mass media lesson 8 form

English
8 form
Розділ: Засоби Масової Інформації

Тесленко Ніни Олексіївни вчителя англійської мови
Великопріцьківської ЗОШ I -III ступенів
Кагарлицького району

Topic: «Mass Media»

Objectives:

Enrich students’ knowledge on the topic «Mass Media»;
Develop learners’ skills of intensive reading ;
Practice listening and writing skills;
Develop students’ cognitive and creative skills.

Learning outcomes:
By the end of the lesson learners will be able to:
Use words and expressions related to the topic «Mass Media» in speaking;
Answer true-false questions about Mass Media;
Talk about advantages and disadvantages of watching TV;
Discuss the problem of advertising on TV and radio;
Perform an information gap activity.

Procedure
I. Introduction
1. Greeting
T: Good morning students! Glad to see you. I’m sure everybody is all right. Let’s make our lesson interesting and useful.
2. Warming up
T. Finish my sentence and repeat it completely:
1. I like watching…
2. My mother’s favourite TV programme is…
3. I watch TV…
4. Have you ever listened to ..?
5. The popular magazines for teenagers are…
6. Sometimes I read a …
7. My friends like watching films about…
8. “The Times” is a very popular newspaper in …
So, as you guess the topic of our lesson is « Mass-Media».
As we know, the 21st century is considered as an information age. People are united into one global community with the help of the mass media. They can learn about what is happening in the world very fast using the new technologies.
Today we are going to speak about mass media. Because they actually rule the world and play a very important part in our lives.

II. Main part of the lesson
1. Speaking
T. How do you understand the word “mass media”?
T. The mass media consists of Publishing, Audio Recording, Broadcasting, Films and Digital Media.

What do you know about publishing? S. Publishing is divided into magazines, books and newspapers. Magazines are one of the basic mass media. You can choose any magazine according to your interests. There are many kinds of them: about sports, cookery, fashion, cars, nature, fishing.
T: The ancient mass media are books, do you agree with me?
S: As I know many years ago books were written by hand. Ivan Fedorov began to print books in Russia in the 15th century. Printing opened the new world of thoughts and knowledge that changed the lives of millions everywhere. Now we have a lot of books in libraries, in shops and at home. There are many kinds of books: novels, poems, dictionaries, encyclopedias, adventures, thrillers, detective stories, horror stories, science fiction and etc. Many of them are interesting, appealing and creative. They make people laugh, think, and invent new things. T. What do you think about newspapers? Are they important nowadays?
S. Yes, they are. All the newspapers can be divided into two groups: quality (broadsheet) papers and popular (tabloid) papers. T. What does Audio Recording consist of?
S: As I know it includes CDs, records, cartridges, tapes and cassettes. T. And the next question for you is about Digital Media. What is it?
S: It contains Mobile Phones, the Internet and Satellites. It’s true that the Internet has recently become another important source of information. Its main advantage is that news appears on the screen as soon as things happen in real life and you don’t have to wait for news time on TV.
T: Thanks. And how about Broadcasting?
S: I think that Radio and Television are the most popular and favourite ones for all people.
2. Guessing the word
I have several types of mass media. Listen to the definition of the word and guess what it is.
Your task is to match the words and their definitions:
Television 5
Newspaper 1
Tabloid 3
The Internet 4
Radio 2

1. a paper printed and sold usually daily or weekly with large pages, serious news, etc.;
2. the process of sending and receiving messages through the air; broadcasting programmes for people to listen to;
3. a newspaper with rather small pages, many pictures and advertisement;
4. a way to communicate with your partner who might be a thousand miles away using the computer (e-mails).
5. broadcasting programmes (the news, plays, advertisements, shows, etc.) for people to watch on their television sets;

3. Reading
a) Pre- reading
T: Now TV is one of the most important mass media. We can hardly imagine our life without TV. I think you know much about TV. Prove it answering my questions.
Answer the questions.
What is your favourite TV channel?
How often do you usually watch TV?
When do you usually watch TV?
What are your favourite programmes?

T: You have a lot of favourite programmes. So, the next task is to match each type of programme on the left with the correct item on the right.
Matching:
a) nature films 1) football, boxing, swimming

b) quiz shows 2) life of different countries

c) news 3) people try to win prizes by answering questions

d) soap operas 4) advertisements for products

e) commercials 5) animals, fish, birds, plants, flowers

f) travel films 6) information about what’s happening in the world

g) comedies 7) jokes and funny situations

h) sport 8) information for students

i) educational programmes 9) story of the daily life of a family

T: Do you know that TV has some advantages and disadvantages? Let’s read the text and discuss the positive and negative sides of TV.

Presentation of the new vocabulary:
T. First of all, let’s work with the list of words, try to understand them.

advantages and disadvantages to keep people informed (інформувати) to provide (забезпечувати) to be very harmful for eyes (бути шкідливим для очей) violent programmes to make people violent (робити людей жорстокими) violence (насилля, жорстокість) a vital problem (життєво необхідна проблема) advertisement (реклама) to become TV-addicted (ставати залежним від телевізора)

T. Before reading, answer the question “Do you agree that TV has positive and negative sides? What sides are predominant to your mind?”

