Contents // Map of the book // Introduction 1 // Lesson 1 Beginnings and Endings 2 // 2 Mini-sagas 3 // Lesson 3 Are We Being Conned? 5 // 4 The Tricks of the Trade 8 // 5 Choosing the Right Language 12 // Lesson 6 Have You Heard the One About.. .? 16 // 7 Us and Them 18 // Lesson 8 Gilbert - A News Item 20 // 9 Organising Information 22 // 10 Presenting the News 24 // 11 A Critical Appraisal of a Broadcast 25 // Lesson 12 Dance with a Stranger 26 // 13 ‘to a place of execution 28 // 14 Presenting Your Case 30 // Lesson 15 ‘Of course, I don’t watch them myself.. 31 // 16 Soaptown 33 // 17 ‘Just then, the door opens and . . 36 // 18 Putting Your Point of View 37 // 19 A School with a Difference 40 // // Lesson 20 Laws of Nature? 43 // 21 ‘He Looks Just Like His Father’ 47 // 22 Passing Laws 49 // // Lesson 23 Times are Changing 50 // 24 It Takes All Sorts to Make a World 54 // 25 Conducting a Survey 57 // 26 The Survey Results 58 // Lesson 27 Not My Best Side 59 // 28 To Find the Mind’s Construction in the Face 62 // Teachers Notes 67 // Key 71 // Tapescripts 77