Reading. Task 2. (Vocabulary focus).

Insert the words and collocations from the text into the first column of the table below in such a way that they match their definitions in the second column. Working in groups, decide on the best Ukrainian equivalent for the collocations and fill in the third column:

- being in a situation where you are affected by a behavior intended to kill, injure or hurt people broadcast by mass media - the reception of violent media content - physical or emotional injury that is deliberately inflicted on a person - an unprejudiced scrutiny or examination - to reach a general agreement - to cause (an event or situation) to happen or exist - to trigger quarrelsome or belligerent ideas and emotions - to become keenly alert to unfriendliness and destructiveness - behaviour having more than one possible interpretation or meaning; difficult to understand or classify; obscure - an intentional action aimed at inciting something - to restrict time spent watching TV - to boost analytical reasoning - reasonable using of the main means of mass communication - to limit children’s right or opportunity to watch gory media products - circles promoting children’s interests

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Writing. Article analysis.

Read and summarize the article “Special Commission on Media Violence Confirms Aggression Link, Includes ISU Professor”. Offer your appreciation of the text based on its linguistic and stylistic analyses. Lay a special emphasis on the following questions:

1. Comment on the headline of the article. Is it written in compliance with the principles / rules of headline English? Does it fully reflect the content of the article? Discuss the effectiveness of the headline in summarizing the story and getting the reader’s attention.

2. Identify the subject matter of the article (dwell on the overall topic that the article is describing).

3. Identify what the article is proving or arguing about the issue. Is it trying to convince readers to take a side? If so what opinion is it encouraging?

4. List examples in the article that help to convince the reader or inform them of the issue.

5. Explain why this issue is important and whom it may affect.

6. Evaluate the quality of information and the form of its presentation.

7. Analyze the stylistic peculiarities of the article: the choice of the vocabulary (neutral, descriptive, emotional, formal, conversational, technical), expressive means/stylistic devices and their stylistic functions in the text.

Over to you.

Act as a scholar addressing the topic of the relationship between media violence and people’s aggressive behavior. Give a ten-minute presentation on the results of the study you did on the aforementioned subject.