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News Media
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45-60 min
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Overview

In this advanced ESL lesson, students will take a closer look at the topic of news media, exploring a range of advanced-level vocabulary and associated concepts. This session aims to improve their ability to discuss current events and express their opinions on the role of news media in society.

The lesson plan includes a boardwork activity, highlighting one way to kick off a discussion on this topic and review some new vocabulary. Students will then engage in several low-resource classroom activities, where they will discuss and offer opinions on current events and the role of media in shaping public perception. To wrap things up, students will play a fun group game that introduces them to some news-themed idiomatic language.

Lesson Outline
Activities
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Boardwork
1News talk
2Read all about it
3Opinion piece
Games
1Idioms
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Use of the board

Students explore concepts and advanced-level vocabulary related to news media.

Add the words News media to the centre of the board and elicit ideas from the group. Use suggestions from the class to generate a general discussion about the industry. Capture the main points on a spider diagram and add any relevant vocabulary to the board. Refer to this sample board work as a guide.

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News talk

For this pair work speaking activity, the students will share their thoughts on different types of news media.

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Read all about it

The students will work in groups to discuss current events.

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Opinion piece

The students will express their personal opinions on some of the events discussed during this lesson.

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Classroom games

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Idioms: The news

In teams, students will work through a list of idiomatic expressions and try to compose definitions.

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