Advantages and disadvantages of TV

Watching TV, you know, is the perfect way to spend our free time. Do you agree? Or maybe you don’t? It’s a well known fact that TV has good and bad sides. First of all it keeps people informed; we can learn a lot of information watching TV. We can choose programmes that appeal to us more, because TV provides programmes for all interests. Sometimes with the help of TV we can relax, entertain ourselves, especially when we are tired. Advertisement on TV gives us information about different products, and it makes it easier to choose things to buy. When we watch TV we learn something new about the world, famous people and recent news. But, on the other hand, TV has a lot of disadvantages. It takes a lot of time and it makes us lazy. Besides, it’s very harmful for our health, especially for our eyes. Some violent programmes and films on TV make people violent. Violence becomes a vital problem in our days. There is too much advertisement on TV. Sometimes it can encourage us to buy things we don’t need at all. Watching TV takes all free time from almost all people. We just watch it, not concentrate, and waste time. So, we can’t say exactly whether it’s useful to watch TV or not, as TV has its advantages and disadvantages. Millions people in the world spend hours watching TV every day… But what for? Do people really think it’s the best way to spend time? Many people become TV-addicted and it’s really a problem of our time. But the fact is that “so many people, so many minds!” And what do you think?

c) Post – reading.
Comprehension test: T: Make up the table, using facts from the text
(it’s better to divide the class into two groups, the first one has to find the advantages of watching TV, the second one has to find the disadvantages of watching TV)
Try to express the main idea of the text in several sentences. advantages of watching TV disadvantages of watching TV

1. it keeps people informed 1.it takes a lot of time
2. we can learn a lot of information 2.it makes us lazy
3. TV provides programmes for all interest 3.some violent programmes and films on TV make people violent
4. we can relax, entertain ourselves 4. advertisement on TV can encourage us to buy things we don’t need
5. we learn something new about the 5. TV takes all free time world, famous people and recent news
6. TV gives us information about different 6. it’s very harmful for our products health 4. Writing

T. Write the TV programmes from the box in order of their importance for you. The first one is the programme you enjoy most of all, the last one is the programme you like least of all.

Comedies, cartoons, action films, talk shows, soaps, science fiction films, adventure films, new programmes, thrillers, educational programmes, game shows.

5. Listening

a) Pre – listening
T: What do you know about British Mass Media?
1. The population of Britain is 59 million. How many people do you think read a newspaper every day?
2. How many British newspapers do you know?
3. Do you know the names of any British television stations?

b) While – listening
True or false
1. The British love their newspapers.
2. The 2 most popular daily newspapers are tabloids.
3. The Sun and The Mirror are broadsheets or quality papers.
4. Tabloids have very much serious news.
5. Many people read their newspapers online.
6. The British don’t listen to the news on the radio.
7. The BBC is one of the biggest broadcasting corporation.
8. The BBC is commercial. There is advertising during their programmes.
9. The commercial TV channels are ITV (Independent Television), Channel 4 and Channel 5.
10. Many British children have a television in their bedroom.

c) Post – listening
Discuss the question
What TV programmes do British children like watching?

6. Speaking.
Filling gaps:
Write what you think about the following programmes – How to Become a Millionaire?
Hidden Camera;
Risk Factor;
BBC – the Wildlife. (The expressions in the blocks can help you.)
I like watching… very much…
I enjoy watching … very much
I can’t say that I like watching … very much …
I hate watching …

… because it helps me relax.
… because I can get the information useful for my studies.
… because it’s not very intelligent.
… as it is very exciting to watch.
… because sometimes you can see curious things there.

I try never to miss it when it is on.
I turn off the TV immediately.
I watch it only when I have absolutely nothing to do.

Example: I can’t say that I like watching Hidden Camera very much because it’s not very intelligent. I watch it only when I have absolutely nothing to do.

7. Discussing the problem
T.: At present there is a lot of advertising on TV and radio. The film you are watching on TV may be interrupted several times by a call to use a new perfume or drink,a certain coffee. The same advertisements are repeated several times every day and it bores the viewers.
What is your attitude to advertisements?

III. Summarizing.
1. Doing a crossword
T: Do the crossword using the words from the presentation.

1) These people put themselves in dangerous situations. (journalists)
2) It is a special world full of adventures and joy. (reading)
3) A way to communicate with your partner who might be a thousand miles away using the computer. (e-mail) (The Internet)
4) The name of the oldest and serious British Newspaper. (The Times)
5) There is much advertisement there. (television)
6) It is a book that gives the words of a language in an alphabetical order. (vocabulary)
7) It is a kind of a newspaper with rather small pages, many pictures and little serious news. (tabloid)
8) The man who printed the first Russian book. (Fyodorov)
9) It is a source of information where we can find facts about professions. (magazine)
10) It was invented by Popov. (radio)
11) They are the most ancient media. (books)
12) It may be national and local. (news)

2. Evaluation
3. Homework
What advantages and disadvantages does the Internet have?
Your task is to make a presentation to prove your opinion.