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Weird headlines :  Read, translate and write your own!
►Weird headlines
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►Writing a news item: A plane tragedy,  fill in the gaps
►Read about the
French and their magazines! 


The following links provide you with vocabulary, comprehension and listening activities on the given topics: Newspapers and the Media
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Understanding a Rugby Commentary This link takes you to RFI (Radio France Internationale) which produces a lot of teaching materials, based on listening to radio broadcast excerpts. Here you access a "Fiche Pédagogique" to download and print, selected excerpts as well as a list of materials and the time needed to cover the activities. Some knowledge of the game is required! (But this is New Zealand, it should be fine with many of your students!) 

Using the Internet as a Media Source
Reading the Press and Forging Opinions
40 Years of MacDonalds: Reading Comprehension
Zinadine Zidane
The Ads: Writing/Speaking Activity
Faits Divers: Use the Passive to Recount Events
Humour in Le Monde: Reading Comprehension
TV News Bulletin: Make your Own, Speaking
Internet Scam: Santa Claus, Read and Discuss
Which Website to Choose? Multi Task Activity
Pictures of Famous French People
Awareness of the Press Subjectivity