you watch if you like folk songs?
+ You should watch VTV1
6 What is the last programme on VTV3?
+ The football
B. Speaking

Dictionaries Books Newspapers
Television Magazines Plays
Films Radio The Internet
Task 1. Work in pairs. Which of the following are the types of the mass media? Put a tick ( ) next to the words.
B. Speaking
Work in groups. Talk about different types of the mass media. Answer the following questions.
1. What are different types of the mass media?
2. What feature(s) do they have in common?
3. What are their distinctive features

Ex: The mass media includes TV, the radio, newpapers and the Internet. The feature they have in common is that they provide information and entertainment for people. The radio provides information and entertainment orally and we receive them aurally.
C. Listening
Work in pairs. Ask and answer the questions.
How often do you listen to the radio ?
How many hours per week do you listen it ?
What programme do you like listening to and why ?
Task 1. Listen to the two radio news stories and tick the words you hear in the right column under News story 1 and News story 2
Task 2. Fill in the missing word
Story 1
Has caused floods
Have left their homes
Have risen
Two metres
Has stopped
Cloudy
Strong wind
Story 2
Twenty Third
4418
California
Wonderful
Young and Healthy
Task 2. Fill in the missing word
D. Writing
Task 1. Read about advantages and disadvantages of televison below
Advantages of television
Television helps us to learn more about the world and to know and see many new things
Television can make things memorable because it present information in an effective way
It entertains us . Watching it is an enjoyable way to relax
It increases the popularity of sports and games.
It make us aware of our global responsibilities
Disadvantages of television
Televion can make us passive. We don’t have to think so our brains become lazy
It encourages us to buy things that we don’t need.
It takes time away from activities such as reading and games
Some television programmes may make people violent.
Television interferes with family life and communication

Now we want you play a little game
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This is an equipment and we can use it to see movies, news, gameshows
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A sheet of paper printed and distributed, for conveying intelligence of passing events, advocating opinions, news, advertisements…

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A game show that the one who quizes other
A game show that the one who quizes other


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Report of recent occurrences information of something that has lately taken place or of something before unknown
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This is an epuipment. We can use it to listen to music, FM, weather forecast…
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Example : Home alone, high school musical, camp rock…
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The scionce and the art of tones, or sounds
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A film made by photographing a accries of changing drawings
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A large network of numerous computers connected though a number of major nodes of high speed computers having high speed communications channels between the major nodes. It is the basis for the world wide web
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