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Practice 1 Words Can Heal

Family and community environment
Social language practice: Expresses support and sympathy while facing an everyday issue.

In this practice, you will learn to make a public
service announcement (PSA) about an issue
Warm-up stage in the school community .

1. Have a look at the following
printed ad, while looking
carefully at the image.
Things I know. Planning our product
• Answer the following questions.
a. What is the point raised by
the message?
b. Why do you believe it
was created?
c. What problem is being
addressed? Why?

d. What other problems can be
addressed by means of an ad?
e. What problems do you and
Remember
your classmates face in your
In the UK, PSAs are
daily lives? (PIFs).
known as Public
Information Films
session 1 2. Share and discuss the answers to the previous questions.

Exchange points of view about…

I think the problem addressed is that one should
a. the problem addressed in the
previous activity.
b. its target audience. respect whether or not others accept one.
c. the purpose of the message.
I quite agree. However, I don’t get why this message
• Look at the example. was created nor the people for whom it was created.

Well, it seems that it may be for a general
audience. As for the why, I have no idea.

I think the message was created to raise awareness of this issue.
It’s not usually discussed, but I think people these days want to be
accepted by everyone, even though that’s not possible.

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