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Listening and Speaking

                                                      1 Read and discuss.

                                                      Read the words in the box below.
                                                      Discuss the meanings with a partner. You can use a dictionary.

                                                             journalism                                                          reporter                                         fake news                       social media                                                                             trust
                                                             digital age                                                         source                                           disappear                       newspaper

                                                      2 Listen and answer.

                                                      Listen to an interview with a journalist about the future of journalism.                                                                                                                                                                             Learning
                                                      Read the statements 1-6.                                                                                                                                                                                                                             Strategy
                                                      Is each statement True (T) or False (F)?

                                                      According to, Dr. David, ...                                                                                                                                Predicting and listening for key words is

                                                      1 Journalism is faster than social media at reporting news.                                                                                                 more efficient than trying to understand
                                                      2 Anyone can be a journalist.                                                                                                                               everything a speaker says. It is also a
                                                      3 Social media is not a trusted source of news.                                                                                                             useful strategy for listening exams.

                                                      4 Printed newspapers will disappear soon.
                                                      5 The number of people reading electronic versions of newspapers is increasing.
                                                      6 There is no need for journalists to develop their technological skills.

                                                      3 Listen and choose.

                                                      In the interview, Dr. David talks about newspaper reading habits.
                                                      Listen to an extract from the interview.
                                                      Which chart represents the trend in reading habits that Dr. David describes?

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1.5M                                                  1.5M   1.5M                                                                11.5.5MM                                  1.5M              1.5M                                                     11..55MM                                      1.5M                             1.5M                                      1.5M
                           Number of newspapers sold                     Number of people reading                                                                                                                 Number of people reading
1.25M                                                 1.25M  1.25M         newspapers online                                     11.2.255MM                                1.25M             1.25M                  newspapers online                 11..2255MM                                    1.25M            1.25M                 Numnbeerwsopfappeerosploenlrienaeding1.25M
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Number of people reading
                                                                                 Number of newspapers sold                                                                                                               Number of newspapers sold
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                                                                                                     Number of newspapers sold                                                                                                               Number of newspapers sold
1M 1M                                                                    1M 11MM 1M                                                                                                                               1M 11MM 1M                                                                                                         1M 1M

0.75M                                                 0.75M  0.75M                                                               00.7.755MM                                0.75M             0.75M                                                    00..7755MM                                    0.75M            0.75M                                                     0.75M

0.5M                                                  0.5M   0.5M                                                                00.5.5MM                                  0.5M              0.5M                                                     00..55MM                                      0.5M                             0.5M                                      0.5M

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                                                                                                         1.25M                           Number of newspapers sold                                                            1.25M                                                                                                                    1.25M

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                           0.75M                                         0.75M                                                                                      0.75M                                         0.75M                                                                      0.75M                                         0.75M

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                               0                                                                                                                                       0 2015 2016 2017 2018                                                                                                        2015 2016 2017 2018
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                                              Number of newspapers sold                                                                                                                Number of newspapers sold                                                                                          Number of newspapers sold
                                               Number of people reading                                                                                                                 Number of people reading                                                                                           Number of people reading
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