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Language For Talking About The News

This document provides exercises to help students learn about different types of news sources. It asks students to rank their most used news sources, list known news outlets, match vocabulary terms to definitions related to newspapers, answer questions about their news preferences, and discuss recent news stories and opinions on news media.

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Language For Talking About The News

This document provides exercises to help students learn about different types of news sources. It asks students to rank their most used news sources, list known news outlets, match vocabulary terms to definitions related to newspapers, answer questions about their news preferences, and discuss recent news stories and opinions on news media.

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What information can you usually find in a newspaper?

Make a list on the board.

Exercise 1: Warm-Up

a. Where do you find out about the latest news stories? Put the news sources in the
box below in order from 1 (use most often) to 5 (use least often).

radio television computer/tablet mobile phone newspaper

1. _____________________

2. _____________________

3. _____________________

4. _____________________

5. _____________________

b. What are the names of some news sources (newspapers, apps, TV news channels)
that you know?

c. Match the words on the left with those on the right to make two-word phrases.

1. breaking a. report
2. news b. review
3. sports c. page
4. problem d. strip
5. political e. column
6. cartoon f. results
7. film g. bias
8. gossip h. news
Exercise 2: Listening

Read carefully through the questions. Listen to the recording and note down the
answers.

a. Listen to the dialogue and choose the correct person for each question.
(Jessica = American accent & Erica = British accent)

1. Who enjoys reading newspapers on a long train journey? ______________

2. Who buys a serious newspaper on weekends? ______________

3. Who gets breaking news on their mobile phone 24 hours a day? _____________

4. Who doesn’t like reading articles with a strong political bias? ______________

5. Whose dream job is to be a foreign correspondent? ______________

6. Who plans on buying a newspaper to read on the train to Scotland? __________

b. Listen again and write in the missing words.

1. I usually buy a newspaper or a ______________ to read.

2. I also enjoy buying a serious newspaper on weekends, when I’ve got time to read
all the sections, especially ______________ about the arts and travel.

3. I can get ______________ news on my mobile devices 24 hours a day!

4. You can also find serious articles written by well-informed ______________.

5. I’m not talking about ______________. I mean serious ______________


newspapers.
6. I try not to read articles that have a strong political ______________.

7. So do I, but news ______________ can be biased too.

8. I guess my favorite features in newspapers are the ______________ and


______________ reviews.

c. Match the vocabulary from the text (1-10) with the definitions (a-j).

Vocabulary ANSWER (a-j) Definitions

1. feature a. a newspaper or television


reporter who is based in another
country

2. up-to-date b. the title of a newspaper story


that is printed in large letters

3. celebrity c. an unfair preference

4. journalist d. a newspaper article that


concentrates on a particular
subject

5. foreign correspondent e. a famous person, especially in


entertainment

6. tabloid f. an article in which a critic gives


their opinion about a play, book,
film, etc.

7. headline g. a newspaper with fairly small


pages that mostly contains stories
about famous people and not
much news

8. bias h. considering all arguments,


opinions, or aspects fairly and
equally

9. balanced i. the very latest/newest

10. review j. someone whose job is to report


the news
Exercise 3: Language in Use

Read and answer the questions. Think of answers that are true for you.

1. What is your favorite news source? Why do you like it?

2. Are there any types of news you never read? Why don’t you read about them?

3. Do you enjoy reading about celebrities? Why or why not?

4. Do you enjoy reading film and music reviews? Why or why not?

5. What sections of a newspaper are the most interesting?

6. Do the news sources in your country have political bias? Explain.

Exercise 4: Communicate

Share with the class about some important news stories that happened last week.

Exercise 5: Agree or Disagree

Read the following statements and decide whether you agree or disagree with
them. Think of reasons for your answers.

1. Now that we have the Internet, there is no need for printed newspapers.

2. News reports are always biased.

3. It is more comfortable to read a newspaper or a magazine than to watch the news


on a TV screen.

4. Newspapers no longer have any influence over people’s opinions.

5. The news is always negative.

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