Урок "Mass Media and Advetizing" в 11-му класі.

Mass Media and Advertizing in our Life

Objectives: - to enrich pupils knowledge on the topic;

                     -to develop language skills (listening, reading,                      speaking and writing);

                     -to practice vocabulary;

                     -to practice speaking;

                     -to develop critical thinking, memory and initiative;

                     -to involve pupils to work in groups;

                     -to encourage pupils to study English.

Equipment: -a screen, a computer, presentations, handouts with tasks.

Teaching techniques:   -warming up

                                        -microphone

                                        -word search

                                        -elicitation

                                        -crossing group activity

The Procedure of the lesson

1. Greeting. Good afternoon children! Nice to meet you.

Look at the screen. Can you guess what we are going to talk about today?

2. Warming up.

a) Answering the questions:

- Do you watch TV every day? What programmes?

- How many hours a day do you spend on the Internet? What for?

- Does your family subscribe to any periodicals?

- Some people consider radio out of date .Share your ideas.

b) Pair Work. Do the crossword. What kind of mass media do you personally prefer?

3. Listening. How does mass media influence our life?

- pre-listening. Match extracts to their sections.

- listening (5minutes)

- post-listening. -What topics were mentioned in the messages?

- How does mass media influence the society?

4. Team Work. Pros and Cons.

- Television;

- Periodicals;

- The Internet;

- Radio.

5. Reading. Advertizing.

- pre - reading; What is your attitude to advertizing?

- reading;

- post reading. Classified the ads.

6. Writing. Vocabulary Work. Filling the gaps.

1.  We need to ………. people so that they understand the importance of a good, healthy diet.

2.   You don't have to use your ………. when you're watching television.

3.……….is responsible for what stories go into newspaper.

4. She has always shown a ………. to audience needs and tastes.  

5.   There is too much brutality and ………. on TV these days.

6.    Some parents who are concerned about computer games believe their children are ……….

7.   Now that we live in different cities, we ………. by e-mail.

8.   What magazines do you ……..

9.   I like to watch ………. news.

10. The BBC usually ………. high-quality TV programmes.

11.  ………. writes regular articles, often on the same subject.

12.  An advert for shampoo that I saw on TV …….. me to buy it.

7. Funny minute. Are you a coach potato?

Write down programmes you usually watch on the TV screen below.      

Count how many circles are there in the TV screen.

This is how many hours a week you watch TV.

8. Summing up. No doubt, we can’t imagine our life without mass media. Let’s generalize what are the main purposes of mass media.

9. Hometask and marks.

Write a letter to your friend about advertizing.