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Unit 1 Lesson 1

Keys

Exercise 1

Print: newspaper – magazine* (also radio/TV program) – novel – brochure – election poster

Television: documentary – talk show – music video – soap opera – sitcom

Internet: ezine – forum – blog – newsletter* (also printed) – hypertext

Exercise 2

• 1c7
• 2d3
• 3f1
• 4g6
• 5e2
• 6a5
• 7b4

Exercise 3

A radio talk

• Addresser: broadcaster / speaker
• Addressee: listener
• Setting: home / car / office ...
• Message: information
• Contact: radio (waves)
• Channel or mode: phonic-audio
• Code: oral English, informal
• Language function(s): phatic; expressive

A newspaper

• Addresser: publisher / journalist
• Addressee: reader
• Setting: home / library / café
• Message: information
• Contact: print
• Channel or mode: written-graphic
• Code: written English, standard
• Language function(s): informative; conative

A hypertext

• Addresser: multimedia or web publisher / designer
• Addressee: user
• Setting: home / school / office
• Message: information
• Contact: computer (digital)
• Channel or mode: multimodal
• Code: standard or slang English; sound; video...
• Language function(s): informative; poetic

Exercise 4

• 1. (F)
• 2. (T)
• 3. (F)
• 4. (T)
• 5. (F)
• 6. (T)

Exercise 5

The media: radio, print media, newspapers, magazines, television, comic books, film, music

Media: radios, albums, cassettes, CDs, cassette recorders, video-cassettes

Exercise 6

(Grammar box on determiners)

• an
• the
• the
• the
• a
• the
• the
• the
• a

Exercise 7

• Produce (and producing)
• Shape (and shaping)
• Forge
• Construct
• Constitute
• Create

Unit 1 Lesson 2

Keys

Exercise 1

• What kind of text is this? Descriptive; instructive
• What is its function? Informative; metalingual
• What is its message? People should be aware of media constructions
• Who is the addresser? Teacher / media expert
• Who is the addressee? Students
• What is the context? Education on the use of media
• Which are the contact and the code used by the author? Computer (website); written (digital) Canadian English, formal

Exercise 2

• a. All media are construction
• h. The media construct reality
• b. Audiences negotiate meaning in the media
• f. Media have commercial implications
• e. Media contain ideological and value messages
• g. Media have social and political implications
• d. Form and content are closely related in the media
• c. Each medium has a unique aesthetic form

Exercise 3

• 1 (T)
• 2 (F – not entirely)
• 3 (F – almost always influenced by commercial concerns)
• 4 (T)
• 5 (F – it is always influenced by the media)
• 6 (F – all media can be enjoyable)

Exercise 4

How many times is the word media repeated? 17 + 1 medium

List all the words linked to the media (synonyms, derivatives, hyponyms, antonyms)…