DEBATE CLUB #12: Are newspapers finished? Are books next?
Fewer newspapers are being sold every year. Newsstands are vanishing! Print is dead and books are next. Goodbye Fnac….Hello SHEIN! Come to tonight’s Debate Club and give your opinions!
VENEZ NOUS REJOINDRE POUR PARLER DE CE THÈME !
C'est l'occasion rêvée pour pratiquer votre anglais dans une ambiance détendue. Animées par des professeurs qualifiés de langue maternelle anglaise, les séances de conversation du Debate Club sont conviviales, engageantes et efficaces !
VENUE & TEACHERS
- AIX: 19h00 to 20h30 with Ed Lecomte
- MARSEILLE: 19h00 to 20h30 with Lucia Forde
QUESTIONS FOR DEBATE
Do you have a newspaper in your house?
Do you subscribe to a newspaper online?
Can you name a British newspaper? An American one?
Have you ever been to a newsstand?
Is Tik Tok the new ¨Le Monde”?
What was the last article you read in a newspaper?
Do people still read newspapers?
What is the future for newspapers?
Do you have an e-book?
Do you purchase books from a bookshop?
Are printed books going to become extinct?
VOCABULARY
bestseller
bookshelf
circulation
classified ads
columns
concentration
cover of a book
crossword
e-books
editorial team
entertainment
fake news
fiction
front page
gossip column
headlines
issue
movie reviews
narrator
novels
publish
publishing
Section
sports page
Storytelling
subscriber
The fold
SEARCH THE WEB FOR IDEAS!
Find articles and/or videos on the web and come prepared to share the information you have found with the others.
SUGGESTED SEARCH WORDS FOR THIS SUBJECT
are newspapers dead
the decline of bookshops
future of newspapers
SUGGESTED WEBSITES FOR MATERIALS
https://www.bbc.co.uk/
https://www.youtube.com/?gl=GB
www.guardian.co.uk
www.independent.co.uk
www.nytimes.com
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