SPEAKING EXERCISE - QUESTIONS ON TELEVISION 2nd PART.

Discuss the following statements.

1. Do you think there is a maximum amount of time that people should watch television? Do you think the number of hours you watch is important?
2. Would you say you watch TV selectively or indiscriminately? Give examples.
3. What kind of programmes do you think are good for children? What are the main dangers children face when watching television?
4. In your opinion, who watches the most TV in Spain? How much do they watch?
5. Which of the following programmes do you like watching?
   • cartoons
   • chat / talk shows
   • comedy shows / series (sitcoms)
   • detective  series
   • drama series
   • music programme
   • educational programmes
   • documentaries (nature, travel, food, health, history, gardening…)
   • current affairs programmes
   • game / quiz shows
   • news broadcasts
   • soap operas, series, serials
   • sports programmes
   • adverts / commercials
   • films (dubbed, in their original version with subtitles; black and white, colour)
   • TV films
6. What are “minority” programmes? What do you think may happen to these programmes in the future? What kind of programmes appeal to a large audience?
7. What kind of programmes are suitable for different times of day?
8. Should TV be educational as well as entertaining? Do TV planners have a moral obligation to educate?
9. Should sex and violence be censored or at least restricted to certain times?
10. Do you think there should be censorship of TV programmes?
11. Do television programmes influence our minds, our behaviour? In what ways? Would you say television is one of the greatest inventions of the twentieth century? Why? / Why not?
12. British TV has been described as “the least worst TV  in the world”. What do you think this description is trying to say?

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