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Let’s be a reporter

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Let’s be a reporter  This fifth and final activity is focused on a speaking exercise. Based on our digital newspaper, you will choose an article or news from any section, could be editorial, feature stories, sports and entertainment, or even a curious fact. Once you  choose the article or the news, you have to record an audio playing the role of a reporter presenting the news and talking about them as you were broadcasting a news bulletin. You have to make an introduction greeting the audience and presenting the generalities of the information as what, where, who, etc. Finally, you have to mention the news bulletin or newspaper of which you make part, in this case: Novo Papiri.  You have to let us now in the comments which news you chose. You can send your audios through WhatsApp.

The funny side of the newspaper (entertainment section)

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The funny side of the newspaper (entertainment section) DOWNLOAD THE WORKSHEET OF THIS WEEK Hi guys, we hope you're having a wonderful week, anyway we send you good vibes in this week of exams. We keep learning English and having fun. This week we are going to focus on an interesting and funny side of the newspaper: the entertainment section. This your opportunity to share a little bit about your hobbies and pastimes. Newspapers are not just made up of scientific articles and news, there is an interesting and funny side called "entertainment section" this part is special for these people who like reading about actors, movies, radio, music and gossip a little bit.  Of course, the page of comic strips couldn't miss; this one comprises some games and entertainment like comics, cartoons, labyrinths, word searches, crossword, puzzles and the horoscope.   Here below an example of games and comic strips:  You are going to choose one the

IN MY OPINION

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IN MY OPINION Express an opinion is something that we do every day in our lives. Spontaneously we express agreement, disagreement, we criticize, and we even refuse things, people's perspectives and events around us based on our beliefs and way of thinking. Our first activity aims at exploiting your criticism and personal opinion bearing in mind an actual issue that we all know: the coronavirus. Download and revise the material “Expressing opinion in English” These expressions will help you to develop your task.  Read the article “Editorial” After having reading the article, go to the section "columns" and write down a comment answering the question. MATERIAL EXPRESSING YOUR OPINION IN ENGLISH  

WHAT IS NOVO PAPIRI?

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What is Novo Papiri? Hi there! Welcome to this website and newspaper, a place where your opinion matters. I am the students of a foreign language from ninth semester and my idea is to create a digital newspaper with two purposes: inform and learn with it; for this reason, apart from just give you information about general facts, we want to make you part of it learning. Through this project, we are going to develop several activities based on the use of the newspaper; we are going to share opinions, stimulate our critical thinking, and learn a lot of English.   Newspapers have always been one of the most powerful means of communication between people and today’s world; they exist because of the people’s desire of communication and the necessity of informing and being informed; evidently newspapers allow people to be more conscious and critical about the facts that happen every day in our region, country, our world and so on. According to Gonzalo (2020) a journalist and schol