Discuss the following warm-up questions:
- Which do you think is better: Getting your news from the TV or reading your news? Why?
- What are some of the biggest problems facing the world today? How do these problems affect the news?
Watch and discuss:
- Your teacher will open this link: TED
- As a class, choose a video that looks interesting.
- Watch the video that you choose. Make sure to listen carefully for unfamiliar words. Your teacher will add these to the vocabulary document.
- Discuss the news story with each other. Some questions to consider: what does this mean for you? What does it mean for your country? What does it mean for the world? How can this issue be resolved? These are just questions to get you speaking, so make sure to ask more!