English Unlimited HAK/HUM 3, Schulbuch mit Audio-CD und CD-ROM (mit Handelskorrespondenz)

Fact or fiction? 9 Media around the world 01 LANGUAGE SKILLS EXPLORE LOOK AGAIN EXTRAS You are going to interview a classmate about his / her use of media. Put together a questionnaire using the following prompts. 1 prefer /TV, radio, books, internet? 2 read / anything / at the moment? 3 read / anything interesting / recently? 4 TV series / follow/ at the moment? a SPEAKING 8 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Do you prefer TV, radio, books or the internet? Which of these do you use when you need to get information? the internet reference books newspapers magazines advertisements print encyclopedias a READING 10 Work in pairs and use your questionnaire to interview each other. Tell the class about your partner’s answers and preferences. You have read an online blog about the TV viewing habits of young people and decide to write a blog entry about your own viewing habits. In your blog entry (100–120 words), you should: describe your viewing habits. mention at least two different programmes. explain what you like about them. b WRITING 9 Which do you tend to trust? Why? Read the article. Match paragraphs 1–4 to subheadings a–d. a Can we believe what we read on the internet? c The difficulty of knowing what to believe b Can we believe what we read on paper? d A surprise online discovery b 11 Can you believe what you read? (1) When Mike Scott, a singer, read the page about himself on Wikipedia.com, he noticed several facts were wrong. So he started correcting them online. When he got to the end of the page, he looked up and saw that the information at the top of the page was changing back again. He couldn’t believe his eyes. He wrote about it in his blog and minutes later, he got a message from a complete stranger. e person explained that he was a big fan of Mike Scott and maintained the Mike Scott Wikipedia page. He checked the page regularly, and if any facts changed, he immediately changed them back. 5 like /watching TV programmes from other countries? 6 hear / any important news today? 7 see / anything good on TV in the last week? Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv