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Mass media in Great Britain

Aims and objectives:

•           developing sociocultural competence

•           developing basic skills

Equipment: writing paper, handouts

Sequence

I. Warmingup

The teacher may either use the warmingup activities described earlier or invent the ones of his/her own.

2. Warming-up:

Show “Blockbusters”. Students are given a definition of a word and they have to say what word is.

A person who sings on the stage is	singer
A play in which part of the story is sung to music	a musical
Clothes the actors wear on the stage	costumes
Scenery ,buildings , furniture on the  stage or in a studio are called…	sets
Film showing some aspects of real human or social activity…	documentary
Cinema film, made by photographing series of drawing	animated cartoon
People how watch a play at the theatre	the audience

II. Main part

a) The game “Guess” (Slide 4).

Look at this table and guess what task I can give you (put the words into categories of your choice: press, radio, television, the Internet).

1. Article	5.Advertisement	9.Satellite	13.Comedies
2. Chanel	6. Commercial	10.Facebook	14. A live match
3. Edition	7. Documentary	11.Radio program	15. Mail.ru
4.Tabloid	8. Prime time	12. Vkontakte	16. Website

b) Translate into English (Slide 5).

Let’s continue our lesson and repeat words and word-combinations. What is the English for?

1) реклама 2) комерційний канал 3) збагачувати 4) канал 5) для того, щоб 6) транслювати 7) наявний 8) фінансований державою 9) мультфільм 10) розповсюджувати 11) бути забороненим 12) кращий ефірний чаc         13) досягти удачі 14) благословення 15) прокляття 16) марнування часу 17) наркоман	advertising commercial TV enrich channel in order to televise available state-financed animated cartoon spread be forbidden prime time
	gain a fortune blessing curse waste of time addict

III. Review of students’ knowledge of speaking.

c) Media questionnaire (Slide 6-7).

Answer my questions, please.

1) What do you understand under “the world of information”? What does it mean for you?

2) How often do you read a newspaper?

3) How often do you listen to the radio?

4) What’s your favourite program?

5) How often do you get online?

(every day, once a week, less than once a week, twice a week, 2-3 times a week,  more than 4 hours a day)

 6) Do you surf the net?

 7) What is your favourite website?

 8) Do you send and receive e-mail?

 9) How many televisions are there in your home?

10) Do you have a television in your bedroom?

11) What people are usually called a “couch potatoes”?  (some people who spend too much time watching TV and not enough time taking exercise in their free time)

12) Are you a “couch potatoes”?

13) Do you like watching TV alone or with your family?

14) Who decides what to watch: your parents or you?

15) Is TV a blessing or a curse?

16) Do you care what to watch on TV?

3) Match (Slide 8-9).

Match the words with the following definitions in the left column with the appropriate in the right one:

A

1)A newspaper	a) i a) is a large, thin book with a paper cover, often print­ed on shiny paper, which contains stories, articles, photographs, and sometimes also news.
2)Sunday paper	b) is all the organizations that are involved in provid­ing information to the public, especially newspa­pers, television, and radio.
3)Local paper	c) i c) a serious magazine on particular subject, contain­ing articles by university teachers, scientists, doc­tors, etc.
4)Magazine	d) l d) lists of films, plays, and other events, with details of the times, dates, and  places where they will hap­pen.
5)Journal	e) i e) a set of large folded sheets of paper containing news articles, pictures, which is printed and sold every day or every week.
6)The press	f) i  f) a newspaper that gives news mainly about the town or area where it         is printed.
7)The media	g)   g) newspapers that are read by a lot of people and ge­nerally contain articles that are  entertaining rather than serious, for example, stories about people on television and sport.
8)Tabloid	h) is a magazine, especially for children, that consists of funny or exciting stories which are told using a series of pictures.
9)The popular     press	i) a i) paper that is sold every Sunday, and is usually big­ger than papers sold on other days.
10)Comic	j) isg) a newspaper and the people who write for them.
11)Listings	k) i k) a newspaper that doesn't contain much serious news, but has stories         about famous   people, sport, etc.

Key: 1e, 2i, 3f, 4a, 5c, 6j, 7b, 8k, 9g, 10h, 11d.

