Business English Lesson on media television

1. Vocabulary television (10m)

be addicted to sth channel-hopping

catchy (chytlav) commercial break

soap opera prime time (hlavn vyslac as)

biased (neobjektivn) a couch potato

to broadcast (!irregular) a/to rerun (reprza, reprzovat)

a remote control
2. Brainstorming tv programmes (10min)

cartoon, quiz show, drama, comedy, western, news, romcom, music programme,
weather forecast, soap opera, sports programme, movies, reality show, talk
show, series, documentary, detective series, sitcom

(+explaining words)

3. Conversation (15m)

Who is usually in charge of the TV remote control in your family?

Which is/was your favourite TV series?

Do you find TV commercials in the middle of the film bothering? What do you
typically do when they are on?

Do you know anyone spending many hours a day watching TV? How much time
do you spend watching TV?

Are you going to watch TV tonight? Did you watch yesterday?

Do you have a favourite channel? Why?

What programs do you dislike watching? Why?

Do you think Tv has the power to change public opinion? Do you know any
examples?

Do you think TV is educational?

Is television a useful invention? In what way?

If the television hadnt been invented what do you think would people be doing?

4. Reading TV sales fell for the first time ever in U.K. (10m)