Conversation Questions: Media and News
Media and news is a B1–B2 speaking topic that combines personal habits with media-literacy reflection. The questions in this worksheet cover topics like news consumption, social media as news source, fake news, the future of journalism, and the role of media in democracy. Learners build the media-analytical speaking fluency that B2 Cambridge Speaking rewards.
This worksheet builds B1–B2 speaking fluency through media and news discussion.
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What’s inside:
- 20 open conversation questions on media consumption and analysis
- Pre-discussion vocabulary box with media-literacy and news terms
- Follow-up question patterns to develop media-analytical reasoning
- Speaking-frame phrases for opinion, evidence, and qualification
- Teacher Notes with pair-work setup and timing
Common challenges: Media-literacy vocabulary at B1–B2: source, credibility, bias, framing, fact-check, clickbait, paywall. Distinguishing news consumption habit from news-quality judgment. Hedging political-leaning claims.
For: Adult and teenage learners (14+) at CEFR B1–B2, in intermediate and upper-intermediate classes, 1:1 lessons, or self-study with a partner. Maps onto Cambridge B2 First (FCE) Speaking. Part of the Conversation Questions collection — the natural next step is Conversation Questions: Technology and AI.
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