ABSTRACT
To recap, the aims of creating fictitious news scenarios for students are:
to challenge and develop skills in thinking, factual writing, language manipulation, interview techniques, questioning, and ‘intelligent observation’;
to help students communicate more accurately and cogently in both written and spoken language;
to stimulate excitement, enthusiasm and inspiration for learning in several cross-curricular fields;
to assist in teaching journalistic techniques;
to help young people to be able to identify, grade and process information more effectively, to interpret language and situations better, to develop their ability to ‘see between the lines’, and to think more for themselves.
