Good morning, students. Sit down, please. It’s nice, to meet you. Get ready for the lesson. Is anybody absent today? Today is the 3d of February. What does the weather forest say? At the lesson we are going to speak about Mass Media. We’ll improve out speaking abilities on the topics «British and Russian TV and Radio», «Newspapers», «The Role of Mass Media in people’s life». The mottos of our lesson are: «Live and learn»; «Obtain information, obtain the world» (quatation); «Tastes do differ» (proverb); «So many men, so many minds» (proverb) | |
Modern life isn’t impossible without information. Is that true? How do you obtain information? What is Mass Media? What is Mass Media associated with? Thus, we can learn about the world by watching TV, listening to the radio, by reading newspapers or magazines. Which way do you? Like most? Why? Tell us about your likes and dislikes. «Tastes do differ» | P1. Yes, it’s true. Modern life. Isn’t impossible without information. P2. We obtain information at school, by watching TV, listening to the radio, reading newspapers, from Internet. P3. Mass Media is the way of giving and getting… P4. Mass Media is associated with «The TV», «The Press», «The Radio», «The Internet» P1. Monologue «Radio» P2. Monologue «Newspaper» P3. Monologue «Television» P4. «Magazines» (advise you for reading) |
Television is definite by the most popular way of getting information. It attracts the attention of millions of people every day, every evening. Of course, we want to know more about TV. Emagine, that you are journalists. You are at the briefing at the International information Agency. Let me introduce the directors of the channel of Russian TV and British one. You are going to write an article about the British and Russian televisions. Interviewing will help you to do it. «Live and learn» Thank you. | Questions P1. How many channels do the British TV sets have? What does BBC consist of? P2. What programmes do the BBC-1 and BBC-2 offer to the viewers? P3. What is special about I TV in Great Britain? P4. How many program companies does I TV consist of? P5. Can TV viewers in Britain watch TV from European countries? P6. What does Sky One provide? P7. How many homes in Britain can connect to cable TV system? P8. What does Russian TV consist of nowadays? P9. What programmes does channel I offer to TV viewer? P10. What programmes does RTR transmit? P11. What programmes does NTV specialise in? P12. Can Russian TV companies broadcast for European or Asian countries? P13. What is the most popular channel among TV viewers? Why? P14. How many people in Russia can watch cable TV programmes? |
British and Russian TV offer a lot of programmes in different subjects. What is your favorite one? What programme world you advise me to watch? «So many men, so many minds» | Monologues «My favorite programme» |
«The Press» is another popular way of getting information. Let’s read the article about the British newspapers and say: What’s difference between «the serious» and «the popular» newspapers»? Classify them Imagine that the first I group will be «The politics» and II group «The housewives» Discuss the articles from the newspapers «What does the author say» Now, let’s sum it up. What’s the role of Mass Media in people’s life? | Speak about the difference between the types of newspapers. Dialogues Monologues «The author» says, that…» Monologues |
So, we’ve learned that Mass Media. Help us to learn more about the world around, to become more intelligent. So? I should say, that «obtain information, obtain the world» |