Разработка к видео фрагменту

1. Before you watch the video

Warming-Up Questions

1. What is journalism?

2. Would you be interested in becoming a reporter?

3. What is the quality of journalism like in your country?

4. Is journalism always about reporting the truth?

5. What kind of journalism are you most interested in?

6. What do you think of the paparazzi and gutter press?

7. Have you ever seen or read a tabloid?

8. Is it easier to become a tabloid or a broadsheet reporter?

2. While you watch video

What will you need to become a tabloid reporter?

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3. After the video

1. Match the words with their meanings

1. jargon

a. to produce or cause something

2. competitive

b. being the only one of its kind

3. to generate

c. relating to competition, determined or trying very hard to be more successful than other people

4. a skill

d. a course of study at a university or college

5. unique

e. to include something as part of a group, system, plan

6. a source

f. words and expressions used in a particular profession or by a particular group of people, which are difficult for other people to understand

7. a degree

g. an ability to do something well, especially because you have learned and practised it

8. to require

h. a person working independently for different companies rather than being employed by one particular company

9. to incorporate

I. a thing, place, activity etc that you get something from

10. a free-lancer

j. to need something

2. Answer the questions

1. What is the most important point in becoming a tabloid reporter? Why?

2. Why is it essential to be competitive?

3. How are "leads" created?

4. What kind of style should be developed writing for tabloids? Why?