FILE 5A

WHAT´S ON?

YOUR TV HABITS

Your tv habits from paulokagomez

TYPES OF TV PROGRAMMES

BRITISH TV

British television broadcasting has a range of different organisations broadcasting multiple channels. Have a look here to know all there is to know about them!! And then try the listening activity below. 

TV Guide: TV Channels and Programming

BOB´S BURGERS: Time to watch real TV in class!!

Bob´s Burgers is a American animated sitcom which centers on the Belchers - parents Bob and Linda and their children Tina, Gene and Louise - who run a hamburger restaurant. It was first broadcast on January 2011 and in 2013 it was ranked as one of the top 60 greatest TV cartoons of all time!!

Here is the funny episode we worked with in class. You can watch it again because I do think it is hillarious!! You can also enjoy the whole series on the Fox website. 

LET´S WATCH THE NEWS

I would like to continue with this unit with a news broadcast, of course. Watch the video and try the activity!!

You are going to listen to the news headlines from “Worthing Herald”, a local newspaper from Worthing, which is a large seaside town in West Sussex, England. Listen and tick ONLY the things they mention. Then, listen again and put them into the correct order. 

	a.      Weather in town
	b.      Worthing top five football players
	c.       A real clown for the day
	d.      7 workers from local bookshop to be made redundant
	e.      Sports this week
	f.        Potholes affecting Worthing roads
	g.      Police reward for finding robber
	h.      Extra money from government to repair train station

Before moving onto our next issue, fancy trying this game about newspapers? You will need to use both your mobile and computer this time!!. 

Click on the link above and start playing. Go to kahoot.it on your mobile and enter the gamepin you will see on your computer screen. Then, choose a nickname and just follow the instructions. Have as much fun as we did in class today!!

BRITISH NEWSPAPERS

There are a wide range of different newspaper types and formats that have been used throughout the years, but a few dominate in the UK. These are generally the broadsheet and the tabloid. While both of these newspaper formats have become synonymous with the content within, tabloids generally being sensationalised and broadsheets reporting on more serious news, they are actually just different standards for the printing of the newspaper. Tabloids are smaller and do not need to be folded horizontally like a broadsheet. On the other end, broadsheets are very large and will usually be folded horizontally when stored, so their size can be somewhat unwieldy. A happy medium between the two, the Berliner format, tends to require folding for storage, but is easier to handle than a full broadsheet format newspaper. 

There is a wide range of newspapers in the UK. National newspapers, regional newspapers and local newspapers are all desinged to help readers find exactly the news they are looking for. With many people turning to major online news sites for national and international news, local newspapers are fulfilling a major role in keeping people up-to-date with the happenings of their home surrounds. Find more information on newspapers all over the UK on this site.

RUPERT MURDOCH: THE LAST MEDIA TYCOON

Rupert Murdcoh is an Australian American business magnate. Murdoch became managing director of Australia's News Limited, inherited from his father, in 1952. He is the founder, Chairman and CEO of global media holding company News Corporation, the world's second-largest media conglomerate, and its successors News Corp and 21st Century Fox after the conglomerate split on 28 June 2013.

In the 1950s and '60s, he acquired various newspapers in Australia and New Zealand, before expanding into the United Kingdom in 1969, taking over the News of the World followed closely by The Sun. He moved to New York in 1974 to expand into the US market, but retained interests in Australia and Britain. In 1981, he bought The Times, his first British broadsheet, and became a naturalised US citizen in 1985. 

In 1986, keen to adopt newer electronic publishing technologies, he consolidated his UK printing operations in Wapping, causing bitter industrial disputes. His News Corporation acquired Twentieth Century Fox (1985), HarperCollins (1989) and The Wall Street Journal (2007). He formed BSkyB in 1990 and during the 1990s expanded into Asian networks and South American television. By 2000 Murdoch's News Corporation owned over 800 companies in more than 50 countries with a net worth of over $5 billion.

In July 2011 Murdoch faced allegations that his companies, including the News of the World, owned by News Corporation, had been regularly hacking the phones of celebrities, royalty and public citizens. He faces police and government investigations into bribery and corruption by the British government and FBI investigations in the US. On 21 July 2012, Murdoch resigned as a director of News International. In 2014, Murdoch was inducted into the Television Hall of Fame for his contributions in the field of television.

Join this site for a reading activity about Rupert Murdoch and then enjoy the video below. 

LEARNING THE PRESENT PERFECT  WITH U2!!

WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PRESENT PERFECT AND SIMPLE PAST?

Most of you should remember the difference very well from previous years... but just in case, here are some more exercises on the difference between present perfect and simple past. Let´s catch up soon!!

GONE VS. BEEN TO

Gone is the usual past participle of the verb go. Sometimes you use the past participle been when you want to say that you have gone somewhere and come back, or to say that you have visited somewhere. Have a look at this website for further practice.