外研社2024现代大学英语口语2_第三版_教师用书unit11.docxVIP

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Unit11News

Theme:newsconsumption

LanguageFunctions:askingaboutpreferences,statingpreferences

Objectives:Studentswillbeabletodescribetheirhabitsofconsumingnewsanddevelopfundamentalnewsliteracy.

Warm-up(10’)

Youcanencourageyourstudentstobringnewspapers,preferablyEnglish-languageones,toclassandworkingroupsofthreetofour.Ineachgroup,askstudentstotaketurnsretellinganewsstorythatintereststhem.Encouragegroupmemberstoaskquestionsanddiscussthenewsstory.Alternatively,youcansuggestthatstudentsusetheircellphonestocheckonlinenewsandfollowthesamesteps.

Activity1(30’-40’)

GeneralDescription:Thetopicoftheradioprogramisnewsconsumption,andthehostdiscussesthemultitudeofsourcesavailabletoustoday.Theinternationalstudentsthensharetheirnewssources,withmostrelyingontheinternetandtheirsmartphones.OnestudentprefersTVandradio,whileanotherprefersmagazines.Theydiscusstheimportanceoffindingtrustedsourcesofnewsandthevalueofgettingnewsfrommultiplesources.

TeachingTips:Studentsareexpectedtodescribetheirnewsconsumptionhabits,identifytrustedsourcesofnews,anddevelopbasicnewsliteracy.

Newsliteracyistheabilitytoaccess,analyze,evaluate,andcreatenewsandinformationinvariousformsofmedia.Itinvolvesunderstandinghowtoidentifyaccurateandreliablenewssources,howtocriticallyevaluateinformationpresented,andhowtoengagewithnewsinaresponsibleandinformedway.Newsliteracyisimportantbecauseitenablesindividualstobecomeinformedandengagedcitizenswhocanmakeinformeddecisionsbasedonaccurateandreliableinformation.Intoday’sdigitalage,thereisanoverwhelmingamountofinformationavailable,muchofwhichisfalse,misleading,orbiased.Newsliteracyequipsindividualswiththeskillstonavigatethislandscapeandmakeinformeddecisionsaboutwhatinformat