THE MINISTRY FOR DEVELOPMENT OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES AND COMMUNICATIONS OF THE REPUBLIC OF UZBEKISTAN TASHKENT UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES NAMED AFTER MUHAMMAD AL-KHWARIZMI F.I. SAFAROVA (Manual for students of Television technologies direction) TASHKENT – 2019 1 Author(s): Safarova Fotima Isamiddinovna. “Guide to the world of television”. Manual for students of Television technologies direction (5350200). – Tashkent: 2019.-166 p. PREFACE The aim of learning and teaching foreign languages in Uzbekistan has become the most crucial issue while stepping in the world economy. Decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan PP-1875 of 10 December 2012 «On measures on further improvement of teaching of foreign languages» provokes enhancement of foreign language learning in the whole education system of the country. Since the adoption of the system-generating decree all the work in this area has been intensified and major reforms in modernization of teaching foreign languages at all levels of continuing education have started. This “Guide to the World of Television” manual is for students of ESP classes in higher technical educational establishments that train future specialists in the sphere of Television technologies. It aims to extend students’ vocabulary concerning their specialty. Moreover, it develops their reading, writing and speaking skills by diverse and colourful tasks and activities. Reach selection of motivating and informative, authentic and semi-authentic texts to improve both reading and speaking skills with various topics are presented in each lesson. Interactive activities focus on learners’ “can do” statements and follow the principles of the Common European Framework of Reference requirements. The material in “Guide to the world of television” is based on skills development and communicative tasks. The book consists of 15 topical lessons and each lesson starts with colorful lead-in (starter) activity shifting students’ focus on the topic. Starter activities followed by vocabulary, reading, grammar, writing, listening and speaking activities respectively. “Guide to the world of television” does not require special knowledge of television technologies, but it is advisable for teachers to understand the basic concepts and terminology of each unit. This book is designed not only for TUIT students but also can be implemented in teaching English for specific purposes in other Technical educational establishments. Tashkent University of Information Technologies named after Muhammad al-Khwarizmi, 2019 2 CONTENTS LESSONS READING P Lesson 1 Introduction to Television world What is TV? 6 Lesson 2 The origin of mass medium The origin of television 13 Lesson 3 Television pioneers Early broadcasting 19 Lesson 4 Mechanical or analogue Mechanical TV versus 28 electronic TV Lesson 5 Colour TV History of colour television 35 Lesson 6 Analogue VS Digital Analog versus digital TV 42 Lesson 7 What is on today? Cable television 50 Lesson 8 Computer technology in TV Television and computer 59 technology Lesson 9 Smart Television Smart TV and its features 65 Lesson 10 Television of new generation Promises of IPTV 70 Lesson 11 Television development in Uzbekistan History of television in 76 Uzbekistan Lesson 12 Careers on TV The pioneer of Uzbek Film, 87 сinema operator - Khudaibergen Devanov Lesson 13 Cinematography world Hollywood or Bollywood 98 Lesson 14 Youth and television Impact of TV on youth and 104 children Lesson 15 Future trends of television Top six trends that are shaping 112 the future of TV Glossary 121 Answer key 131 Tape Scripts 155 3 GRAMMAR LISTENING WRITING SPEAKING Preposition The role of Writing news - television T.1.5 Tenses in active TV facts T.2.7 Writing advantage Role-play taking an voice and disadvantage examination essay Types of Interesting facts A chain story Imagine conditionals about TV T.3.7 Tenses in passive Great inventions Writing a A personal anecdote voice T.4.8 composition Types of pronouns History of colour Cinquian graphic Making a dialogue TV T.5.3 organizer - Analog TV T.6.6 Writing the Discussion of a topic summary using “Six Hats” technique Tense revision Dialogue Choosing Writing an opinion Interview about TV TV program T.7.3 (agree disagree) essay Relative clauses Hand gesture Writing a Discussion technology T.8.5 paragraph Modal verbs Smart Television T-chart Promotion of smart T.9.5 TV Complex object - - Role play Buying a TV set Phrasal verbs Invention of TV Writing a One on one T.11.7 congratulation interview letter Reported speech Jobs in TV T.12.3 A letter of Job interview application The degrees of Worldwide film A film review Role-play Interview comparison of awards T. 13.2 with celebrity adjectives Usage of indefinite - - Debate and definite articles Quantifiers Future trends of - Predicting the future television T. 15.5 4 LESSON 1 INTRODUCTION TO TELEVISION WORLD ➢ What images