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Lesson 28 Television: a wonder or a curse? Listening comprehendion

Lesson 28

Television: a wonder or a curse? Listening comprehendion

Aims and objectives:

• developing skills of critical thinking

• developing basic skills

• developing skills of holding a discussion

• assessing student’s listening comprehension skills

Equipment: writing paper, handouts

Sequence

I. Warming-up

The teacher may either use the warming-up activities described earlier or invent the ones of his / her own.

II. Main part

1. Listening

Listen to the following text, in which a TV critic talks about his preferences. Then fill in the table given below the text, ticking the types of TV programmes Martin prefers and then show your own preferences.

Gordon Martin on TV

As a critic I try to watch and like all kinds of programmes but naturally I have my preferences and my prejudices.

Let me start with my dislikes. First, soap operas. I simply cannot understand why a story like "Dallas” or "Dynasty”, in which every episode is more boring and incredible than the last, can interest people for more than a month or two, but these programmes have been running for years in this country. For the same reasons I dislike many of the American detective series. Sometimes they are quite entertaining and a few have quite good scripts but on the whole they are rather repetitive.

You can always tell when the series writers are running rather short of ideas because the final episodes in these series tend to be the noisiest and the most violent.

The quiz shows, in particular, annoy me. The prizes are not really as good as they seem — they used to be more valuable — and one or two of the hosts and hostesses are quite friendly, but most of them make the participants more nervous than they would normally be.

What do I like then? When I was younger I liked athletic programmes but now I’m getting rather old for that sort of thing, so

I would rather watch something more restful. Some of the plays on TV are quite good and I also like the films, even though a lot of them are rather old. At least good plays and good films give people a deeper understanding of life and are the nearest TV ever gets to being as worthwhile as a good book.

I like documentaries, though some of them require rather more background knowledge than I have for me to enjoy them completely, and current affairs programmes. These are often better than the news because in detailed interviews and debates you are more likely to hear something like the truth than in a short news bulletin.

Well, these are my preferences and prejudices. Why not write and tell me yours?


Listen to the text one more time and note down the reasons why Gordon Martin likes or dislikes certain TV programmes. Are the reasons the same as yours?

2. Speaking

Pair work

Ask you partner the following questions. Then compare your answers.

If they are different, find out why.

1) Some people watch all TV programs, others choose what they like. Which group of TV viewers do you belong to and why?

2) Our life is impossible without TV. Still some people strongly criticize it. What in your opinion can be done to make our TV better?

3) Imagine that you will have to live some time without TV. Will you be very unhappy? What will you find to replace it with?

4) Some parents don’t allow their children to watch TV at all. Do you understand their reasons? Do you agree with them?

5) Imagine that you are asked to make a TV program for Sunday. What programs will you include in it?

6) Do you often listen to the radio? Do you have a favourite radio program? What do you like about it? Are there any programmes that you dislike? Which? What don’t you like about them?

7) Do you belong to people who switch on the radio or TV as soon as they get up in the morning? If yes, why do you do it?

8) Which TV personalities are very popular in your country? Why do you think they are popular?

9) If you were invited to take part in one of the following TV programs, which would you choose and why?

a) "Field of Wonders”

b) "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire”

c) "A Hidden Camera”

Group work

Read the following statements. Which of them do you agree with and which do you disagree with? Add your ideas.

What do you think will happen if there are more TV channels available?

1) The quality of programs is likely to improve.

2) There will probably be fewer differences between channels because they will all imitate the most popular ones.

3) It will be good to be able to choose and watch the sports channel or the news channel.

4) It will be much harder to choose what to watch, and people will keep switching from one channel to another.

5) There will be more advertising on TV as more TV companies will try to make more money from it.

The answers and additional ideas are reported, discussed in the class and noted down.

III. Summary

IV. Homework

Prepare a brief talk abou the TV programme you like.

 

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