Learning goals

During News Flash, you are going to develop your listening comrepehension and speaking skills by listening to news, fake news and current events.. You will discuss these events with your classmates, where you will learn how to differ them from your own opinions.

The main skills that you will improve are listening, adaptation, speaking and discussing. You will show your skills by taking two tests:

A digital listening comprehension, vocabulary and grammar test
A spoken test where you discuss and motivate your opinions concerning news items

Lessons

Spoken test: NEWS FLASH

NEWS FLASH is a local show where current events meet thoughtful conversation.

In an age where information is just a click away, how do we know what to trust? How do we separate fact from fiction? Reliable sources from the noise? These are the questions we’ll be discussing together on the show. NEWS FLASH is an interactive experience, where your voices are just as important as the stories themselves.

You are going to participate in NEWS FLASH, a ~15 minute conversation with another student, where you are going to discuss artificial Intelligence (AI), news, fake news, social media and deepfakes.

Before participating in NEWS FLASH, you will need to research a news item and prepare to be able to:

Bring an example of a news item
Describe the news item
Explain if we can trust it and not
Actively participate in a discussion with a classmate

Grammar: modal verbs

Modal verbs help convey attitudes, possibilities, obligations, permissions, and more, allowing us to communicate more precisely

Learning helps you: keep a conversation going and to add new perspectives

Modal verbs grammar practice

Worksheet folder

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