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Які журнали та газети ми читаємо в Україні

Цілі: формувати навички вживання нових лексичних одиниць; вдоскона­лювати навички читання і усного мовлення з опорою на лексико-грама­тичні структури; розвивати культуру спілкування і мовленнєву реакцію учнів; виховувати зацікавленість у розширенні своїх знань і позитивне ставлення до читання періодичних видань.

PROCEDURE

1. Warm-up

1. What Ukrainian newspapers and magazines do you know?

2. What do they write about?

3. What do you prefer to read: newspapers or magazines?

1. Listening

Listen to Andriy Tsaplienko’s biography and answer the questions:

1. Is it always safe to be a j ournalist?

2. Do you think that a journalist’s life is full of adventures?

3. Has Andriy Tsaplienko visited many countries?

4. What does he usually write about?

5. Andriy Tsaplienko has got lots of awards. How does it characterize him?

Andriy Tsaplienko, a journalist, presenter and filmmaker of TV channel “Inter” was born on the 12th of October in 1968 in Kharkiv, Ukraine.

Andriy Tsaplienko is a well-known Ukrainian journalist, presenter and scriptwriter. He was the first and sometimes only Ukrainian jour­nalist in many conflicts and hot spots. He has reported extensively and authoritatively on many of world’s major news stories over recent years. He started his career in television in 1989 from a position of a light mas­ter in his hometown television. Then he worked as a regional reporter for TV channel “Orion”.

In 1997 he moved to Kyiv and next year he joined TV channel “In­ter”. Since 1999 he has released several weekly projects “N-kilometer”, “In the firing line”, “Special correspondent”.

In 2001 he had filed exclusive reports for TV channel Inter from Af­ghanistan covering stories on different sides of the conflict including Taleban fighters and Northern Alliance factions. As a war correspond­ent he covered many conflicts including wars in Macedonia, Iraq, Cote d’Ivoire, Nepal, Sri Lanka, South Ossetia, Kashmir, Liberia, Burundi, Colombia.

He was awarded Order “For courage”, Medal “20 years of troops’ withdrawal from Afghanistan”, I. Franko State Award, “Best screen­play” Award in XIII Bar International TV festival (Montenegro) for the film “Dope. Champions’ factory”, “TV triumph” annual N ational Award, nomination “Journalist, reporter”.

1. Reading

Do ex. 1, p, 89. Practise the new vocabulary Find the following words and expressions in the text and give their English equivalents:

незалежна держава, зростати, публікувати, ста­ранно, серед, періодичні видання, приватний, заняття, професія, місцеве видання, відрізнятись, зміст, звертатися, гарантувати, чи­новник, суспільство, редактор, на практиці, забезпечувати.

Match the nouns with the suitable adjectives.

skillful	official
honest	society
popular	press
independent	journalist
democratic	periodical

Do ex. 2, p. 90.

1. Speaking

You want to know the latest news about a famous person’s private life. Make up a dialogue with your partner.

Greet your partner and ask him / her if he / she has read any interesting things about... lately		Greet your partner and say that you have read about... recently
Ask where he / she read it		Say that you read it in (ma­gazine)
Ask what number of issue it was		Say that it was in issue #...
Ask if the article was inter­esting		Say “yes” and that you have learnt a lot of new things about...’s life

1. Reading

Do ex. 3, p. 90.

1. Summary Do ex. 4, p. 91.

2. Homework

Ex. 5, p. 91.

Мій улюблений журнал

Цілі: вдосконалювати навички усного мовлення і читання; формувати навички вживання нових лексичних одиниць; прищеплювати любов до читання; розвивати культуру спілкування і мовленнєву реакцію учнів; ви­ховувати зацікавленість у розширенні своїх знань.

PROCEDURE

1. Warm-up

1. What is your favourite magazine?

2. Why do you like it?

3. What does it write about?

4. What do you like to read about most?

5. Do you usually find everything you like in your magazine?

6. Do you subscribe to it?

7. If not, how often do you buy it?

1. Reading

Read the texts in ex. 1, p. 92 and fill in the chart.

	You can read about	You can find
Vulyk		poems
Sonyashyk
Piznayko

Practise the new vocabulary

Find the new words in the texts and read the sentences with them.

1. Speaking

Do ex. 2, p. 93.

Sample questions

1. What magazine do you prefer?

2. What can you read there about?

3. Can you find there crosswords (puzzles,...)?

4. What rubrics do you like there most of all?

1. Writing

Think out and write a list of propositions which could be used in a magazine.

1. Reading

Read the information about the Ukrainian newspapers and charac­terize the content of each one.

Who does each newspaper address to?

Zerkalo Nedeli ( Dzerkalo Tyzhnia), a broadsheet, usually referred to in English as the Mirror Weekly, is one of Ukraine’s most influential analytical newspapers published weekly in Kyiv, the nation’s capital. It was founded in 1994. It offers political analysis, original interviews, and opinions on 32 pages. Originally published in Russian, since 2002 it was fully translated for the Ukrainian edition. Also, since 2001, the main articles are also published in an online English-language version. All three language editions and the archives are freely available online.

Uryadovy Kuryer is the national daily newspaper published by the executive branch of Ukraine. Founded in 1990, the paper is published in Ukrainian, and is consistently among the top three newspapers by sub­scription. The Kuryer covers political, economic, cultural and sporting developments in Ukraine and around the world. However, the newspa­per’s principal focus is the work of the President and the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine.

Ukrayina Moloda is a daily Ukrainian-language newspaper based in Kyiv. It represents the political opposition and caters for a younger au­dience. It offers both domestic and international news reporting, analy­sis, and interviews.

Silski Visti is a Kyiv-based daily newspaper written in Ukrainian. Founded in 1920, it is read amongst the rural population.

Holos Ukrayiny is a Ukrainian daily newspaper published in Kyiv. The paper is an official voice of Verkhovna Rada, partially funded by the state.

Delovaya Stolitsa is one of Ukraine’s main business newspapers published weekly in Russian. It contains news and analytics about Ukrainian political life, economy, banks, companies and markets, real estate.

1. Speaking

Do ex. 3, p. 93.

1. Summary

Do ex. 4, p. 93.

1. Homework

Ex. 6, p. 93.