Lesson 3 - Mass Media

1. If you have free time, what would you like to do: watch TV, play computer games, etc.?

2. What do you parents prefer to do?

3. What means of mass media do you know?

4. What are more popular in Russia and why?

5. What are popular in Britain and why?

6. Is radio still popular - why yes/no?

7. What is the most popular mass media nowadays?

8. Do you think it'll remain the same?

9. Do you think that newspapers and books will disappear soon?

10. Do you read books or e-books? Why?

• What kinds of newspapers do you know? Daily/weekly

• Tabloids vs. broad sheets or quality papers

• National/local/international

Answer the questions

1. Do many people read newspapers in Britain?

2. What are the most popular daily newspapers?

3. What is a tabloid?

4. What is a broadsheet?

5. Are they popular?

6. Name broadsheets.

7. How many newspapers are there in Britain?

8. Are there many magazines in Britain?

9. Do people always buy their newspapers?

10. Do people listen to the radio?

11. What is BBC?

12. How many channels has it got?

13. What dose "commercial" mean?

14. What other channels can you name?

15. What is satellite and cable TV?

Exercise 1 - true/false/ I don't know

1. The majority of British people read newspapers every day.

2. Not many people read a paper on Sundays.

3. The 2 most popular daily newspapers are broadsheets.

4. Broadsheets are better than tabloids.

5. The Sun is a tabloid.

6. Tabloids are quality papers with serious news.

7. There very many national, international and local newspapers in Britain.

8. The majority of people usually buy newspapers.

9. The number of people using the Internet is increasing all the time.

10. Lots of people still listen to the radio.

Exercise 2 - Match definition and the word

1. It has got a lot of pictures, exciting news and gossips.

1. Weekly

2. This is a quality newspaper with serious articles on politics and business.

2. National

3. This newspaper is read only in Britain and not in other countries.

3. Article

4. Such newspapers are read only in certain towns or cities.

4. Tabloid

5. This kind of newspaper is published only on weekends.

5. Magazine

6. This kind of newspaper is published only on weekdays.

6. Daily

7. Such newspapers are read all over the world.

7. Local

8. A piece of information given in a newspaper.

8. Broadsheet

9. Not a newspaper.

9. Gossip

10. Some information that is said about other people that can be a lie.

10. International

Exercise 3 - Translate into English

1. Эта статья очень интересная.

2. Я люблю читать серьёзную прессу.

3. Моя бабушка слушает радио каждый день.

4. Журналы очень популярны сегодня.

5. "The Sun" это еженедельная газетёнка со множеством сплетен.

Exercise 4 - Make up a project