Related pages :

 Newspapers + Media + Freedom


Vocabulary :

  • Idioms Found in the News!
    "Idioms are everywhere in American life. Here's a collection of idioms (with definitions) found in popular newspapers & magazines."
    (eslmania.com)

 

Listening :

  • Mary (B&B owner in France)  : the press in Great Britain
    "Mary details the different British newspapers : informative vs. scandal press / tabloids."
    (audio-lingua.eu)
  • NEW MP3 about the Royal Family by Mary (B&B owner in France)
    (audio-lingua.eu)

    - Mary : the Royal Family love affairs and the media
    "Love affairs have always existed throughout history but the media and the press have played a major role over the last decades."

    - Mary : the Royal Family and the scandal press
    "Mary talks about the celebrity status of the Royal Family, among others. The paparazzi love it !"

  • World News Stories
    "A news reporter summarizes today's top "unusual" stories."
    I. Pre-Listening Exercises
    II. Listening Exercises
    III. Post-Listening Exercises
    (esl-lab.com)

 

Facts :

  • William Randolph Hearst: Mythical media bogeyman
    "William Randolph Hearst lives on 60 years after his death as the mythical bogeyman of American journalism, the personification of the field's most egregious impulses...
    As Hearst envisioned it, the "journalism of action" was to be a sustained force, defined by activism on many fronts and fuelled by frequent doses of self-promotion and self-congratulation."
    (BBC)


    "Citizen Kane - played by Orson Welles (centre)
    - was loosely based on Hearst"

    "Hearst portrayed as a spoilt child about
    to break his doll in a 1930 cartoon"

     

    William Randolph Hearst (April 29, 1863 – August 14, 1951)
    "was an American newspaper magnate and leading newspaper publisher...
    Acquiring more newspapers, Hearst created a chain that numbered nearly 30 papers in major American cities at its peak.
    He later expanded to magazines, creating the largest newspaper and magazine business in the world."
    (Wikipedia)


    Hearst Castle with the Neptune Pool 

     

  • PRESS TITANS :

    Clash of the press titans
    "The actions of Rupert Murdoch's newspaper group have drawn the wrath of Westminster, but this is not the first time that politicians have done battle with mighty press barons."
    - Stanley Baldwin v Lords Rothermere and Beaverbrook
    - Harold Wilson v Cecil King
    - Herbert Asquith v Lord Northcliffe
    - Clement Attlee v Lord Beaverbrook
    - Hearst: The definitive baron
    + AUDIO
    (BBC)

     

  • SPEAKEASY MAGAZINE - à feuilleter en ligne (speakeasy-mag.com)

 

 

  • The strange decline of the paperboy
    "People in many areas of the country struggle to get a newspaper delivered.
    It's the burning issue in the world of the newsagent - where did all the newspaper boys and girls go?"
    (BBC)

 

 

INTERACTIVE exercises :

  • Reading the News - News Stories (eslmania.com)
    "Reading newspaper and magazine articles is a fabulous way to improve your vocabulary
     you ll learn new words, idioms, and expressions... Here are three news stories for you.
    We define the vocabulary words for you and provide some quiz questions to test your comprehension."
  • Newspapers - Find the definition. (BBC)




  • Commenting on a press article (Yvan Baptiste)
    "Voici une série d'exercices qui vous permettront de mémoriser une série d'expressions à utiliser pour commenter un article de presse en anglais.
    Il s'agit de remettre dans l'ordre des éléments afin de reconstituer une phrase compréhensible."

 

Exercises TO PRINT :

  • Newspapers - Worksheets
    ex : News headlines :
    "Match the headline to the picture and the section."
    (teachit.co.uk)

 

Lesson plans :

  • 03 May is World Press Freedom Day.
    "Practise your English while you learn about press censorship.
    Take a look at the article, story ('Farenheit 451' by Ray Bradbury), word game, cartoon, poll, trivia and links."
    (British Council)

 

  • Séquence : Mad for Ads - Niveau 3ème (Ac. Lille)
    "Il s'agit ici d'une publicité pour le journal "The Guardian", en noir et blanc, extraite de "Mad for Ads" éditée chez Nathan. L'intérêt de ce support réside entre autres dans son authenticité et également dans le thème qu'il développe
    (La presse britannique, l'influence qu'elle peut avoir, la notion de point de vue)...
    Dans cette exploitation, nous nous sommes efforcés de mettre en relief des stratégies d'apprentissage de la compréhension orale qui soient transférables à d'autres supports. Nous avons choisi de traiter ce support avec une classe de 3ème dans une perspective d'approfondissement linguistique et culturel...
    La totalité des activités proposées dans cette séquence relève des niveaux B1/B2 tels qu'ils sont définis dans le Cadre Européen Commun de Référence.

  • Current events! (Education World) :
    "Using the news" - whether in the form of the daily newspaper, TV news reports, or classroom discussions of important events"

 

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