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Tip: Speaking Task 5: pick one option and stay with it. Comparing both is fine, switching sides isn't.
Tip: Speaking Task 5: pick one option and stay with it. Comparing both is fine, switching sides isn't.
Vocabulary for understanding news broadcasts, reporting on local incidents, developments, and public affairs.
/njuːz/
Newly received or noteworthy information, especially about recent or important events.
The core subject of this listening task.
/ˈbrɔːdkæst/
Transmit (a program or some information) by radio or television.
How news is sent over TV or radio.
/rɪˈpɔːrt/
Give a spoken or written account of something that one has observed, heard, done, or investigated.
To tell the facts of a story.
/ˈdʒɜːrnəlɪzəm/
The activity or profession of writing for newspapers, magazines, or news websites or preparing news to be broadcast.
The profession of gathering news.
/ˈmiːdiə/
The main means of mass communication (broadcasting, publishing, and the internet) regarded collectively.
All the ways news is shared.
/prɛs/
Newspapers or journalists viewed collectively.
Often used to mean the people who write the news.
/ˌpʌblɪˈkeɪʃən/
The preparation and issuing of a book, journal, piece of music, or other work for public sale.
A formal word for a printed news source.
/ˈɑːrtɪkəl/
A piece of writing included with others in a newspaper, magazine, or other publication.
One specific written story.
/ˈkɒləm/
A regular section of a newspaper or magazine devoted to a particular subject or written by a particular person.
An article written regularly by the same person.
/ˌɛdɪˈtɔːriəl/
A newspaper article written by or on behalf of an editor that gives an opinion on a topical issue.
A news article that shares an opinion, not just facts.
/ˈhɛdlaɪn/
A heading at the top of an article or page in a newspaper or magazine.
The big text at the top of a news story.
/ˈfiːtʃər/
A newspaper or magazine article or a broadcast program devoted to the treatment of a particular topic, typically at length.
A long, deep-dive story.
/ˈbʊlɪtɪn/
A short official statement or broadcast summary of news.
A very short, fast news update.
/dɪˈspætʃ/
An official report on state or military affairs. Verb: send off to a destination or for a purpose.
A highly formal news report sent from far away.
/ˈʌpdeɪt/
Make (something) more modern or up to date. Noun: a report that brings someone up to date.
New information on an ongoing story.
/ˌkɒrɪˈspɒndənt/
A person who writes letters to a person or a newspaper, especially on a regular basis. A journalist employed to provide news stories for a newspaper or broadcast from a particular place.
A reporter who works from a specific faraway place.
/rɪˈpɔːrtər/
A person who reports, especially one employed to report news or conduct interviews for a newspaper or broadcast.
The standard word for someone who tells the news.
/ˈdʒɜːrnəlɪst/
A person who writes for newspapers, magazines, or news websites or prepares news to be broadcast.
The professional title for a reporter.
/ˈæŋkər/
A person who presents and coordinates a live television or radio program involving other contributors.
The main person sitting at the news desk.
/ˈbrɔːdkæstər/
An organization that transmits a program or information by radio or television. A person who presents a radio or television transmission.
A general term for someone on TV or radio.