The news Cartoon Music and song

Sport

Folk song

Drama

Film

Science

Documentary Eating and drinkingGame show

Competition

Weather forecast

Medicine

Law

Tourism

Wildlife

- Orally (adv): spoken by mouth

- Aurally (adv): heard by ears

- Visually (adv): seen by eyes

Vocabulary

Task 1: Distinguish the different types of the mass media from the others

1. The mass media

2. Television

3. The radio

4. Newspaper

a. Provide information and entertainment orally(through mouth)

b. Receive information aurally ( through ears)

c. Present information and entertainment visually(through eyes)

d. Receive information visually

e. Present information andentertainment orally and visually

f. Get information aurally and visually

g. Provide / deliver information and entertainment

Answer

1. The mass media

g. Provide / deliver information and entertainment

2.Television e. Present information andentertainment orally and visually

f. Get information aurally and visually

3. The radio a. Provide information and entertainment orally(through mouth)

b. Receive information aurally ( through ears)

4. Newspaper

c. Present information and entertainment visually(through eyes)

d. Receive information visually

Work in pairs and talk about different types of the mass media

For example:

TV presents information and entertainment orally and visually and we get them through our eyes and our ears.

Task 2: Answer the following questions

1. What are different types of the mass media?

2. What feature(s) do they have in common?

3. What are their distinctive features ?

1. What are different types of the mass media?

The mass media includes TV, the radio, newsparer and the Internet.

2. What feature(s) do they have in common?

The feature they have in common is that they all provive / deliver information and entertainment to people.

3. What are their distinctive features ?

The radio provides information and entertainment orally and we receive them through our ears, while TV presents…

1. Which types of the mass media do you usually get information from?

2. Which do you like most? Why?

Task 3: Discuss with your partners and express your ideas by answering the following questions:

Example:

- I like TV most because I can watch films and performances on it.

- I prefer newspapers because I can choose to read them whenever I have free time, and I can also choose to read only what I’m interested in.

- Learn all the words by heart.- Write a paragraph ( about 50 words) about the features of the types of mass media.