Unit 7. The mass media

Task 1: Read about the advantages and disadvantages of television below :Advantages of television Disadvantages of television 1, Television help us to learn more about the world and to

Teacher: Pham Thi Thanh Xuan

PHAN DINH GIOT HIGH SCHOOL

vitelseion

oardi

niteretn

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Warmer: Game: Jumbled words

Rearrange the letters to make right/good words:

Radio The Internet

newspapers

Warmer: Game: Jumbled words

Rearrange the letters to make right/good words:

? THE MASS

MEDIA

Consolidation: Group-work

1 Science and Education

2 For the overseas Vietnamese

3 Sports and entertainment programming.

4 For the Ethnic minority groups

5 General and informative channel, combination

of politics, economy, culture and society.

Which channel? VTV1,

VTV2,VTV3, VTV4 and VTV5?

VTV2

VTV4

VTV3 VTV5

VTV1

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1 st , 1990

31 st , 1996.

2000.

10 th , 2002.

Writing about advantages and

disadvantages

Task 1: Read about the advantages and disadvantages of television below :

Advantages of television Disadvantages of television

1, Television help us to learn more

about the world and to know and see many new things.

2, Television can make things

memorable because it presents information in an effective

way.

3 It entertains us Watching it is an

enjoyable way to relax.

4, It increases the popularity of

sports and games.

5, It makes us aware of our global

responsibilities.

1, Television can make us passive

We don’t have to think so our brain become lazy.

2, It encourages us to buy things that we don’t needs.

3, It takes time away from activities such as reading and games.

4, Some television programmes may make people violent.

5, Television interferes with family life and communication.

memorable(a)['memərəbl]

đáng ghi nhớ, không quên được effective(a) [i'fektiv]

có hiệu qua

increase(v) ['inkri:s]

tăng lên popularity (n) [,pɔpju'lærəti] tính phổ biến

responsibility [ri,spɔnsə'biləti]

trách nhiệm

global (a) ['gloubəl]

toàn cầu

encourage (v) [in'kʌridʒ]

khuyến khích

violent (a) ['vaiələnt]

hung bạo,quá khích interfere (with st.) (v) [,intə'fiə]

gây trở ngại; can trở

- 1 It only provides information aurally It can be boring because we

can't watch films or sports programs

- 2 It increases the popularity of sports and games.

- 3, It helps us to learn more about the world and to know many new

things.

- 4 It costs much money We have to pay when we do things on- line

such as watching films, listening to music or playing games.

- 5 We can listen to it almost everywhere with little cost and great

convenience

- 6 They are easy and cheap to use We can take them along and read

them everywhere.

- 7 They/ It encourage(s) us to buy things that we don’t needs.

- 8 It is sometimes harmful for people They spend too much times

playing games on-line or watching bad programs.

- 9 It can help us do a lot of things such as paying bills, sending and

receiving letters, learning foreign languages.

10 They interfere with people’s private life Some articles on them

doesn’t say the truth.

Work in pairs Read the ideas on the mass

media and write (A) if it is advantage and (D) if

it is D disadvantage.

D

A

A

A

A

D

D

D

A

Advantages of the mass media Disadvantages of the mass media

2 It increases the popularity of sports and

games.

3, It helps us to learn more about the

world and to know many new things.

5.We can listen to it almost

everywhere with little cost and great

convenience

6 They are easy and cheap to use

We can take them along and read

them everywhere.

9 It can help us do a lot of things

such as paying bills, sending and

receiving letters, learning foreign

languages.

1.It only provides information aurally It can

be boring because we can't watch films or

4 It costs much money We have to pay when

we do things on- line such as watching films, listening to music or playing games.

7 They/ It encourage(s) us to buy things that we don’t needs.

8 It is sometimes harmful for people They spend too much times playing games on-line

or watching bad programs.

10.They interfere with people’s private life Some articles on them doesn’t say the truth.

Task 2: Work in pairs, choose the advantages and disadvantages of each type of the mass media, and write them down in columns below

The Internet

Newspapers

Radio

4, 7, 8, 10

2, 3, 9

7, 10

2, 3, 6

1, 7

2, 3, 5

Disadvantages Advantages

Task 3:

* Read the ideas in Task 1 again and complete the

passages about the advantages and disadvantages of

television:

• Television brings us a lot of advantages First, television helps

us (1) more about the world and to know and see

many new things Second, it can make things (2)

because it presents information in an effective way Third, it entertains us (3) it is an enjoyable way to relax

Fourth, it increases the popularity of sport and games Fifth, television makes us aware of our global responsibilities.

• There are, however, some disadvantages of television First,

television makes us (4) We don’t have to think so our brains become lazy Second, it encourages us to (5)

things that we don’t need Third, it takes time away from

activities such as reading and games Fourth, Some

television(6) may make people violent Lastly, television interferes with family life and communication.

* Find the topic sentences of the two paragraphs:

- Television brings us a lot of advantages.

- There are, however, some disadvantages of television.

* Find the connectors used in the passage:

to learn

memorable Watching

passive

buy programmes

Task 3: Now, write about the advantages and disadvantages

of one of the mass media dicussed in Task 2:

Advantages of the mass media Disadvantages of the mass media

2 It increases the popularity of sports and

games.

3, It helps us to learn more about the

world and to know many new things.

5.We can listen to it almost

everywhere with little cost and great

convenience

6 They are easy and cheap to use

We can take them along and read

them everywhere.

9 It can help us do a lot of things

such as paying bills, sending and

receiving letters, learning foreign

languages.

1.It only provides information aurally It can

be boring because we can't watch films or

4 It costs much money We have to pay when

we do things on- line such as watching films, listening to music or playing games.

7 They/ It encourage(s) us to buy things that we don’t needs.

8 It is sometimes harmful for people They spend too much times playing games on-line

or watching bad programs.

10.They interfere with people’s private life Some articles on them doesn’t say the truth.

The Internet

Newspapers

Radio

4, 7, 8, 10

2, 3, 9

7, 10

2, 3, 6

1, 7

2, 3, 5

Disadvantages Advantages

- Read and write more about advantages and advantages

of the mass media.

- Do the exercises in the exercisebook.

- Prepare the next lesson.