«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.

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

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.