Good talking-to (7)

I believe the answer is:

lecture

(Other definitions for lecture that I've seen before include "Professorial discourse" , "Speech giving information to a class" , "Discourse for students" , "Academic discourse" , "Formal talk on a subject" .)

I've seen this clue in the LA Times.

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