Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
December 2009
Level ≥ Advanced
Style ≥ Individual or group activities
Welcome to the Guardian Weekly’s special news-based materials to support learners and teachers of
English. Each month, the Guardian Weekly newspaper selects topical news articles that can be used to
practise English language skills. The materials are graded for two levels: Advanced and Lower Intermediate.
These worksheets can be downloaded free from guardianweekly.co.uk/learningenglish/. You can also
find more advice for teachers and learners on the site
Materials prepared by Janet Hardy-Gould
Family drama ... the opening scenes from Pat Mills’s story about political corruption in Iran
b I sometimes/often/never look at comic strips in e A typical comic book story usually involves …
newspapers because …
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News-based English language activities from the global newspaper Page 2
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2 The article is about a new collection of comic stories London. He is convinced that comics, in these
published in the UK. Look at the headline, picture days of information overload, can play an impor-
and caption of the article. Underline the words that tant role in getting people angry. “Comics can
you think might describe the new collection. grapple with these big questions very provoca-
tively and they lodge in people’s minds better,
political, serious, light-hearted, trivial, subversive, somehow, than the constant images we see on
TV and on the internet. We want to engage with
international, childish, provocative, hilarious, powerful people and get them to feel that they can actually
. make a difference.”
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Sentence 2
2 a set up b engage with c grapple d politicise e fight f expose g make h play They want to create a new generation of young activists.
f general pessimism 2 a They hope to politicise young people and make them angry about corruption.
1 a appearances b destruction c too much information d stay e embarrassing 1 a N (1) b Y (2) c N (3) d Y (5) e Y (6) f N (7) g N (8) h Y (8)
While reading
After reading
f Humour, passion, anger and hope. powerful
e Embarrassing examples of past attempts to engage with serious issues. 2 Possible answers: political, serious, subversive, international, provocative,
d The big questions can lodge in people’s minds better. Before reading
corruption, China – corruption.
c Columbia – brutality/murder, Congo – ravaging of natural resources, Iran – Answers
b Because it has a rich and subversive history.