Online dating

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-12445814

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Une vidéo de la BBC sur dating and flirting

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the press

To understand a press article
here are a few steps

1° Analyse and understand the headline: it is made to grab the reader and is not always clear at first sight (or reading)
Headlines are written in bold and are typically larger than the press release text. Conventional press release headlines are present-tense and exclude "a" and "the" as well as forms of the verb "to be" in certain contexts. So you will have to make up the missing words.

2° The lead, or first sentence, should grab the reader and say concisely what is happening. The next 1-2 sentences then expand upon the lead. Usually you have the main idea presented in the first paragraph (two to three sentences). It must actually sum up the press release and the further content must elaborate it.

3° Then you will find examples of facts or people that will illustrate your point.

4° This main idea will be further analysed and explained in the following paragraphs.

REMEMBER
The journalist always adopts a point of view.
It is important, in your analysis, to try and see what side the journalist backs (supports), not to say that he (or she) is biaised, but to explain why some facts are hammered out while others are left unsaid.


You can try this quiz
And of course learn the vocabulary
You'll find some basic words and concepts used in the press.

A gap filling exercice to learn some new words that are often used in Headlines (answers at the bottom of the page)

Another page with vocabulary, and questions.

Last a second quiz to master the vocabulary used to talk about the press

what press?

From wikipedia

A newspaper is a lightweight and disposable publication (more specifically, a periodical), usually printed on low-cost paper called newsprint. It may be general or special interest, and may be published daily, weekly, biweekly, monthly, bimonthly, or quarterly.

General-interest newspapers are usually journals of current news on a variety of topics. Those can include political events, crime, business, sports, and opinions (either editorials, columns, or political cartoons). Many also include weather news and forecasts. Newspapers increasingly use photographs to illustrate stories; they also often include comic strips and other entertainment, such as crosswords.

Broadsheet is the largest of the various newspaper formats and is characterized by long vertical pages (typically 22 inches / 559 millimetres or more). The term derives from types of popular prints usually just of a single sheet, sold on the streets and containing various types of material, from ballads to political

In the UK, major daily broadsheet is distributed nationwide, and two on a Sunday:

• The Daily Telegraph/Sunday Telegraph; broadly right-wing
• The Sunday Times broadly centre-right

The Financial Times is also printed in a broadsheet format.

The Herald and The Press and Journal are Scottish broadsheets, though the latter is not a true national newspaper as it is mostly just distributed in North-East Scotland.

Almost all major U.S. newspapers are broadsheets, including major publications like:

• The Baltimore Sun
• The Birmingham News
• The Boston Globe
• The Chicago Tribune
• The Charlotte Observer
• The Daily News
• The Dallas Morning News
• The Denver Post
• The Detroit Free Press
• The Florida Times-Union
• The Houston Chronicle
• The Indianapolis Star
• The Los Angeles Times
• The Miami Herald
• The New Orleans Times-Picayune
• The New York Law Journal
• The New York Sun
• The New York Times
• The Philadelphia Inquirer
• The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
• The Plain Dealer
• The Providence Journal
• The Seattle Times
• The Wall Street Journal
• The Washington Post
• USA Today

The term tabloid is used to describe newspapers with comparatively small pages, although there is no standard for the precise dimensions of a tabloid. It is also used, sometimes pejoratively, to describe a newspaper that provides a treatment of the news that is simplistic or sensationalist, often with a focus on personalities and gossip, and much less detailed coverage of topics such as politics and economics than is offered by newspapers regarded as more serious.
They are often perceived as sensationalist in contrast to broadsheets. Examples include The Sun, The National Enquirer, The Star Magazine, New York Post, the Chicago Sun-Times, The Globe.

A PLAY? YOU SAID A PLAY?

Start with a recap on what they know on punctuation

Then vocabulary input thanks to this matching exercice

C Ponctuation Matching exercice, then try to think of different emotions or features in speech.

WHAT?	HOW	USED TO EXPRESS.......
1. Colon	a) .
2. Comma	b) ,
3. Exclamation mark	c) ;
4. Ellipsis	d) ...
5. Full stop	e) :
6. Into brackets	f) ''
7.Inverted comma/ quote	g) !
8.Question mark	h) ?
9. Semi-colon	i) ( )

Then we have to find an exercice where punctuation changes the meaning of a sentence.

He said you were stupid!

He said" You were stupid"

what?

what!

Texte sur Project page 112

picture description

highlight in different colours the punctuation used in the speech of the different characters.

Underline the stage directions

Look at the punctuation

Imagine the emotions, the feeling

Imagine the argument

Role play

Read the dialogue

Were you right or wrong in your hypotheses?

What is it all about?

Play out the dialogue