Breakfast News !

 

How did the British media cover this week’s hot news?

Objective

Improve the participants ability to trigger/participate in informal discussions about the news.

Approach

Send participants a selection of articles from different British media a few days before the workshop.

Presentation by the trainer of the various media selected (ownership, audience and political leanings) to put them into context. 


Participants invited to give their feedback on the articles :

• What did they think about them ?
• How do they compare ?
• Did they notice a difference in angle, tone of voice or writing style ?
• Can they compare them to coverage in the French press ?

The trainer uses their responses to clarify their understanding of the articles, (problem terms, colloquialisms, etc.) and provide input on the differences in tone or writing style.

Discussion on the coverage could lead to a more general discussion on the event itself.

One participant asked to provide a one-page summary of the group discussion.

Logistics

Group of 4 to 6 of a similar level in English, minimum B2
Duration : 1h30, e.g. 8:00 to 9:30 am or lunch time
Based on the news of the week, with the selection of media* changing each time
Budget : 290 euros HT

Trainer

Gillian O'Meara is a bilingual journalist born in England and who has worked in Paris for many years. Before setting up her own office to write and translate magazines for major corporations, she headed a multilingual online press service for the French press group, L’Expansion. She has written numerous institutional and corporate documents for international firms and organizations. She is also a qualified coach who helps French executives write and deliver presentations in English.

*Media selected to give as broad a view as possible of the British market: newspapers as different as the “Financial Times” and the “Daily Mail”, and including podcasts of radio and television coverage, as well as specialized or local media.