The Reading / Listening - Vinyl Records - Level 0

Vinyl records are coming back. People thought they would disappear after CDs and MP3s came out. Many young people are becoming interested in the 12-inch discs. In 2022, record sales overtook CD sales for the first time since 1987. The year 2022 was the 16th year of sales growth in a row.

A record association said: "Vinyl is cementing its role in modern music." It added: "Music lovers can't get enough of the high-quality sound.…Record labels have made beautifully crafted discs." The covid pandemic helped records to come back. Many people worked at home and bought record players. That is continuing today.

Try the same news story at these levels:

    Vinyl Records - Level 1 Vinyl Records - Level 2   or  Vinyl Records - Level 3

Sources
  • https://www.bbc.com/news/64919126
  • https://www.theverge.com/2023/3/10/23633605/vinyl-records-surpasses-cd-music-sales-us-riaa
  • https://www.businessinsider.com/vinyl-sales-surpass-cds-first-time-since-1987-record-resurgence-2023-3


Make sure you try all of the online activities for this reading and listening - There are dictations, multiple choice activities, drag and drop activities, sentence jumbles, which word activities, text reconstructions, spelling, gap fills and a whole lot more. Please enjoy :-)

Phrase Matching

Paragraph 1

  1. Vinyl records are
  2. People thought they
  3. after CDs and MP3s
  4. young people are becoming
  5. 12-inch
  6. record sales overtook
  7. for the first time
  8. the 16th year of sales growth
  1. CD sales
  2. came out
  3. interested
  4. in a row
  5. coming back
  6. since 1987
  7. would disappear
  8. discs

Paragraph 2

  1. A record
  2. its role in modern
  3. the high-
  4. beautifully
  5. the covid
  6. Many people worked
  7. record
  8. That is
  1. quality sound
  2. players
  3. pandemic
  4. continuing today
  5. association
  6. crafted discs
  7. at home
  8. music

Listening — Listen and fill in the gaps

Vinyl (1) ___________________ back. People thought they would disappear after CDs and (2) ___________________. Many young people are becoming interested (3) ___________________-inch discs. In 2022, record sales overtook CD sales for the (4) ___________________ 1987. The year 2022 (5) ___________________ year of sales growth (6) ___________________.

A record association said: "Vinyl (7) ___________________ role in modern music." It added: "Music (8) ___________________ enough of the (9) ___________________ ….Record labels have made beautifully crafted discs." The (10) ___________________ records to come back. Many people (11) ___________________ and bought record players. That (12) ___________________.

Put a slash (/) where the spaces are

Vinylrecordsarecomingback.Peoplethoughttheywoulddisappearafte
rCDsandMP3scameout.Manyyoungpeoplearebecominginterestedin
the12-inchdiscs.In2022,recordsalesovertookCDsalesforthefirsttim
esince1987.Theyear2022wasthe16thyearofsalesgrowthinarow.Are
cordassociationsaid:"Vinyliscementingitsroleinmodernmusic."Itadd
ed:"Musicloverscan'tgetenoughofthehigh-qualitysound….Recordla
belshavemadebeautifullycrafteddiscs."Thecovidpandemichelpedre
cordstocomeback.Manypeopleworkedathomeandboughtrecordplay
ers.Thatiscontinuingtoday.

Student survey

Write five GOOD questions about this topic in the table. Do this in pairs. Each student must write the questions on his / her own paper. When you have finished, interview other students. Write down their answers.

(Please look at page 12 of the PDF to see a photocopiable example of this activity.)

Discussion — Write your own questions

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Free writing

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Answers

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