Types of the

Media
Television
&
Radio
The Press
The
Internet
Mobile
Phones
Chat show
Documentary
Game show
Reality show
Soap opera
Sitcom
ewspaper
Tabloid
!uality paper
Popular newspaper
"ocal newspaper
Ma#a$ine
Social media
%eb pa#e
&lo#
Chat room
'orum
Te(t messa#e updates
Te(t votin#
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Popular newspapers gossip, no serious news.
!uality ewspapers (broad sheets) more pages, serious articles about business, politics, science.
"ocal newspapers report a lot of local news.
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Type
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Characteristics
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>ach student answers a ;uestion and as5s the ne(t student in line the ne(t ;uestion?
ma5in# a chain of ;uestions and answers6 @se the information from the answers in the
while watchin# activity sheet and do the ;ui$6
)1 %hat popular &ritish newspapers can you name.
*1 %hat ;uality &ritish newspapers can you remember.
+1 %hat is the full name of &&C.
,1 %hat pro#rammes do &ritish teens enAoy watchin#.
-1 Bave you ever watched any of those pro#rammes.
=1 %hat 5ind of videos do &ritish teens usually watch.
C1 %hat types of media are used for broadcastin# news.
D1 Bow much T7 do &ritish people watch per day.
E1 &&C is a terrestrial type of television6
%hat other type of television was mentioned in the video.
Su##ested level< Pre2Intermediate
"earnin# Futcomes<
S%&/T<
: reproduce vocabulary related to the media
: decipher between types of the media
: tal5 about their favourite T7 pro#ramme
: tal5 about the media in &ritain
S%D<
: creative writin# s5ills 0desi#nin# a poster1
: communicative s5ills
: listenin# s5ills
&rin# a variety of newspapers to class6 /fter havin# introduced different types of
newspapers 0;uality vs6 popular vs6 local1? as5 your students 0in #roups or in pairs1 to
classify the newspapers you have brou#ht6
Desi#nin# a poster : #roup wor54creative writin#
Groups of -6 Time : - min
Materials< colour mar5ers? *(/* sheets of paper
Roles<
Secretary : notes everythin# down6
Desi#ner : ma5es the poster loo5 attractive6
&oard of Creative Directors : #enerate smart ideas6
Proof Reader : chec5s for mista5es6
Presenter : presents the poster when it3s finished6
%hen writin# down the information? use the plan<
ame of the pro#ramme
Type
%hen is it on.
/#e #roup 0%ho is it mostly watched by.1
Characteristics
If you don3t have the benefit of the Internet in class? download the video from 8ou
Tube to your laptop and show it in class6
/ssess your students3 achievements durin# the lesson with help of an /chievement
Chart with the list of your students3 names? usin# the scale< a #olden star stic5er ne(t
to the student3s name for a perfect answer? a silver star stic5er for an answer with
some minor mista5es and no star for a completely wron# answer6 Ma5e the chart
bi# enou#h and put it on the board for all the students to see their pro#ress durin#
the lesson6
"et them see it as a #ame? ma5in# the analo#y with the charts on MT7< G"et3s see
who will become the bi##est star of today3s showH Get creative and ma5e some
certificates to reward the top three students6