NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE

Find the 3 videos on www.nhs.uk and answer the questions. Choose another video and write 3-5 questions for the class to answer next week.

THE WELFARE SYSTEM

Find out more at http://direct.gov.uk/ .

For example -

1. What is Jobseekers Allowance and who can get this?

2. How much child benefit is paid for each child?

3. What are apprenticeships?

How does the system in the UK compare with the system in your country?

MEDIA - NEWSPAPERS

Can you name some of the daily national newspapers in Britain?

Each of the national papers can be categorised as either a 'quality paper' or 'broadsheet', which caters for the better educated readers, or a 'popular paper' or 'tabloid' which caters for a much larger readership. The popular papers contain far less print than the quality newspapers and far more pictures. They use larger headlines and write in a simpler style of English. Broadsheets devote more space to politics and other serious news, while the tabloids concentrate on human interest stories.

Find an example of each and make a note of the headlines as they appear on the front page. What are the differences? What other news/information do the papers contain, eg weather, tv programmes etc?