IN BRIEF

  • Access to high quality information is vital for the democratic process, and during a pandemic, it is crucial that citizens are well informed. However, as the ways in which we consume information have become increasingly complex, misinformation has emerged as a major problem. How are new technologies and platforms being abused to create confusion in open societies? What is the role of state actors in instituting policies of misinformation? Speaker: Dr Benjamin Turnbull, University of New South Wales Canberra at the Australian Defence Force Academy

DOCUMENTARY FILM

IN 60-sec

  • Mass Media
  • Prepare acute/ sensitive/ not yet discussed questions for discussion
  • 60-sec format: intro — quick take — Q?
  • interactive/ engaging/ illustrative presentation of the issue

VOCABULARY & GRAMMAR

  • Total revision before test

TEST

Test Unit 4

  1. TRANSLATE the following sentences from Russian into English using your Active and Topic Vocabulary
  2. Render the following headlines into plain English. Mind the necessary grammar and vocabulary transformations
  3. Insert the correct preposition where necessary. Put a cross if no preposition is required
  4. Rewrite the following sentences using the word(s) given so that the new sentence has thesame meaning as the original one. DO NOT CHANGE the word given
  5. MIXED BAG. Circle the correct answer