B

1)Chat show	a) is a film, especially a story for children that is made by photographing    series of drawings, so that they seem to move.
2)Quiz show	b) is a programme in which is broadcast early in the morning, which includes news and tells you what time it is; there are also usually songs and jokes and conversations with famous people.
3)Game show	c) is a television story about a group of people and their lives , which is broadcast regularly for many years.
4)Cartoon	d) is a programme in which famous people talk about themselves and answer questions about their lives, opinions etc.
5)Sitcom	e) is a programme that gives you facts and informa­tion about a serious subject, such as history, science or social programme.
6)Breakfast show	f) is a television programme about wild animals and plants.
7)Soap opera	g) is a programme in which people or teams complete against each other by answering questions.
8)The news	h) is an amusing programme in which there is a differ­ent story each week about the same group of people.
9) Wildlife pro­gramme	i) is a programme in which people play games and an­swer questions in order to win prizes.
10) Documentary	j) is a programme that is broadcast several times each day, which tells you about all the important events that are happening in the world.

Key: 1d, 2g, 3i, 4a, 5h, 6b, 7c, 8j, 9f, 10e.

4) Match the questions (1-7) to the answers (A-G). Work in pairs (Slide 10).

Match the question to the answers and practice these short dialogues with your partner.

1) Do you like comedy programmes?

2) Why does John not like news programmes?

3) What kind of TV programme does Hellen like?

4) Why do you like sports programmes?

5) What time is your favourite reality show?

6) What programme do you usually watch?

7) What kind of TV programme do you like?

A. Because they're exciting.

B. Because he finds them boring.

C. I usually watch comedy programmes.

D. It's at six p.m.

E. She likes quiz shows.

F. I like nature programmes because they are interesting.

G. Yes, I do. Comedy shows are funny.

1. Reading

Prereading

If possible, the teacher should either bring some British newspapers and magazinesto class to show the students or print out some Internet pages of the most popular newspapers or, if a computer lab with the Internet connection is available, have the students go to their websites and have a brief discussion of the media contents based on the titles, pictures or rubrics. The students should come to the conclusion if the paper is a quality or a tabloid one and ground their opinions.

Mass media in Great Britain

The British Press

Great Britain is really a newspaper reading nation. More national and regional daily newspapers are sold in Britain than in most other developed countries. National newspapers have a total circulation of 14. 2 million on weekdays and 16. 2 mln on Sundays. There are about 130 daily and Sunday newspapers, over 2,000 weekly newspapers and some 7,000 periodical publications. There are also more than 750 free distribution newspapers, mostly weekly and financed by advertising, and some 60 newspapers and magazines produced by members of the ethnic minorities. The press is free to comment on matters of public interest, subject to law (including that of libel). There is no state control or censorship of the press, which caters for a variety of political views, interests and levels of education. Newspapers are almost always financially independent of any political party. None of the main political parties own or publish daily newspapers. There is a Press Complaints Commission which deals with complaints by members of the public and provides a more effective press selfregulation and prevention intrusion into privacy.

All the national newspapers use computer technology, and its use in the provincial press is increasing.

Twelve national morning daily papers (5 "qualities” and 7 "populars”) are available in most parts of Britain.

Broadcasting

British Broadcasting has traditionally been based on the principle that it is a accountable to the people through Parliament. It also embraces the principle of competition and choice. Three public bodies are responsible for television and radio services in Britain:

a)        the BBC — the British Broadcasting Corporation which broadcasts television and radio services;

b)       the ITC — the Independent Television Commission which licenses and regulates the nonBBC TV services, including cable and satellite services;

c)        the Radio Authority which lisenses and regulates all nonBBC radio services.

Television viewing is Britain’s most popular leisure pastime: practically all households have TVsets and most have video recorders.

The Government is not responsible for programme content, nor for broadcasters’ daytoday conduct of business. The independence of broadcasters requires them to maintain certain standards: programmes must display a proper balance and wide range of subject matter, and impartiality in matters of controversy. They must not offend good taste.

The BBC has two national TV channels and five radio services. It also broadcasts in 37 different languages of the world and its audience is about 120 mln people.

Afterreading

Decide whether the following statements about the text you have read are true or false.

1)   British people read more newspapers than people in the USA.

2)       All newspapers in Britain are sold and bought.

3)       Practically each ethnic minority in Britain publish their newspaper.

4)       Libel in mass media is persecuted by law.

5)       Both newspapers and TV broadcasting are censored by the state.

6)       Practically all British major political parties publish their own newspapers.

7)       The Press Complaints Commission is concerned with the prevention of intrusion into privacy.

8)       All activities of the BBC are based on the principles of choice and free competition.

9)       A Special Government commission is responsible for the content of the programmes and impartiality in matters of controversy.

2.  Speaking, writing

The students in groups discuss the texts and note down the main information about the British media. The lists are then discussed and corrected in class.

III. Summary

IV. Homework

Make special questions to the ideas noted down in the list.