Ted Talk: Alisa Miller Shares the News about the News (USA)

Level: intermediate to  high 

Questions for the talk

A) Listen and watch the talk HERE 

B) If you need a transcrip of Ms. Miller's talk in word you can donwload it from HERE 

C) Ask students to answer some or all the questions below:

You can project the questions using your beam projector 

  

1.       Why do you think the American network and cable news organizations devote so little coverage to international news?

2.       What about your country? How do the national /local TV channels cover the global news?

3.       Do you consider the Web is useful to keep you informed about national and international news?

4.       Is the Web  better than TV?  State your reasons.

Questions written by Isabel Salinas and myself, María Zabala Peña