ACADEMIC ENGLISH

B1 to B1+ Level

BEING OBJECTIVE
 GOALS
1. Students would be able to share their experiences of dealing with news
and media.
2. Students would know types of questionnaire items and important things
to consider in creating questionnaire.
3. Students would be able to learn from their mistakes and do better
practices.
ACTIVITY 1- LEAD IN

Share your perspective on recent news and media activities

ACTIVITY 2- DISCUSSION
Statement 1:
News that has been shared recently often causes anxiety to citizens.
Statement 2:
Media does not focus on spreading real information, but increasing the rate of
viewers.
Statement 3:
Sometimes, it is necessary to exaggerate information to stop people from
underestimating consequences of their wrongdoings.
Statement 4:
There should be a very strict rule and punishment given to parties which spread
hoax.
ACTIVITY 3- SPEAKING

There should be a media-blackout day to decrease

tension that has been caused by overwhelming news.
ACTIVITY 4- COLLECTING DATA

If you are asked to collect data on how media and news

have affected people, how would you do it?
ACTIVITY 6- COLLECTING DATA

• Position yourself as a participant who fills in a questionnaire, what

types of questionnaire items are easy to fill in?
• Position yourself as a researcher, what types of questionnaire would
help your research?
ACTIVITY 7- CHARACTERISTICS OF A GOOD QUESTIONNAIRE

1. Title
2. General Introduction
3. Specific instruction
4. Length
5. Layout
6. Item sequence
ACTIVITY 8- WRITING

Create questionnaire items to know the impact of news on citizens

life google from and share the questionnaire to 10 people.