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XB2 Unit 1 The mass media
Integrated skills Discussing online news media
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【Learning objectives】
By the end of this section, you will be able to:
1. describe the development of online news media;
2. analyse the advantages and disadvantages of online news media;
3. develop their listening and writing ability
【Learning procedures】
Step 1. Reading
Read the article “The rise of online news media” and finish the following tasks.
Task 1. Please read the first two paragraphs and fill in the table.
The past decades have witnessed the rapid development of online news media.
In the mid-1990s
Newspapers began to publish digital editions on the Internet.
By the end of 1999
Many newspapers in China had set up their online news platforms.
Around the end of 1999
News websites with no print editions sprang up.
Then
We entered the smartphone era.
Task 2. Please read the third paragraph and answer the following questions.
(1). What conclusion does the author draw from para.3?
Technology enables people to get news in various ways, making reading news more personal and comprehensive than before. Online news media may keep rising due to its edge over others.
(2)How has online news media developed over time?
Where people get news has changed a lot over the past 15years. Online media has increased significantly from 30% to over 90%, while print media has decreased dramatically from 70% to only 20%. Broadcast media has changed the least.
Step 2. Listening.
Task 1. Listen to the interview and fill in the blanks in Part B1 on page 9.
Task 2. Listen to the interview again and complete the notes in Part B2 on page 9.
Step 3. Discussion.
Work in pairs to talk about online news media with the help of the questions and expressions in part C on page 10.
Step 4. Writing.
Write an article about online news media. Use your ideas from part C and the information in parts A and B to help you. When you write your article, you should pay a