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WARM UP

GUESSING GAME
WHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT?

1. The large system of
connected
computers around
the world that allows
people to share
information and
communicate with
each other

INTERNET

2. A thing that provides a lot of programes such as:
films, game shows, news… Most of families also have
it

TELEVISION

3. A thing used for listening to the music and
news from many channels such as FM, VOV1,
VOV2 …

RADIO

4. A sheet of paper
containing news,
articles,
advertisements …
printed daily or
weekly

NEWSPAPER

5. A kind of book
with large pages
containing colorful
photographs,
advertisements,
news, stories … on
special subject

MAGAZINE

6. What you can find
a lot in the library?

BOOK

MASS MEDIA

Thursday, November 9th 2023

Unit 4: The mass media
GETTING STARTED
The mass media in our life

Activity 1: Listen and read silently

Vocabulary:
- Tablet PC (n):

Máy tính bảng

- Print newspaper (n):

Báo in

- Online newspaper (n):

Báo điện tử

- Digital device (n):
Thiết bị số
Smartphone,
smart TV,
laptop
digital devices.
- Eg:
Subcribe
(v):
Đặt
mua are
dài hạn
- Enomous (adj):

Very
bigkhổng
/ hugelồ
To lớn,

Nghiện, say mê
- Be addicted to smt:
Eg: I think many students are addicted to Facebook.

Activity 2 + 4: Answer the questions.

1. What are the people around Nam and Lan doing?
2. Why did Minh's father subscribe to fewer print
newspapers and magazines?
3. How had Minh's grandpa accessed the Internet
before he was given a tablet PC?
4. What is the reason that older people don't want to
use the Internet according to Lan?
5. What does Nam think of Lan's use of social media
and the Internet?

Game: Secret in the ball

Question

Game: “Secret in the ball”

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9

Choose a ball

5

Question 1

Why did Minh's father
subscribe to fewer print
newspapers and
magazines?
Because everyone in
his house can read the
news on their digital
devices.

Time

Open

Shoot

Question 2
What does Nam think of
Lan's use of social media
and the Internet?
Time

Open

He thinks that she is
addicted to social
media and relies too
much on the
Internet.
Shoot

Question 3
What are the people
around Nam and Lan
doing?
Time

Open

They are chatting,
sending messages or
searching for news.

Shoot

Question 4
Match and explain
its meaning:
with
Search
for

Time

Search for: tìm
kiếm
Open

Shoot

A lucky ball

10 points

Open

Shoot

Question 6
What is the reason that
older people don't want
to use the Internet
according to Lan?
Time

Open

She thinks that they
may not understand
the benefits of online
information.

Shoot

Question 7
How had Minh's
grandpa accessed the
Internet before he was
given a tablet PC?
Time

Open

He had used the
computers in the
local library to
access the Internet.
Shoot

A lucky ball

20 points

Open

Shoot

Question 9
Match and explain
its meaning:
with
Connect
for

Time

Connect with: kết
nối với
Open

Shoot

Activity 3: Complete the table with the appropriate words and phrases
smartphones, newspapers, magazines, chatting, tablet PCs, sending messages,
radio, TV DVDs, reading online newspapers, accessing the Internet, computers,
social media,
,
searching for news, the Internet.

Digital devices The mass media

Online activities

Activity 5 : Read the following
sentences. Underline the verbs. What
tenses are they in?

He had already started using the computers in
the local library to access the Internet when
Minh's dad bought him a tablet PC four months
ago.

Activity 5 : Read the following sentences. Underline the verbs. What
tenses are they in?

He had already started using the computers in the local library to access
Past perfect
( This action happened first)
the Internet when Minh's dad bought him a tablet PC four months ago.
Past simple

Extra excercise

1. The ____ involves TV, radio and even electronic forms of communication such as the
Internet.
A. media
B. press
C. network
D. telecommunication
2. Linda only ____ the film after she ____ the book.
A. understood – read
B. understood - had read
C. had understood – read
D. understood - was reading
3. Smartphones, tablets, laptops and desktop computers are all_______.
A. instant messaging
B. digital devices
C. social networking D. blog
4. Yesterday evening I ________ a terrible accident.
B. had witnessed
B. have witnessed
C. witnessed
D. witness
5. What ____ to you on Sunday night?
A. happen
B. happened C. was happening
D. would happen

Consolidation

After this lesson, you can:
- Know the topic and vocabulary related to the use of the mass media
in our life.
- Review 2 grammar points (preposition after certain verbs and the past
perfect with the past simple tenses).
At home:
- Learn new words.
- Make sentences with two phrases: Search for and Connect to.
- Review the past simple & past perfect.
- Prepare Language lesson.