1.     Your task is to match the words and their definitions.

• Television
• Newspaper
• Tabloid
• The Internet
• Radio

1.     a paper printed and sold usually daily or weekly with news, advertisements etc.;

2.     the process of sending and receiving messages through the air; broadcasting programmes for people to listen to;

3.     broadcasting programmes (the news, plays, advertisements, shows, etc.) for people to watch on their television sets;

4.     a newspaper with rather small pages, many pictures and little serious news;

5.     a way to communicate with your partner who might be a thousand miles away using the computer (e-mails).

2.  Речевая зарядка

T: Now let’s speak about the main mass-media. You know that newspapers are very popular among people, don’t you?

      3.  Работастекстом

T: You know TV now is one of the most important mass media. We can hardly imagine our life without TV. I think you know much about TV. Prove it answering my questions.

1.     How many television channels do you receive in you town? What is your favourite TV channel?

2.     How often do you usually watch TV?

3.     When do you usually watch TV?

4.     What are your favourite programmes?

 T: You have a lot of favourite programmes. So the next task is to match each type of programme on the left with the correct item on the right.

a)nature films

1) football, boxing, swimming

b) quiz shows

2) life of different countries

c) news

3) people try to win prizes by answering questions

d) soap operas

4) advertisements for products

e) commercials

5) animals, fish, birds, plants, flowers

f) travel films

6) information about what’s happening in the world

g) comedies

7) jokes and funny situations

h) sport

8) information for students

i) education programmes

9) story of the daily life of a family

But first of all, let’s work with the list of words, try to understand them.

advantages and disadvantages

• to keep people informed
• to provide
• to be very harmful for eyes
• violent programs
• to make people violent
• violence
• a vital problem
• advertisement
• to become TV-addicted

Before reading: answer the question “Do you agree that TV has positive and negative sides? What sides are predominant to your mind?”

                                          Advantages and disadvantages of TV

   Watching TV, you know, is the perfect way to spend our free time. Do you agree? Or maybe you don’t? It’s a well known fact that TV has good and bad sides. 

   First of all it keeps people informed; we can learn a lot of information watching TV. We can choose programs that appeal to us more, because TV provides programs for all interests. Sometimes with the help of TV we can relax, entertain ourselves, especially when we are tired.

   Advertisement on TV gives us information about different products, and it makes it easier to choose things to buy. When we watch TV we learn something new about the world, famous people and recent news.

   But, on the other hand, TV has a lot of disadvantages. It takes a lot of time and it makes us lazy. Besides, it’s very harmful for our health, especially for our eyes. Some violent programs and films on TV make people violent. Violence becomes a vital problem in our days.

  There is too much advertisement on TV. Sometimes it can encourage us to buy things we don’t need at all. Watching TV takes all free time from almost all people. We just watch it, not concentrate, and waste time.

  So, we can’t say exactly whether it’s useful to watch TV or not, as TV has its advantages and disadvantages.

  Millions people in the world spend hours watching TV every day… But what for? Do people really think it’s the best way to spend time?

    Many people become TV-addicted and it’s really a problem of our time. But the fact is that “so many people, so many minds!” And what do you think?

  T:   Make up the table, using facts from the text (it’s better to divide the class in to two groups, the first one – to find the advantages of watching TV, the second one - to find the disadvantages of watching TV)

advantages of watching TV

disadvantages of watching TV

1.

2.

3.

…

1.

2.

3.

…

  T: Try to express the main idea of the text in several sentences.

V. Подведениеитоговурока

Проведениесвязисначаломурока: Remember your answer on the question before the text. Have you changed your opinion after reading or not?

Home assignment: Express your opinion

What advantages and disadvantages has TV to your mind? Make up the presentation of your opinion. Continue filling the table with the facts of your own.

Make up the presentation of your opinion, using the facts from the text and the phrases from the table.