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.
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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