Talking about a newspaper or magazine extended speaking

A newspaper or magazine mini-presentations

arts and media/ news and current affairs

Student A

Without looking below, talk as long as you can about one magazine or newspaper. Your teacher will tell you if it needs to be a paper publication, or if other options are also okay. Your partner will just listen, then ask you for more information when you finish.

Student B

Listen to your partner without interrupting, and tick off the topics below that they mention. When they have finished, ask them about details below which they haven’t talked about yet. Then switch roles and do the same.

  • Where you buy it
  • Where else it is possible to buy it
  • Subscription?
  • How often you buy and read it
  • Which bits you read first
  • Bits you skip (= not read)
  • The best and worst things about it
  • Size, thickness and colours
  • What kind of publication it is
  • Similarities and differences to other publications
  • Where and when you read it
  • How long you read it (at one stretch and in total)
  • Other people you know who read it
  • Other people’s opinion of it
  • How it could be improved
  • Its circulation (and compared to other publications)
  • Contents
  • Political position?
  • Advertising in it
  • Getting more popular or less popular?

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Related pages

Arts and media page

Cutting Edge Intermediate Module 6 page

Extended speaking page

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