Welcome to the eleventh theme of English
This theme is about Press and media.
How?
You are going to practise your listening, reading, speaking and writing skills.
You will visit websites, play games, do exercises and listen to stories.
Wat?
You are going to read, listen, speak and write about different forms of media.
By practising a lot your English will improve!
Have fun!
Getting started
You have just started the theme Press and media.
You will find different things to watch, to listen to, to read and of course to do.
There are videos, recordings, pictures, photos, texts and assignments.
There are different types of assignments. Some of them you have to do on your own, others you are doing in a group.
At the end of those group assignments you are going to discuss the answers in your group. Some assignment will be checked by the computer.
Need to know
First do the test to see if you are ready to start this theme.
Can do
In this theme you will focus on the following 'can do' statements.
Listening
You can understand words and basic sentences that have something to do with Press and media.
Reading
You can understand words and basic sentences in a simple story about Press and media.
Having a conversation
You can join a simple conversation when the conversational partner is willing to speak slowly, repeats the sentences, formulates the words and helps you formulate what you're trying to say.
You can ask and answer simple questions that have something to do with the theme Press and media.
Speaking
You can use simple phrases and sentences about the theme Press and media.
Writing
You can write a short, simple story or an e-mail that has something to do with the theme Press and media.
To do
In this theme you are going to do the following things:
Listen to people who are talking about news and social media.
Read about binge-watching.
Write about newspapers and television.
Have a conversation about Social Media.
But you don't have to be able to do this right away!
If you take the following steps (lessons) you'll find out what you need to know!
Lesson
Title
Activity
1
News
Listen and read texts about getting news and answer questions about them.
Grammar present perfect and past simple.
2
Social Media
Listen, read texts, write and speak about Social Media and social networking sites.
Grammar: possessive pronouns.
3
Newspapers and television
Listen to audio fragments, read texts and answer questions about media, newspapers and television.
Grammar: genitive.
Lessons
Below are the three lessons that belong to this topic.
Make your choice.
Here you can find the vocabulary lists with sentences (chunks) that accompany this theme.
These lists will also be used in the diagnostic test. Talk to your teacher about when you will learn these lists.
There are many ways to study vocabulary. You can read the words aloud or copy them.
Click in StudioWozzol on the red arrow for the options.
Finishing touch
You've finished the lessons for the theme Press and media.
Now it is time for the Finishing touch.
Here you will find four extra reading or speaking assignments.
Choose one or two of the assignments and work together with a classmate.
When you are finished you will make the diagnostic test and fill in the evaluation.
Good luck!
Project A: Dutch media
Discuss Dutch media in English by means of the following words.
Work together with a classmate. Talk for one minute about a Dutch example for each of these words.
Tabloid - broadsheet paper/quality paper
National newspaper - local newspaper
Gossip - BBC
Radio station - TV channel
(Not) commercial - Advertising
Television licence - TV/radio programme
Now, write two paragraphs (one about press, one about tv/radio) about Dutch media.
After writing, work together with a classmate and correct each other's paragraphs.
Ask your teacher how to hand your piece of writing in.
Project B: Journalist
You are going to be journalists in this task!
Each of you takes a famous person in mind.
Do not tell your classmates what person you have in mind.
You are going to play a game with three other classmates.
The goal of the game is to find out which famous person your other group members have in mind.
Preparation
Print the worksheet interview one time,
(that means one sheet per group of four pupils) preferrably on cardboard.
Cut the ten cards and put them face down on the table.
Project C: Mass media report
In this task, you're going to speak and write about mass media.
You will work together with a classmate and there is a worksheet to help you.
Work alone. Take five minutes to prepare your questions;
Work together. Interview each other (and write the answers down in key words);
Work alone. Write down how your classmate thinks about mass media in about 300 words.
Ask your teacher how to hand in the writing assignment.
Project D: Current events
In this task, you are going to prepare a 'crazy news bulletin' with a classmate.
This means you prepare a news bulletin with two crazy news items in it.
You record your news bulletin or show it in class.
Procedure:
Choose a classmate to work together with;
Look for two particular news stories on the Internet
(for examples look at British or American newspaper websites);
Put together a 'crazy news bulletin' in which the two items are presented as news. The news bulletin cannot be longer than one minute and you and your classmate present one item each.
Ask your teacher whether your should record your news bulletin at home or show it in front of class.
De onderstaande antwoorden moet je zelf nakijken; vergelijk jouw antwoorden met de goede
antwoorden, en geef aan in welke mate jouw antwoorden correct zijn.
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Van dit lesmateriaal is de volgende aanvullende informatie beschikbaar:
Toelichting
Dit thema valt onder de arrangeerbare leerlijn van de Stercollectie voor Engels voor tweetalig onderwijs, leerjaar 1,2 en 3. Dit is thema 11 'Press and media'. Het thema omvat de volgende onderwerpen: news, social media en newspapers and television. De grammaticaopdrachten behandelen de present perfect, bezittelijke voornaamwoorden en de bezitsvorm.
Leerniveau
VWO 2;
HAVO 1;
VWO 1;
HAVO 3;
VWO 3;
HAVO 2;
Leerinhoud en doelen
Engels;
Eindgebruiker
leerling/student
Moeilijkheidsgraad
gemiddeld
Studiebelasting
8 uur en 0 minuten
Trefwoorden
arrangeerbaar, engels, news, newspapers and television, press and media, social media, stercollectie, tto123
Dit thema valt onder de arrangeerbare leerlijn van de Stercollectie voor Engels voor tweetalig onderwijs, leerjaar 1,2 en 3. Dit is thema 11 'Press and media'. Het thema omvat de volgende onderwerpen: news, social media en newspapers and television. De grammaticaopdrachten behandelen de present perfect, bezittelijke voornaamwoorden en de bezitsvorm.