Newspapers

The subject of this week’s lesson is newspapers. One of the first mass-produced newspapers was The Times in Britain, which dramatically increased its circulation after starting to use a steam-powered press on 29th November 1814.

Level

Intermediate and above (equivalent to CEF level B1 and above)

Student's WorksheetPDF (76K)DOC (135K)

Teacher's NotesPDF (76K)DOC (18K)

Glossary PDF (77K)DOC (28K)

Related Websites

Send your students to these websites, or just take a look yourself.

http://www.thepaperboy.com/

Quick access to the online content of hundreds of newspapers around the world.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Journalism

The Wikipedia entry for ‘journalism’. Intermediate level and above.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/click_online/6220424.stm

A BBC article (2006) on the competition newspapers are facing from online news sources.