Урок в 8 классе. Тема: Mass Media

Тема урока: Mass Media

Цели: развитие навыков устой и письменной речи.

развитие кругозора учащихся

Ход урока

I Оргмомент

Good morning children!. The theme of our lesson is « Mass-Media».. The mass media actually rule the world and play a very important part in our lives.

And now tell me what types of mass-media do you know?

II Выполнение учащимися задания и аудирование упр. 1

So students, I see you know the main media. But what are their definitions?

Your task is to match the words and their definitions.

Television

Newspaper

Tabloid

The Internet

Radio

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

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

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

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

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

Now listen to the tape to check up your task.

III Речевая зарядка

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

T: Do you like reading newspapers?

P: Yes, I do.

T: What newspapers do the members of your family prefer reading? F.eg. your mother?

P: My mother likes reading …

T: What are the main types of newspapers in Britain?

P: The main types of British newspapers are quality newspapers and tabloids.

T: Do you know the titles of British newspapers? What are they?

P: They are …

T: What do people read newspapers for?

P: They want to learn some news (TV programme, horoscopes, weather forecast, etc.)

T: So students, when television arrived, many people predicted that radio would disappear. They were wrong. Since the arrival of television, radio audiences has increased, and radio now has more listeners than ever before. Radio has changed I think that radio has become the most important media for music.

T: What do you think, when do the people listen to the radio nowadays?

P: I think that many people now listen to the radio while they are working or relaxing.

T: What radio stations do you prefer to listen?

P: I prefer to listen to ….

IV Работа с текстом

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.

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

How often do you usually watch TV?

When do you usually watch TV?

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.

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)

1.

2.

3.

…

1.

2.

3.

…

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

V. Подведение итогов урока

Проведение связи с началом урока: 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.

VI. Выставление оценок за урок