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Slide 2 : Warm up : Who said what? Before reading Bloomberg’s article on Argentina’s new media bill check how much you know about it.
1) Decide if the following statements are True or False, then read the article and check.
Luis Petcoff Naidenoff of the Radical Civic Union party, said the aim of the bill was to create a plurality of voices.__
Fernandez said Clarin holds 60 percent of Argentina’s radio, television and cable licenses. __
Carlos Fara said this bill is very important because it will allow the government to control the press and its influence on public opinion.__
Daniel Vila, president of closely held Uno Medios, a media company based in the Western province of Mendoza, said the bill would lead to lawsuits if companies are forced to sell licenses.___
Senator Nicolas Fernandez said the media has to be a vehicle for portraying reality and not building its own.__ Reading comprehension: Politics, Argentine Media Bill (Upper-intermediate)
Slide 3 : 2) Match the following headings to its corresponding paragraphs in the text.
A) ‘Stigmatized’ ___
B) ‘Indirect Expropriation’ ___
C) “Hidden Goal?” ___
Slide 4 : Comprehension Check:
3) Complete the following information about the text.
Explain the following statement: “Clarin is being stigmatized for political purposes,”
Summarise the Bill’s new measures on broadcast operations. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
c) In your own words: explain Clarin shares’ performance at the Stock Exchange Market from August 27th to October 9th.
Slide 5 : Grammar: Past Modals. Modal verb + have + past participle.
“Some lawmakers said the decision should have been delayed until a new Congress -- one Fernandez won’t control -- takes office in December.”
5) Tick the right uses for Past Modals:
Possibility__ possibility about a past situation__ obligation__ deduction__ Advice about a past situation__ advice __deduction about a past situation__
6) Which of the uses above for past modals are being used in the example from the text?
7) Choose the correct forms of the words in italics and decide the use.
a) You should have completed /must have completed the planning phase before you started executing the project.
b) There must have been /should have been some mistake, those are not the plans.
c) He might have been/ must have been there but there were so many people that I can’t stay for sure.
Slide 6 : Vocabulary work:
4) Match the following definitions and synonyms to a corresponding word from the text.
1) To promote :__________ (part a)
2) To contradict :_______________ (part b)
3) Medium for radio and television broadcasting: ________ (part c)
4) Reveal: _____________ (part d)
5) The most important one in a group: _____________ (part e)
6) Controlling influence :____________ (part f)
7) Causing someone to believe an untruth:______________ (part g)
Slide 7 : 5) Do some research online and find words which collocate or are related to:
Slide 8 : Discussion
What’s your opinion on the New Media Bill? Are you for or against it?
Do you think not finding positive comments about the Media bill on the news or newspapers support the government idea that the press works as a monopoly?
Slide 9 : For joining the class!! Hope you found it useful.
See you!
Ale