Anglistics Study Programme CE 7 Contemporary English Language

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Anglistics Study Programme CE 7 – Contemporary English Language Usage WEEK 8 Anglistics Study

Anglistics Study Programme CE 7 – Contemporary English Language Usage WEEK 8 Anglistics Study Programme www. singidunum. ac. rs/admission

Anglistics Study Programme PLAN - Introduce the topic (media consumption, media literacy, selective perception,

Anglistics Study Programme PLAN - Introduce the topic (media consumption, media literacy, selective perception, sharing news) - Reading task (reading for gist, reading for specific information) -Text analysis – developing strategies how to: • understand the explicit meaning of the text • infer meaning from the text • use linguistic knowledge aspects in reading Lexical analysis – explaining/ defining and expanding on Anglistics Study Programme vocabulary www. singidunum. ac. rs/admission

Anglistics Study Programme VARSITY - Cambridge’s Independent Student Newspaper since 1947 How language changes…

Anglistics Study Programme VARSITY - Cambridge’s Independent Student Newspaper since 1947 How language changes… WORD ON THE STREET Cambridge Dictionary has named ‘upcycling’, the activity of making new items out of old or used things, as its Word of the Year for 2019. The number of times the noun, which may be familiar to students, has been looked up on the Cambridge Dictionary website has risen by 181% since December of 2011, and searches doubled in the last year. The Publishing Manager stated that it reflects “the momentum around individual actions to combat climate change”. Anglistics Study Programme www. singidunum. ac. rs/admission

Anglistics Study Programme ARTICLE: The lack of diversity in journalism is a crisis, says

Anglistics Study Programme ARTICLE: The lack of diversity in journalism is a crisis, says Huff Post Executive Editor Jess Brammar Reading for gist: Scan the text and answer the following questions: 1. What is the article about? 2. What does Jess Brammer discuss in the interview? 3. What is her opinion on modern media production and consumption? Anglistics Study Programme www. singidunum. ac. rs/admission

Anglistics Study Programme Reading for specific information: Handout 1, Task 2 Anglistics Study Programme

Anglistics Study Programme Reading for specific information: Handout 1, Task 2 Anglistics Study Programme www. singidunum. ac. rs/admission

Anglistics Study Programme Using facts in order to interpret the text We can analyse

Anglistics Study Programme Using facts in order to interpret the text We can analyse the text and what has been explicitely said if we ask the following questions: - who, when, what, where, how (be careful with questions starting with how and what!) These questions provide us with the facts, and the answers to these questions are explicitely stated. - Look at the questions from Task 2! Do they all refer to these types of questions and explicitely stated asnwers? Explain! Anglistics Study Programme www. singidunum. ac. rs/admission

Anglistics Study Programme BASIC VOCABULARY KNOWLEDGE IN READING COMPREHENSION Adjective Noun verb deluge volatile

Anglistics Study Programme BASIC VOCABULARY KNOWLEDGE IN READING COMPREHENSION Adjective Noun verb deluge volatile to clamour clickbait sheer to grapple with Anglistics Study Programme abuse awash to rue www. singidunum. ac. rs/admission

Anglistics Study Programme APPLYING VOCABULARY KNOWLEDGE IN READING COMPREHENSION - Replace the underlined lexical

Anglistics Study Programme APPLYING VOCABULARY KNOWLEDGE IN READING COMPREHENSION - Replace the underlined lexical items with their synonymous equivalents (Handout 1, Task 3) Anglistics Study Programme www. singidunum. ac. rs/admission

Anglistics Study Programme READING STRATEGIES: INFERRING - Inference skill is extremely important - it

Anglistics Study Programme READING STRATEGIES: INFERRING - Inference skill is extremely important - it is a higher order thinking skill. - It allows us access to the deepest levels of comprehension. - The usefulness and consequences are farreaching – not only does ‘a finely tuned ability to infer’ have important applications in different subject areas, but it also transcends the walls of the formal education (workplace, understanding Anglistics Study Programme of the world, interactions with others on personal, social, and business levels). www. singidunum. ac. rs/admission

Anglistics Study Programme Practicing inferences in reading comprehension Handout 1, Task 4 Anglistics Study

Anglistics Study Programme Practicing inferences in reading comprehension Handout 1, Task 4 Anglistics Study Programme www. singidunum. ac. rs/admission

Anglistics Study Programme MIND THE FOLLOWING LEXICAL ITEMS Digital newsrooms At our fingertips Within

Anglistics Study Programme MIND THE FOLLOWING LEXICAL ITEMS Digital newsrooms At our fingertips Within sight of a screen In reach of a smartphone blue-blooded print organisations solid on-the-ground reporting hustle and bustle Risk of news fatigue Ubiquity on Feeling detached Lose sight of Anglistics Study Programme www. singidunum. ac. rs/admission To build up following on social media

Anglistics Study Programme - ‘’We have more news. . ’’ - ‘’. . .

Anglistics Study Programme - ‘’We have more news. . ’’ - ‘’. . . since starting out on BBC Question Time’’ (what is BBC Question Time? Which gramamtical element helped you decipher it? ) - ‘’seems kind of crazy’’, - ’’so I think you sort of have to look for’’ Anglistics Study Programme www. singidunum. ac. rs/admission

Anglistics Study Programme EXPANDING ON VOCABULARY 1. Example: post-truth. Think of other compound nouns

Anglistics Study Programme EXPANDING ON VOCABULARY 1. Example: post-truth. Think of other compound nouns containing truth as the second (or first element)! 2. fake vs false (fake news) 3. ensure vs insure 4. editor/ executive editor/ news editor/ deputy editor/ head of news/ features editor 5. media landscape/ consumption/ literacy, news market/ news industry/ news story/ news fatigue/ news channel/ newsroom/ news gathering methods 6. among vs amongst 7. Example: gender-based. Think of other compound nouns containing based/ gender as the second (or first element)! 8. diversity vs diversifying 10. flip side/ on the flipside/ flip one’s lip/ flip out/ flip through something/ to flip classroom/ flip-flop (n, vb) Anglistics Study Programme www. singidunum. ac. rs/admission

Anglistics Study Programme The power of digital journalism https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=nhr. ZHRq.

Anglistics Study Programme The power of digital journalism https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=nhr. ZHRq. Ua. T 0 Anglistics Study Programme www. singidunum. ac. rs/admission

Anglistics Study Programme HOMEWORK FOR WEEK 9 - Vocabulary task - Read the article

Anglistics Study Programme HOMEWORK FOR WEEK 9 - Vocabulary task - Read the article (Document: Homework, Week 9) Anglistics Study Programme www. singidunum. ac. rs/admission