Speaking and News Media Flashcards
the action of conveying information or expressing one’s thoughts and feelings in spoken language
Speaking
It is a type of speaking activity that involves learners speaking for longer periods of time and in a freer form than controlled speaking practice.
Extended Speaking
activities in the classroom can include speaking games such as ‘Just a minute’, presentations and discussions led by learners, interviews, and informal conversation. Jigsaw reading or listening tasks may also give an opportunity for extended speaking.
Extended Speaking
media that focus on delivering news to the general public or a target public – cannot be disconnected from the subjects and events they report on
News Media
once an indicator and a propagator of the state of affairs in any given society, it serves as both “a mirror and an agent” (Galvano IDB 2015)
News Media
professional and ethical values of news journalism
-Accuracy
-Fairness
-Balance
-Impartiality
Tips for Radio
- Prepare ahead of time
- Conduct mock interviews and get feedback from friends or colleagues
- Draft the essential points or key messages and practice them
- Avoid long sentences, using sharp short bites that get the point across quickly and effectively
- Pre-empt challenging questions that can be answered by general, but accurate responses.
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Cinema
Cinematic Terms
-Theme
-Message
-Metaphor
-Subtext
-Motivation
-Motif
-Point of View
an assortment of broad ideas and allusions that are established by repetition of technical and linguistic means throughout the film such as alienation, power and control, transcendence through romantic achievements and the likes.
Theme
the director wants to convey.
Message
elements that represent something different from their explicit meanings.
Metaphor
It is messages that are sometimes beneath the surface and often unintended. It covey an altogether different meaning than the intended message.
Subtexts
justifications given in the film for the presence of an element.
Motivation
an element repeated in a movie such that it acquires a symbolic meaning
Motif
film in general told from a particular perspective
Point of View
the process in which film is analyzed in terms of semiotics, narrative structure, cultural context, and mise-en-scene, among other approaches
Film Analysis
Common Approaches to Film Analysis:
- Semiotic analysis
- Narrative structure analysis
- Contextual analysis
- Mise-en-scene analysis
It is an analysis of meaning behind signs and symbols, typically involving metaphors, analogies, and symbolism.
Semiotic analysis
It is an analysis of the story elements, including plot structure, character motivations, and theme. Like the dramatic structure of literature (exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution), film has what is known as the Three-Act Structure: “Act One: Setup, Act Two: Confrontation, and Act Three: Resolution.”
Narrative structure analysis
It is an analysis of the film as part of a broader context. Think about the culture, time, and place of the film’s creation.
Contextual analysis
It is an analysis of the arrangement of compositional elements in film—essentially, the analysis of audiovisual elements that most distinctly separate film analysis from literary analysis.
Mise-en-scene analysis
include (but are not limited to): props and costumes, setting, lighting, camera angles, frames, special effects, choreography, music, color values, depth, placement of characters, etc.
Audiovisual elements
