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Opinions on Current Affairs- Vocabulary

A LESSON PLAN FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHERS

Current affairs compound nouns and other news collocations practice through giving opinions speaking and then joining together split collocations.

By: Alex Case
Level: All Levels
Theme: Society
Study Area: Vocabulary
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Lesson Plan Content:


Opinions on current affairs vocabulary

with news and media collocations

Give your opinions on topics from below and/ or using words from below, then check your partner’s opinion on what you said with expressions like “Do you agree?”

  • (un)bias(ed) – balance
  • breaking news/ rolling news/ the 24-hour news cycle
  • (national/ public/ public service/ commercial) broadcasters
  • broadsheet newspapers – tabloid newspapers
  • (coverage of) business and economics
  • cancel culture
  • censorship
  • citizen journalists/ bloggers
  • (BTL/ below the line) comments
  • conspiracy theories/ conspiracy theorists
  • (coverage of) (organised/ violent/ white collar) crime and law
  • different parts of the newspaper (columns, editorials, front page, back pages, horoscope, headlines, captions, letters, crossword, etc)
  • fake news/ misinformation
  • freedom of information/ freedom of speech (leaks, whistleblowers, etc)
  • (celebrity) gossip
  • hate speech
  • health news/ health scares
  • (coverage of) international news/ foreign news/ overseas news
  • investigative news/ scoops
  • keeping up with the (latest/ breaking) news/ staying well-informed
  • left-wing news sources – right-wing news sources
  • (news/ gossip/ scandal) mags/ magazines
  • (mainstream/ alternative) media
  • (coverage of) natural disasters
  • negative things about newspapers/ broadcasters/ journalism/ television news – positive things about…
  • online influencers
  • ownership of media organisations
  • paparazzi
  • (news/ true crime) podcasts
  • (coverage of) (local/ domestic/ international) politics
  • (coverage of) (local/ national) politicians (prime minister, MPs, local councillors, etc)
  • privacy/ data protection
  • (talk/ local/ speech/ AM/ FM/ satellite/ pirate) radio (station)
  • (coverage of) (financial/ sexual/ political) scandals
  • (coverage of) science and technology
  • sensationalism/ alarmism/ scaremongering (health scares, etc)
  • social media
  • sports pages/ back pages
  • switching off
  • (cable/ satellite/ 24-hour news/ terrestrial) television
  • (un)trustworthy

Ask about any vocabulary above which you couldn’t make an opinion on, couldn’t understand, etc, working together to make opinions once you understand.

 

News and media collocations

Without looking above, join beginnings and endings of current affairs vocabulary expressions in each section below.

breaking/ rolling                                                                      affairs

broad                                                                                        comments                      

BTL/ below the line                                                 culture

cable/ satellite/ terrestrial/ 24-hour news                           gossip (mags)  

cancel                                                                                      journalism

celebrity                                                                                   news

citizen                                                                        news

conspiracy                                                                              scandal            

current                                                                                     sheets

domestic/ fake/ international/ local/ foreign         television

financial/ sexual/ political                                                      theories/ theorists

 

free/ hate                                                                                 broadcasters    .

front                                                                                         line

head-                                                                                        media

health                                                                                       news/ papers/ politics/ elections

investigative                                                                            news/ scares

keeping up                                                                              page

left/ right                                                                                  reporting

life                                                                                             speech

local                                                                                         style

mainstream/ alternative/ local/ national                wing

national/ public/ public service/ commercial        with the news

 

natural                                                                                     -blowers

news                                                                                        crime  

news/ gossip/ scandal                                             disasters           

online                                                                        influencers

organised/ violent/ white collar                              informed

scare                                                                                        mags/ magazines

social                                                                         media

sports                                                                        -mongering

switch                                                                        off

talk/ local/ speech/ AM/ FM/ satellite/ pirate       organisations/ sources

well-                                                                                          pages/ results

whistle                                                                        radio (station)

 

Check with the first page.

 

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