- •The uk Media reading I
- •British Newspapers
- •2. Look through the text and find the main characteristics of tabloids
- •Newspapers
- •Read the profiles of some British newspapers and answer the questions.
- •Listening 1
- •Reading II British Newspapers
- •1. Read the text and fill out the graphs classifying British newspapers.
- •2. What different phrases does the writer use to indicate that he is
- •Use of english
- •1 . Match the words from the text with their definitions.
- •2. Below there are 18 typical extracts from different newspapers. Identify each one with one of the following words or phrases.
- •3. Complete each sentence with a word or phrase from the list below.
- •4. Fill in the gaps with suitable words from the box.
- •Articles the newspaper carries. Fill in the gaps with suitable words from the box.
- •6. Complete the sentences using the following words. Some of the
- •7.Complete the gaps with any suitable word.
- •8. Complete the gaps with any suitable word. The Mass Media in the usa
Listening 1
Listen to five people talking about which newspapers they read and why. Put numbers 1-5 next to the correct newspaper(s). What do they like about the newspaper(s) they read?
___ Financial Times ___ Sun ___Independent
___ Guardian ___ Observer ___ Daily Mail
___ Daily Mirror ___ Times ___ International Herald Tribune
SPEAKING 1
Pairwork. Finding out about British newspapers. Work with your
partner and find the information about the newspaper you have
been given.
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1. What is the name of the newspaper? |
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2. How much does it cost and how many pages does it have? |
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3. Is it a tabloid or a broadsheet? |
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4. Do you think it is a quality or popular paper? |
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5. Is it a daily, a weekly or a monthly? |
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6. What percentage of the front page is text, not counting the headlines? |
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7.Where is the masthead? |
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8. Find examples of banner headlines. Where are they? |
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9. Find examples of leads/ Where are they? |
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10. Find some captions. Where are they? |
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11. Where is the leader column? What heading does it have? How many editorials are there in the leader column? |
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12. Do readers write letters to the newspaper? Where are the letters published? |
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13. is there a column page? What is the name of the columnist? What issues does the columnist cover? |
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14. Does the newspaper cover any home news? How many pages of home news does the newspaper have? |
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15. Does the newspaper cover any foreign news? How many pages of foreign news does the newspaper have? |
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16. How many pages of financial news does the paper have? |
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17. How many sports pages does the paper have? |
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18. Are there many cartoons in the paper? Are any of them political? |
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19. Are there any advertisements I the newspaper? Under what heading are advertisements published in the newspaper? |
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20. Does a newspaper have a supplement? What news stories does it offer? |
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21. What percentage of the text does the paper have? |
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22. What kind of people do you think read this newspaper? |
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