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The Media
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1. Get one card and ask your question and answer his or her question. Then ask follow-up questions to find out the reason behind the answer. Exchange cards.
Example:
Student A: If you stay at home on a Sunday, do you usually buy a newspaper?
Student B: Yes, I usually buy the Sunday paper if I don’t have homework to do.
Student A: If you buy the paper, what section do you read first?
Student B: I read the sports pages first. Then I normally look at the TV listings.
| If you stay home on a Sunday, do you usually buy a newspaper? | Will you buy a news magazine if the cover looks interesting? | Even if the news on the Internet is negative, do you read it? |
| If you see a famous actor in a TV commercial, does that tempt you to buy the product? | If you don’t understand a political issue, what can you do to get more information? | How do people become better critical thinkers? |
| How do you know when reporter is biased? | If a friend tells you he heard an interesting podcast, will you probably listen to it? | Do you tend to believe a reporter when you recognize his or her name? |
| What harmful effects might occur if you play video games for more than four hours a day? | If your friends are uninformed about an issue that you think is important, do you tell them about it? | If children spend a lot of time on social networking sites, should parents be concerned? |
FOCUS ON SPEAKING
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Part 1
Activity: Political Nightmares - Interviewing and discussion
Outline:
· Split into two groups - a group of journalists and a group of politicians.
· Take a copy of one of the interview notes. You should be assigned one role as wither a Journalist or a Politician (i.e., Environment Minister, Foreign Minister, etc.)
· Take ten minutes to prepare for the interview.
· Break up into pairs and conduct the interview.
· Argue one of the points in front of the rest of the class. comment on the arguments presented.