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Practice 4



              Running
              the Show


              Activity 1 Warm-up stage
              • This practice involves talking
               about TV. There are two
               components: first, talking
               about reactions, emotions and
               impressions and being able
               to convey the reasons for such
               reactions ( as they can be more
               of a feeling than a rational issue).
               The second component is
               being able to talk about mass
               media in general. In order to do
               so, it is necessary to broaden
               students’ repertoire of words and
               expressions about mass media.

              • If you and your students have
               restricted access to mass
               media, this practice could be
               difficult. We have included
               the transcripts of some TV
               programs in the Reader’s Book.
               Given the expected learning
               outcomes, it might be difficult to
               cover this practice if you have
               no access to a TV. However,
               writing notes about impressions
               and reactions can be done with other artistic works, which can be used as a last-resort substitute. However,
               we strongly suggest using alternatives based on TV even if access itself can be difficult. For instance, you
               could use screenshots and audio recordings of programs (which, since they are for educational purposes,
               can be used free of copyright issues).
              • One way to adapt this brainstorming session is to link it with actual TV programs which substantiate the
               different concepts listed.
              • Help your students with the concepts, if they still don’t understand them. Try to focus more on
               brainstorming the technical aspects of the programs, rather than on the names of actors or show titles.

              Activity 2
              • Your students may substitute this with a program broadcast in their first language. However, this will make
               it difficult to analyze some important features (especially grammatical and phonetic) which are readily
               available in English broadcasts. If resources are available, you may use the recording of a TV series (which
               are for sale in either digital or physical formats).
              • When watching a TV series, though quite tempting, refrain from activating subtitles (and tell your students
               to turn them off). This can be difficult even at higher levels of proficiency but it’s really useful.






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