Welcome to The Language of the Media, a booklet designed to introduce you to some of the styles of English you will hear when listening to this.
The aim of this booklet is to help you become a more effective listener in English. So we have identified eight types of programmes or parts of programmes and have created tasks to help you recognise and understand them more easily.
The types of broadcasts we look at are:
The aim of this booklet is to help you become a more effective listener in English. So we have identified eight types of programmes or parts of programmes and have created tasks to help you recognise and understand them more easily.
The types of broadcasts we look at are:
- News headlines
- News reports
- Sports commentaries
- Holiday programmes
- Arts reviews
- Interviews
- Financial reports
- Internet
How to use
Each page relates to a different type of broadcast. On each page you will find a short explanation of the type of broadcast, along with extracts taken from BBC World Service programmes.
After reading the extracts, you will find tasks designed to help you identify the key features of this type of programme or broadcast. You may be asked to look at the grammar or vocabulary of the extracts, or at how information is organised in the text. Answers to these exercises can be found at the back of the booklet.
Following the exercises, you will find an explanation of the key features of the language of this type of programme, along with a follow-up exercise.
On the inside back cover, to help you expand your vocabulary, you will find a glossary of the words which are underlined in the text.
Each page relates to a different type of broadcast. On each page you will find a short explanation of the type of broadcast, along with extracts taken from BBC World Service programmes.
After reading the extracts, you will find tasks designed to help you identify the key features of this type of programme or broadcast. You may be asked to look at the grammar or vocabulary of the extracts, or at how information is organised in the text. Answers to these exercises can be found at the back of the booklet.
Following the exercises, you will find an explanation of the key features of the language of this type of programme, along with a follow-up exercise.
On the inside back cover, to help you expand your vocabulary, you will find a glossary of the words which are underlined in the text.
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We hope you enjoy The Language of the Media and find that the extracts and exercises help improve your listening skills.
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- News headlines
- News reports
- Sports commentaries
- Holiday programmes
- Arts reviews
- Interviews
- Financial reports
- Internet
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