The Reading / Listening - Disney - Level 0

Disney is cutting hundreds of jobs. It wants to reduce its costs. The new job losses are in marketing. A spokesperson said that as the industry changes, Disney would keep being creative. He added that people want creativity and innovation. Disney's boss said the cuts would keep the company healthy.

Disney is one of the world's most famous companies. It started in 1923. In 1928, it made a cartoon. This was the debut of Mickey Mouse. Disney is now a big company. It owns companies like Pixar and National Geographic. It also has many theme parks around the world. It will build a new park in Abu Dhabi.

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Sources
  • https://www.foxbusiness.com/lifestyle/disney-cuts-hundreds-tv-film-jobs-amid-streaming-expansion
  • https://finance.yahoo.com/news/disney-to-lay-off-several-hundred-employees-globally-193146536.html
  • https://www.aol.com/disney-lays-off-hundreds-employees-181740241.html
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Walt_Disney_Company


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. Disney is cutting hundreds
  2. It wants to reduce
  3. The new job
  4. the industry
  5. Disney would keep being
  6. people want creativity and
  7. Disney's
  8. keep the company
  1. innovation
  2. healthy
  3. boss
  4. of jobs
  5. changes
  6. its costs
  7. creative
  8. losses

Paragraph 2

  1. one of the world's most
  2. In 1928, it made
  3. This was the debut
  4. Disney is now
  5. It owns companies
  6. It also has many
  7. around the
  8. It will build
  1. of Mickey Mouse
  2. a new park
  3. like Pixar
  4. a cartoon
  5. world
  6. famous companies
  7. a big company
  8. theme parks

Listening — Listen and fill in the gaps

Disney is cutting (1) _________________________________________________. It wants to reduce its costs. The (2) _________________________________________________ are in marketing. A spokesperson said (3) _________________________________________________ industry changes, Disney would keep being creative. He (4) _________________________________________________ want creativity and innovation. Disney's (5) _________________________________________________ cuts would keep (6) _________________________________________________.

Disney (7) _________________________________________________ the world's most famous companies. (8) _________________________________________________ 1923. In 1928, it made a cartoon. This was (9) _________________________________________________ Mickey Mouse. Disney is (10) _________________________________________________ company. It owns companies like Pixar and National Geographic. (11) _________________________________________________ many theme parks around the world. It (12) _________________________________________________ new park in Abu Dhabi.

Put a slash (/) where the spaces are

Disneyiscuttinghundredsofjobs.Itwantstoreduceitscosts.Thenewjo
blossesareinmarketing.Aspokespersonsaidthatastheindustrych
anges,Disneywouldkeepbeingcreative.Headdedthatpeoplewantcre
ativityandinnovation.Disney'sbosssaidthecutswouldkeepthecompa
nyhealthy.Disneyisoneoftheworld'smostfamouscompanies.Itstarte
din1923.In1928,itmadeacartoon.ThiswasthedebutofMickeyMouse.
Disneyisnowabigcompany.ItownscompanieslikePixarandNationalG
eographic.Italsohasmanythemeparksaroundtheworld.Itwillbuildan
ewparkinAbuDhabi.

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

STUDENT A’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)

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Free writing

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Answers

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