spring to your mind when you hear the word “television”? ➢ Can you tell that you are a TV fun? ➢ What TV programs do you try not to miss? 1.1 Read the quotes about television and discuss them with your partner? Prove your opinion if you agree or disagree to them? Television is an invention that permits you to be entertained in your living room by people you would not have in your home. David Paradine Frost (7 April 1939) was a television presenter, journalist, comedian, writer. Television is more interesting than people are. If it were not, we should have people standing in the corners of our rooms. Alan Coren (27 June 1938 – 18 October 2007) was an English humorist, writer and satirist. Theatre is life. Cinema is art. Television is furniture. Author Unknown 5 1.2 Match the words with their definitions. 1. telecommunication a. able to be used or obtained; at someone's disposal 2. broadcasting b. a set of equipment used to generate and transmit electromagnetic waves carrying messages or signals, 3. device c. a digital system that gives a much clearer picture than traditional television systems. 4. electrical d. action of providing or being provided with amusement or enjoyment 5. available e. communication over a distance by cable, telegraph, telephone, or broadcasting 6. image f. concerned with, operating by, or producing electricity 7. transmitter g. a thing made or adapted for a particular purpose, especially a piece of mechanical or electronic equipment 8. amplifier h. making and sending out of television and radio programs. 9. high-definition i. a visible impression obtained by a camera, telescope, microscope, or other television device 10. entertainment j. an electronic device for increasing the amplitude of electrical signals, used chiefly in sound reproduction 1.3 Read the text and do tasks given below. WHAT IS TELEVISION? Television (often abbreviated to TV or idiot box in British English is a widely used telecommunication system for broadcasting and receiving moving pictures and sound over a distance. A device shaped like a box with a screen that receives electrical signals and changes them into moving images and sound, or the method or business of sending images and sound by electrical signals: a 3D/an HD television. The term may also be used to refer specifically to a television set, programming or television transmission. 6 The word is derived from mixed Latin and Greek roots, meaning "far sight": Greek tele, far, and Latin vision, sight (from video, vis- to see). Since it first became commercially available from the late 1930s, the television set has become a common household communications device in homes and institutions, particularly in the first world, as a source of entertainment and news. Since the 1970s, video recordings on VCR tapes and later, digital playback systems such as DVDs have enabled the television to be used to view recorded movies and other programs. A television system may be made up of multiple components, so a screen which lacks an internal tuner to receive the broadcast signals is called a monitor rather than a television. A television may be built to receive different broadcast or video formats, such as high-definition television. The elements of a simple broadcast television system are: • An image source. This is an electrical signal representing the visual image, and may be from a camera in the case of live images, a video tape recorder for playback of recorded images, or a film chain-telecine-flying spot scanner for transmission of motion pictures (films). • A sound source. This is an electrical signal from a microphone or from the audio output of a video tape recorder or motion picture film scanner. • A transmitter, which generates radio signals (radio waves) and encodes them with picture and sound information. • An antenna coupled to the output of the transmitter for broadcasting the encoded signals. • An antenna to receive the broadcast signals. • A receiver (also called a tuner), which decodes the picture and sound information from the broadcast signals, and whose input is coupled to the antenna. • A display device, which turns the electrical signals into visual images. • An audio amplifier and loudspeaker, which turns electrical signals into sound waves (speech, music, and other sounds) to accompany the images. 7 1.4 Choose A, B or C according to the text. 1. Television is …. 5. A transmitter generates … A. Telecommunication system and encodes them with picture and B. TV or idiot box sound information. C. A TV set A. Radio signals 2. It receives …. B. Waves A. Signals C. Sound B. Radio waves 6. …. receives the broadcast C. Electrical signals signals. 3. A derived word “television” A. A transmitter means …. B. An antenna A. Far sight C. A microphone B. To see far 7. A display device, which C. Vision turns the electrical signals into 4. It first became commercially …. available from the late …. A. visual images A. 1920s B. sound B. 1930s C. sound waves C.