1. Unit 7: M A S E D I

2. CONTENT
WARM UP
Language input
ACTIVITies

3. WARM - UP
What do we call all of these?
MASS MEDIA

4. LIKES and DISLIKES about MASS MEDIA
SPEAKING ACTIVITIES
Do you like reading newspaper?
Do you like watching TV?
Do you like listening to music?
LIKES and DISLIKES about MASS MEDIA

5. ADJECTIVES TO DECRIBE VOCABULARY Terrific (adj) /tə’rɪfɪk/: wonderful
You look terrific in that dress.
That’s terrific news!
Fantastic (adj) /fæn’tæstɪk/: great, very good
be/ feel/ look/ smell/ sound/ taste + fantastic
really/quite + fantastic
We had a really fantastic holiday.

6. Exciting (adj) /ɪk’saɪtɪŋ/: very interesting
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.
All right (adj):
- acceptable, OK
Is the coffee all right?
- only just good enough
Your work is all right but I’m sure you could do better.

7. USEFUL EXPRESSIONS TO ASK FOR OPINIONS TO GIVE OPINIONS I think that…
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,…

8. TO EXPRESS LIKES & DISLIKES
Write these phrases in the correct order on the chart below to express likes and dislikes:
I don’t like
I really like
I quite 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
100%
+ Positive
Neutral
50%
- Negative 0%

9. Make questions and answers about the MASS MEDIA.
Activity 1
Make questions and answers about the MASS MEDIA.

10. Example Well, I think that they are terrific!
What do you think about our TV programs?

11. Work with a partner. Use the prompts given:
What do you think about
our 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
terrific
pretty good
I’d say that
pretty bad
In my opinion,
terrible

12. Work in groups. Ask and answer questions:
Activity 2
Work in groups. Ask and answer questions:
What kinds of mass media do you often watch, listen to, or read?
What do you like or dislike about them?

13. Adjectives to Describe
Example
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?

14. Activity 3
Report to the whole class on a movie, a TV program, a story, or a book you have recently watched or read

15. Suggested Outline The title of movie, book, .. What is it about?
Did you like it or not?