Media and Journalistic Communication: Impact and Characteristics
Media: We Live in a Society of Raw Information
Technical advances and competition among media outlets are the cause that we are more informed than ever. The chosen model for the journalistic message, the sender, the channel with which it counts and has elements, as well as the receiver to whom it is directed, determine the characteristics, nature, and formal aspects of journalistic texts.
Media Information: The Most Important Transmitters
Radio, TV, and print journalism.
- Radio: Uses auditory codes and
Business Structures and Financial Planning for Entrepreneurs
**Business Structures**
**Sole Proprietorship**
- Characteristics: An individual, a natural person, carries out a professional, industrial, or commercial activity in their own name, either directly or through a company.
- Minimum Capital: Not required.
- Requirements: National Identity Document (DNI). Voluntary registration in the commercial register.
**General Partnership**
- Characteristics: The partnership operates in a personalist, collective manner, with unlimited and joint liability among partners.
- Minimum
Urban Life and Social Issues: Impact on Daily Living
Urban Development and Its Challenges
7 Key Factors Affecting City Dwellers
- Air pollution
- Local residents
- Parking space
- Public transport
- Quality of life
- Traffic congestion
- Urban development
TV Series Vocabulary:
- Captured
- Released
- Editor
- Broadcast
- Presenter
- Episode
Housing Types
- Cottage: Cabaña
- Terraced: Adosadas
- Passage: Callejón
- Chimney
- Semi-detached: Semi adosado
- Terrace
- Attic
- Bungalow
- Fence: Valla
- Detached: Casa separada/independiente
- Cellar/Basement: Sótano
Common English Verbs and Phrases
- Cut (in filmmaking)
- Promised
- Suspected
- Had
Effective CLIL Assessment & Collaborative Practices
The Importance of Assessment in CLIL
It is well known that assessment exerts an important effect on teaching. It is fundamental to the success of CLIL and it is an indispensable part of instruction.
But assessment sometimes becomes a difficult task because teachers must decide what to assess: content, language, or both? What language do we assess? Which is more important? What about cognition and culture? What tools can we use for assessment? When, how…? Should intercultural competence be taken
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New Englishes: Pragmatics and Discourse
Thus far, structural differences between New Englishes and metropolitan varieties. Additionally, considerable differences between New Englishes may be found when taking into account functions of a certain linguistic structure. Moreover, similar structures to Standard English may serve a different function. It is necessary to understand these pragmatic functions in connection with local meanings, local thought patterns and local sociocultural practices (“Grammar
Verb Tenses and Environmental Vocabulary in English
Verb Tenses in English
Present Simple
I/you/we/they work; he/she/it works; Do I work? Does he work? (always, usually, often, sometimes). Used to express routines, habits, scientific facts, schedules, and programs.
Present Continuous
I am playing; you/we/they are playing; he/she/it is playing. – I am not playing; we aren’t playing; he isn’t playing. – Am I playing? Are you playing? Is he playing? Used for actions happening at the moment of speaking and ongoing present actions. (at the moment, this year)
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