WELCOME TO OUR CLASS

Can you guess? What is it ?

1. Be quickfind a lot informationbe international

2. Use to listen music, news…

have many channels such as: FM, SW1…

INTERNET

RADIO

3. Provide a lot of programs : film, music, sport, news…

4. Contain news, articles…

printed daily or weekly.

TELEVISIONNEWSPAPER

MASS MEDIA

unit 7:THE MASS MEDIA

READING

Before you read work with a partner; ask and answer the following questions

1. When do you often watch TV?

2. How many channels are there on our national TV?

3. How many hours per week do you watch TV?

VOCABULARY

1. News [nju:z] (n)

2. Wildlife world ['waildlaif wə:ld]

3. Quiz show [kwiz ∫ou]

4. Cartoon [kɑ:'tu:n]

5. Sport /spɔ:t/

6. Weather forecast ['weđə fɔ:kɑ:st]

7. Folk songs ['fouksɔη]

8. Comedy / 'kɔmidi/

look at some TV programmesAnd do the tasks follow

WHILE YOU READ

Task1: decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F).

1. There are five news programmes on three channels.2. There is a comedy programmes on between 10:15

and 11:003. The nature of language is a documentary

programme at 15:15 on VTV2.4. The film Punishishment is show at 4:15 p.m on

VTV1.5. VTV1 starts at 5:35 and ends at 23:30.

T F

Let’s correct the false information

3. The Nature of Language is a documentary programme at 15:15 on VTV2 VTV3

5. VTV1 starts at 5:35 and ends at 23:30. starts

Task2 : work in pairs. Ask and answer the following questions:

1. How many films are there?

2. What time can you watch the news?

3. Which channel do you recommend to someone who likes animals?

4. What programme is on on VTV3 at 7:30?

5. Which channel will you watch if you like folk song ?

6. What is the last programme on VTV3?

There are five

At 9:00 a.m, 12:00 at noon, 7: p.m, 11 p.m on VTV1 and 7:00 p.m on vtv3

VTV2

The quiz show

Football

VTV1

A B

1. cartoon

2. drama

3. comedy

4. documentary

a. a play for the theatre, television or radio.b. a film or a television programme giving facts about somethingc. a film made by photographing a series of changing drawingsd. a film or a play that is intended to be funny, usually with a happy ending

Task 3 : The words in A appear in the reading passage. Matching them with their

definitions in B.

Work in pairs. Tell your partner about one of the TV

programmes you like watching best and explain why.

AFTER YOU READ

Home workLearn new words

Prepare for speaking