Unit 7. The mass media

What`s this?
Magazine
Dictionary
Book
Radio
Television (TV)
Film
The internet
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Wednesday, December 18th 2009
Unit 7: the mass media

Lesson 2: speaking
Pre-speaking
Work in pairs and answer these question:
1. When do you often watch TV?
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2.What are your favorite channels.
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3. How much time do you spend watching TV a day?
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I often watch TV in the evening.
My favorite channel is Discovery Channel and VTV3.
I often spend about 2 hours a day watching TV.
New words:
Orally:
Visually:
Aurally:
Seen by eyes
Spoken by mouth
Heard by ears
Practice
Work in pairs again to find out what are the same and different features among kinds of media?
+ The same feature: They all give us news and information or help us entertain.
+ The different:
Further practice
Work in groups and talk about different kinds of mass media.

Ex:
1. Which kind of mass media do you often get information?
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2. Which one do you like most? Why?
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3. Which kind of mass media is common in your country?
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I often get information from TV.
I like the internet most because
it is very convenient and useful.
TV is quite common in my country.
Wrapping
Match column A with the right meaning in column B
Keys:
1.d 2.b
3. a 4.c
Thank you!