Unit 2 News Media
Brief Statements Based on the Unit
The activities of this unit, including Warming-up, Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing, center on the subject—news and the media, which are connected with our life closely. It provides the students an opportunity to learn the language in using it.
By talking about news and the media, the students get more knowledge about them—not only know about the world, but also the ways they are written and made. The students must be very interested in this subject. This way, they can learn the language points easily and freely. They will not only learn some useful words and phrases about news and the media, but also learn to express opinions.
Besides, the study of the Grammar—the Past Participle can help the students use the language more exactly. By finishing each task provided in the textbook and the workbook, the students’ skills to use language can be well developed.
The First Period
Teaching goals
1. Target language
media, reliable, fire, face, difficulty
2. Ability goal
Listen to a dialogue and from the dialogue the students should have an opinion that people will have different reports about the same event.
3. Learning ability goal
Listen to a dialogue and be able to express one’s opinion in a positive or negative way.
Teaching important points
Talk about news and media
Teaching difficult points
How to improve students’ listening ability and teach them to express opinions.
Teaching methods
1. Listening to the tape (individuals).
2. Discussion after listening to the materials.
Teaching aids
1. A recorder
2. A projector
3. A computer
Teaching procedures && ways
Step I Leading in
T: Good morning, boys and girls! Look, what is in my hand?
Ss: A newspaper.
T: What can we get from a newspaper?
Ss: We can learn what has happened or is happening home and abroad.
T: Good. Do you read newspapers every day?
S1: No, I surf on the internet. In my opinion, the most popular and convenient way is to surf on the internet.
S2: I would like to listen to radio.
S3: I watch TV every day.
S4: I prefer to read magazines. There are photos in magazines. They are pleasing to the eyes. And photos help us to understand the articles.
T: Quite good. I’m very glad you know many kinds of news media. Now let’s talk more about these news media.
Step Ⅱ Warming up
First the teacher will show students different news media. Then talk about them and compare these news media.
The characters of different media
Internet fast / varieties of information / have different opinions of the same subject / communicate with each other easily / have a computer which is linked to the Internet
Radio a broadcastmedium / be broadcast live / listen to it whenever you like with a portable radio // can’t have visible enjoyment
Magazine provide people with detailed information on a certain subject / focused on a topic /published weekly / monthly // news comes late
Newspaper a medium for reading / report the latest news / can be kept for a long time / cheap to buy // can’t express one’s idea freely

T: Boys and girls, please look at the questions on Page 9, I’d like you to discuss them with your partner for 3 minutes. Then I will ask you to speak out your opinions.
After students express their opinions, show the possible answers on the PowerPoint.
Possible answers:
1. I think TV is the most reliable news media. Because we can see who is responsible for the news.
2. Websites keep on updating the news. So on websites you can always learn the latest news, sometimes even with audio and video.
From TV you can see both the broadcaster and videos. From radio you can only hear the voice without seeing the scenes. You can read newspaper everywhere. It is easy to get magazines and we ca
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