Post CPE lesson 19

Lesson 19
Today's lesson was taken from Unit 8 of Language Leader Advanced published by Longman

Journaism & Media Vocabulary
Defamation, Libel (written) Spoken (Slander)
breaking news, to break a story
broadcast media - producer, anchor,
print media - editor, publisher, columnist, tabloid (red tops), broadsheet, to file copy, to put the issue to bed
reporter, correspondent (both print and broadcast media)
to be axed = to be fired
to quit = to resign 
spin (noun), spin doctor, to put a spin on something

Headlines to full sentences – an exercise for grammar words and tenses.

MAN PROPOSES ON PLANE WOMAN ACCEPTS ON GROUND

A MAN PROPOSED TO A WOMAN ON A PLANE AND LATER SHE ACCEPTED HIS OFFER OF MARRIAGE ON THE GROUND

Answers to exercise 10, p. 81

• There has been an increase in the number of fatalities caused by the floods.
• The Minister accused of covering up the truth has resigned.
• Two TV personalities have separated from their respective partners so that they can marry each other.
• Plans have been introduced to limit the sale of unhealthy food.
• The speed limits on national roads are going to/are about to change.
• The Prime Minister promises to cut taxes. 
• A cat saved the life of its owner from a fire in their house.
• The director of the Olympic Committee has been accused of manipulating the outcome of a vote.
• The police investigating a murder are questioning a model.
• A football club manager has been sacked/fired.
• The United Nations has been put under pressure to take action after new fighting broke out/following renewed fighting.   

Here are some hilarious examples of when headline writers get it wrong: http://www.danoah.com/39-hilarious-newspaper-headlines

Corrections

director editor

a news, the news are is, those that information (countable and uncountable)

extramarriage extramarital

too much vulgar
think to about

Homework

Read the article by Simon Jenkins on p. 82 of the handout. Look at questions 2a, 2b and 3 on page 82 which focus on comprehension and content and questions 4 & 5 on page 83 which focus on vocabulary.
See also 
inculcate
redoubt

Going Further

Films about Media & Journalism

Absence of Malice (1981)

All The President's Men (1976)

Network (1976)

Broadcast News (1987)

The Fifth Estate (2013)

The Paper (1994)