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MASS MEDIA

SPEAKING ACTIVITIES

LIKES and DISLIKES about MASS MEDIA

Do you like reading newspaper?

Do you like watching TV?Do you like listening to music?

ADJECTIVES TO DECRIBE

VOCABULARY

•Fantastic (adj) /fæn’tæstɪk/: great, very good

•Terrific (adj) /tə’rɪfɪk/: wonderful

You look terrific in that dress.

That’s terrific news!

be/ feel/ look/ smell/ sound/ taste + fantasticreally/quite + fantastic

We had a really fantastic holiday.

•Exciting (adj) /ɪk’saɪtɪŋ/: very interesting

•All right (adj):

They waited and waited for something exciting to happen.

Excited (adj) /ɪk’saɪtɪd/:(about / at / by sth)| (to do sth)feeling or showing happiness and enthusiasm

The children were excited about opening their presents.

Is the coffee all right?

- acceptable, OK

- only just good enough

Your work is all right but I’m sure you could do better.

TO ASK FOR OPINIONS

• What do you think about …?

• How do you feel about …?

• What’s your opinion of …?

TO GIVE OPINIONS

• I think that…

• As I see it…

• I’d say that…

• In my opinion,…

USEFUL EXPRESSIONS

TO EXPRESS LIKES & DISLIKESWrite these phrases in the correct order on the chart below to

express likes and dislikes:I don’t like I quite likeI really like I really love I don’t mind

I hate I really don’t like I like I don’t really like I really hate I love

+ Positive+ Positive

NeutralNeutral

- Negative- Negative

100%

50%

0%

Make questions and

answers about the

MASS MEDIA.

Activity 1

Example

What do you think about our TV programs?

What do you think about our TV programs?

Well, I think that they are

terrific!

Well, I think that they are

terrific!

Work with a partner. Use the prompts given:

What do you think aboutour TV programs?the movies on TV?

How do you feel about our local newspapers?What’s your opinion of our radio programs?

Well, I think that

they’re

terrificpretty good

I’d say that pretty badIn my opinion, terrible

Prompts

Work in groups. Ask and answer questions:

o What kinds of mass media do you often watch, listen to, or read?

o What do you like or dislike about them?

Activity 2

Prompts

Mass Media Adjectives to Describe

newspapers terrific

magazines fantastic

movies exciting

TV programs beautiful

radio programs interesting

sports program good

news reports all right

computer games boring

… poor

… bad

I read the Tuoi Tre Newspaper everyday. Their news reports are usually interesting. I also like their sports pages. But sometimes their news is not hot. What newspaper do you often read?

Example

Report to the whole class on a movie, a TV program, a story, or a book you have recently watched or read

Activity 3Activity 3