Study Guide
This site is composed for the use of English teachers and students who would like to teach and learn more about the media.
The materials are divided into three parts:
1. Vocabulary - helps to learn and remember the words.
2. Types of the media - print, broadcast and digital media - provide with the definition, videos and some subjects for discussion.There is a link with useful tips and activities for teachers in Print media section.
3. Exercises - practical tasks that help to remember and revise the learnt material.
The materials have been put together in spring 2016 for educational purposes by Natalja Lavrova, Sigrid Mets and Janika Pannel.
The estimated level of English for the students is intermediate (B1).
The materials meet the requirements of the Estonian National Curriculum for basic schools.
The Media is the part of the following cross-curricular topics:
1) lifelong learning and career planning – the aim is for the pupil to develop into a person who is prepared to learn lifelong, perform different roles in a changing educational, living and work environments and shape his or her life through conscious decisions, including making of reasonable career choices;
2) information environment – the aim is for the pupil to develop into an information-conscious person who senses and is aware of the surrounding information environment, is able to analyze it critically and acts according to his or her aims and society’s communication ethics;
3) technology and innovation – the aim is for the pupil to develop into a person who is well-disposed toward innovation and who knows how to use contemporary technologies for the designated purpose, who copes with the rapidly changing technological living, learning and work environment;
4) values and morals – the aim is for the pupil to develop into a morally advanced person, who knows the generally recognized values and moral principles in society, follows them in school and outside school, who does not remain indifferent when they are flouted, and who intervenes in accordance with his or her abilities when necessary.
The materials are divided into three parts:
1. Vocabulary - helps to learn and remember the words.
2. Types of the media - print, broadcast and digital media - provide with the definition, videos and some subjects for discussion.There is a link with useful tips and activities for teachers in Print media section.
3. Exercises - practical tasks that help to remember and revise the learnt material.
The materials have been put together in spring 2016 for educational purposes by Natalja Lavrova, Sigrid Mets and Janika Pannel.
The estimated level of English for the students is intermediate (B1).
The materials meet the requirements of the Estonian National Curriculum for basic schools.
The Media is the part of the following cross-curricular topics:
1) lifelong learning and career planning – the aim is for the pupil to develop into a person who is prepared to learn lifelong, perform different roles in a changing educational, living and work environments and shape his or her life through conscious decisions, including making of reasonable career choices;
2) information environment – the aim is for the pupil to develop into an information-conscious person who senses and is aware of the surrounding information environment, is able to analyze it critically and acts according to his or her aims and society’s communication ethics;
3) technology and innovation – the aim is for the pupil to develop into a person who is well-disposed toward innovation and who knows how to use contemporary technologies for the designated purpose, who copes with the rapidly changing technological living, learning and work environment;
4) values and morals – the aim is for the pupil to develop into a morally advanced person, who knows the generally recognized values and moral principles in society, follows them in school and outside school, who does not remain indifferent when they are flouted, and who intervenes in accordance with his or her abilities when necessary.
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