Урок английского языка «Эра цифровых средств массовой информации: что же дальше?»
Тема урока: «Эра цифровых средств массовой информации: что же дальше?»
Тип урока: комбинированный урок
Цель урока: развитие навыков чтения
Задачи:
Предметные: расширить словарный запас по теме «Средства массовой информации», развить навыки смыслового чтения, нахождения доказательства точки зрения в тексте
Метапредметные: развитие навыков группирования данных, анализа текста и отдельных его компонентов, развитие умения находить сходства и различия, делать выводы, развить критическое мышление
Воспитательные: слушать и уважать собеседника, уметь работать в группе
Warm-up (the class is divided into three groups)
Group the following words according to the types of media: print media, radio and TV, the Internet. Some can refer to more than one group.
Social networks | broadcast | magazines |
station | surfers | messaging |
link | soap operas | texting |
advertisements | blogs | newspapers |
editors | listeners | viewers |
channel | headlines | modern |
browsing | download | upload |
tabloids | audience | news |
Pre-reading activities:
Task 1
Study the words before reading:
Assimilate – fully understand an idea
Bulletin – news report on TV or radio
Access – get
Add value – contribute
Have total faith – trust
As opposed to – comparing with
Shift – change
Benefits – advantages
Facilitate – make something easier
Engage – attract
Familiar – known
Seek – look for
Gratification – state of pleasure when you get what you wanted
Reveal – show
Plethora – extra amount
As a consequence – as a result
Task 2
Match the words to their equivalents
feed with | Make greater |
increase | as a result |
range of | contact |
diminish | look though |
reach out to | become weaker |
as a consequence | variety of |
seek | look for |
skim through | provide with |
Reading
Task 3 (the class divided into two groups)
Read the text
The age of digital media – what comes next?
for the first time and:
Group One: find the three verbs describing the activities people do working with their smartphones (screens in particular).
Group Two: list the four features of digital media and match them to the pictures
Task 4
Read the text again and decide if the statements are true, false or not stated. Prove your answers.
Instagram is the most popular media platform nowadays.
True b. False c. Not Stated
An average TV news program lasts for about quarter of an hour.
True b. False c. Not Stated
BBC audience cannot learn about the latest news as soon as it appears online.
True b. False c. Not stated
Digital media was created to become the main part of broadcasting industry
True b. False c. Not Stated
Digital media is only for teenagers and young audience.
True b. False c. Not Stated
According to Dr David Hill, being in contact and keeping up with trends can be tiring.
True b. False c. Not stated
According to the research, the more information we get, the better do we understand it.
True b. False c. Not Stated
The message of this article is to emphasize that a person should be choosy when consuming the information the digital media provide us with.
True b. False c. Not Stated
Reflection
Think of five new words you have learnt today.
Continue the phrases:
I have some difficulty ….
Now I can….
Homework
Retell the text in 15 sentences. Include new words into the summary. Don’t forget to start the retelling with the introduction and at the end give your personal opinion on the topic.
