- •Module 1
- •The Media
- •2. In groups, discuss which of these comments might be made about each of the forms of media in Exercise 1. Explain your reasons if necessary.
- • Reading
- •1. Comprehensive questions:
- •2. Language Focus
- •3. Translate the following word-combinations into English:
- •4. Explain the contextual meaning of the words in bold and translate the following sentences into Ukrainian.
- •5. Fill in the blanks with an appropriate word from the topical vocabulary, making any necessary changes.
- •6. Enrich your vocabulary:
- • 1. Read the text and find words in the text which mean the following:
- •2. Match the two parts of the collocations used in the text above:
- •3. Translate into Ukrainian:
- •5. Answer these questions about the language in the text .
- •6. Translate the following into Ukrainian:
- •9. Fill the gaps using active vocabulary.
- •The British Press
- • 2. Reading
- •The british press
- •3. Comprehensive questions:
- •4. Language focus
- •5. Translate the following words and word-combinations into English:
- •6. Fill in the blanks with an appropriate word from the topical vocabulary, making any necessary changes.
- •8. Choose the quotation you like best of all. Comment on it.
- •10. Choose the right answer.
- •12 . Read the newspaper contents list. Which pages would you look at if you wanted to read about the following:
- •16. Fill in the missing articles if necessary. Retell the text:
- •17. Fill in the missed prepositions if necessary. Retell the text. The Characteristics … the National Press: Sex and Scandal.
- •19. Choose the right answer.
- •Identify each one with one of the following words or phrases.
- •Newspaper headline language
- •Violent words
- •4. Match the headline to its story and explain the play on words in each case.
- •5. Language Focus
- •6. On the left there is a list of headlines. On the right there is a list of news topics. Match the headlines with the appropriate topic as in the example.
- •13. Express each of the following headlines as it would appear in an ordinary news announcement.
- •2. Language focus
- •Бі-Бі-Сі
- •4. Language focus
- •Vox-pop
- •6. Write the correct form of the verb in brackets:
- •Незалежне телебачення
- •Незалежне радіо
- •8. Fill in the gaps in the sentences below with the most appropriate word: comics buttons pick up/receive broadcast/programme camcorder remote control.
- •9. Match each word in the left-hand column with the best meaning in the right-hand column. Place the letter of the best definition in the space provided. Learn the definitions.
- •1. Read the information to get a general idea of pros and cons of the Internet use.
- •2. Language focus
- •6. Some of these pairs of opposites exist in the language of Internet/computer communications, others do not. Tick the box for 'exists' or 'doesn't exist'.
- •8. Use the correct words to fill the gaps in these sentences. You are given a paraphrase of the meaning in brackets.
- •9. Look at these expressions taken from magazine articles and advertisements for computers and Internet services. In your own words, say what the words in bold mean.
- •10. Do the quiz and discuss your answers with a partner.
- •2. Language focus
- •3. Without looking at ex. 1 test your memory for words that mean ...
- •5. Sort this group of eight vocabulary items into two sets of four, one connected with books, the other with magazines. Use a dictionary if necessary.
- •6. Fill the gaps in these sentences with appropriate words .
- •7. From the context guess the most likely meaning of the expressions in bold.
- •Mass Media in Ukraine reading
- •1. Read the text, translate it into Ukrainian. Be ready to discuss it.
- •2. Comprehensive questions:
- •Idioms you can use when…
Незалежне телебачення
Ай-Ті-Сі регулює дві телевізійні служби – Канал 3 та Канал 4, що доповнюють один одного та фінансуються переважно за рахунок реклами. Програми каналу 3 готуються 15 регіональними власниками ліцензій, а ще одна має додаткову ліцензію на запровадження національної ранкової програми. Ліцензії для каналу 3 надаються по тендеру найкращому кандидату, який забезпечуватиме належну якість, на термін 10 років. Планується фінансування національного наземного телевізійного каналу – Канал-5 - за рахунок реклами, передплати або спонсорства.
Незалежне радіо
Незалежні радіокомпанії працюють за ліцензією Агентства Ради та фінансуються переважно за рахунок реклами. У Великобританії є три незалежні національні радіослужби : Классік ФМ, що передає, головним чином, класичну музику, Верджін 1215, яка транслює рок-музику, та Ток Радіо ЮК, що забезпечує переважно мовні передачі.
У Великобританії працює також близько 180 регіональних незалежних радіостанцій. Ці станції передають новини місцевого характеру, інформаційні, музичні, спортивні , розважальні та освітні передачі.
8. Fill in the gaps in the sentences below with the most appropriate word: comics buttons pick up/receive broadcast/programme camcorder remote control.
1. He doesn't even get up from the sofa to change channels; he just presses the ………………………. on the …………………………. .
2. You can hear BBC news ………………………all over the world.
3. A short wave or a VHF radio can …………………… many interesting stations.
4. Although our …………………… was expensive, we've taken some priceless film of our children.
5. Children often prefer looking at ……………………… to reading books.
9. Match each word in the left-hand column with the best meaning in the right-hand column. Place the letter of the best definition in the space provided. Learn the definitions.
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….. 1. a foreign correspondent |
a. a person who writes reviews of books, films or theatre plays. |
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….. 2. a sub-editor |
b. a journalist based abroad |
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….. 3. a continuity person |
c. a journalist who writes a regular column or feature for a newspaper/magazine. |
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….. 4. an editor |
d. the person who operates a camera filming a TV programme or a film. |
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….. 5. a librarian |
e. someone who works in a newspaper office and decides on how the pages should be laid out, how stories need to be cut, what headlines should be used and so on. |
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….. 6. a bookseller |
f. the person responsible for the production of a newspaper or magazine. |
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….. 7. a publisher |
g. a person who works in a place which lends books. |
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….. 8. a columnist |
h. responsible for seeing that the continuity between one scene and another in a film is correct – for making sure that people do not suddenly wear different earrings, for example. |
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….. 9. a camera operator |
i. someone who owns or works in a shop which sells books. |
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…..10. a critic |
j. a person or company responsible for having a book printed and organizing its sale. |
10. Write a letter to the local TV company with your suggestions how to improve the quality and raise the standard of TV programmes.
11. Imagine that you are the presenter of a chat show. Write an outline of your future programme, the subject for discussion, the questions for the experts who are supposed to answer the audience's questions, the problems you would like to bring up in the programme, etc.
The media: The Internet and e-mail