Good Blog

Hi,

A good blog that you should take a look at is

www.englishforuniversity.com

See you tomorrow

Introductions

Hi,

This is just to remind you to bring in two copies of your introduction tomorrow. It doesn't matter if you haven't finished it.

See you all tomorrow

Blogs

Dear Grape Class,

I've had a look at your blogs and some of them are very good. Some of them, however, look a bit empty. Once you have set up your blog the idea is to post something everyday. Please let me know, as some of you already have, if you intend to submit your self-study as a paper version.

Enjoy the rest of the weekend and see you all tomorrow.

Helen

Key points from the lecture about the media

• confusing reality and fantasy
• people don't want to see reality on tv - they want fantasy
• more men on tv, only 38% were women
• men can solve problems, don't need help, money, better jobs
• women are represented as looking for a relationship
• Americans watch 30 hours of tv a week
• Easy to find rich people on tv shows - this does not represent reality
• Occupations and economical status does not represent the reality
• 1/3 of people on tv have professional jobs but in reality 11%
• more than 50% of people on tv are seen as wealthy
• the reality is that it is lower
• compared tv to a product - a marketing tool
• stereotypes - easy and quick to recognise so people identify with them
• Like tv for entertainment purposes

Academic Word List

Hi,

Here is a link to the site where you will find the Academic Wordlist and the Academic Wordlist Highlighter and Gapfill.

http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/%7Ealzsh3/acvocab/wordlists.htm

Grammar

Here is a useful website you can use to help you with your grammar. Look in the resources section at the material bank

www.llas.ac.uk

Preparing for the seminar on Media/Television

• Internet
• Newspapers
• Own ideas
• Other people
• Books
• attendance at lectures