SESSION 30: EXERCISES WORKING WITH THE TEXT

SESSION 30: EXERCISES WORKING WITH THE TEXT

NOTE: IN ORDER TO WORK WITH THE TEXT, UNDERSTAND AND PREPARE IT BETTER I RECOMMEND THESE EXERCISES:

THERE WILL BE TWO TYPES OF EXERCISES:

1. EXERCISES WORKING WITH THE TEXT: THESE ARE EXERCISES FOCUSING ON THE READING COMPREHENSION, WORKING WITH VOCABULARY AND EXPRESSIONS.

2. EXERCISES FOR DISCUSSION: EXERCISES FOCUSING ON THE PREPARATION FOR THE DISCUSSION.

1. EXERCISES WORKING WITH THE TEXT

1.1 TRUE/FALSE: Look at the article and guess whether these sentences are True (T) or False (F):

a.	A new report says women are more reluctant to join social media sites.
b.	A research center questioned over 2,200 people about social media.
c.	Facebook is experiencing opposite fortunes to MySpace.
d.	Eleven per cent of those questioned said they use Twitter.
e.	It is more probable for a man to delete friends on social media sites.
f.	Men are more likely to have posted something they now regret.
g.	The report says women share information more freely than men.
h.	The report says men use more privacy settings than women.

1.2. SYNONYM MATCH: Match the following synonyms from the article:

1.	report	a.	increase
2.	surveyed	b.	removed
3.	rise	c.	fall
4.	decline	d.	handle
5.	attract	e.	questioned
6.	manage	f.	information
7.	deleted	g.	woo
8.	regret	h.	study
9.	likely	i.	feel sorry about
10.	data	j.	probable

1.3 PHRASE MATCH: Match the following phrases from this article (sometimes more than one option is possible):

1.	the Internet and how	a.	our privacy
2.	surveyed	b.	popularity
3.	up from 73	c.	attract more users
4.	The continued rise in Facebook’s	d.	to delete friends
5.	Twitter continues to	e.	2,277 U.S. adults
6.	how we manage	f.	settings
7.	Women are more likely than men to delete friends	g.	we use it
8.	men are almost twice	h.	regret
9.	videos that they later	i.	per cent in 2009
10.	the highest privacy	j.	as likely as women

1.4 GAP FILL: Put the words into the gaps in the text:

USERS - USE - UP - BELONG - REPORT - ATTRACT - USING - CONTRASTS

A new (1) ____________ on the Internet and how we use it says that more of us are (2) ____________ social media. The Pew Research Centre's Internet and American Life Project surveyed 2,277 U.S. adults about their Internet (3) ____________. About two-thirds of Internet users now (4) ____________ to social networking sites. Pew reports that ninety-three per cent of social network (5) ____________ have joined Facebook, up from 73 per cent in 2009. The continued rise in Facebook’s popularity (6) ____________ with the decline of MySpace. Twenty-three per cent of those questioned said they had a MySpace profile, down from 48 per cent in 2009. Twitter continues to (7) ____________ more users, with 11 per cent of respondents saying they use it, (8) ____________ from 6 per cent in 2009. 

LIKELY - CAUTIOUS - DIFFERENCES - SO - REGRET - PRIVACY - DELETED - HIGHEST

The report showed big (9) ____________ between how men and women use social media and how we manage our (10) ____________. Women are more likely than men to delete friends. Sixty-seven per cent of women said they have (11) ____________ friends compared with 58 per cent of men. The study reported that men are almost twice as (12) ____________ as women to have posted messages, photos or videos that they later (13) ____________. Fifteen per cent of men said they have done this, compared with eight per cent of women. The study also showed women to be more (14) ____________ who they share information with. Two-thirds of women use the (15) ____________ privacy settings, sharing data only with friends. Less than half of the men did (16) ____________.

SESSION 30: TEXT FOR WEDNESDAY 23rd MAY

SESSION 30: TEXT FOR WEDNESDAY 23rd MAY

WOMEN MORE CAUTIOUS ON SOCIAL MEDIA

TEXT TAKEN AND/OR ADAPTED FROM:

http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/

THE TEXT:

A new report on the Internet and how we use it says that more of us are using social media. The Pew Research Centre's Internet and American Life Project surveyed 2,277 U.S. adults about their Internet use. About two-thirds of Internet users now belong to social networking sites. Pew reports that ninety-three per cent of social network users have joined Facebook, up from 73 per cent in 2009. The continued rise in Facebook’s popularity contrasts with the decline of MySpace. Twenty-three per cent of those questioned said they had a MySpace profile, down from 48 per cent in 2009. Twitter continues to attract more users, with 11 per cent of respondents saying they use it, up from 6 per cent in 2009.

The report showed big differences between how men and women use social media and how we manage our privacy. Women are more likely than men to delete friends. Sixty-seven per cent of women said they have deleted friends compared with 58 per cent of men. The study reported that men are almost twice as likely as women to have posted messages, photos or videos that they later regret. Fifteen per cent of men said they have done this, compared with eight per cent of women. The study also showed women to be more cautious who they share information with. Two-thirds of women use the highest privacy settings, sharing data only with friends. Less than half of the men did so.

Women More Cautious on Social Media - 25th February, 2012
http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/

SESSION 29: A SONG

SESSION 29: A SONG

N´SYNC - THIS I PROMISE YOU

SESSION 29: A VIDEO (2)

SESSION 29: A VIDEO (2)

ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA iPAD APP DEMO

SESSION 29: A VIDEO (1)

SESSION 29: A VIDEO (1)

ENCYCLOPEADIA BRITANNICA NOW ONLY DIGITAL

SESSION 29: EXERCISES FOR DISCUSSION AND FINAL TASK

SESSION 29: EXERCISES FOR DISCUSSION AND FINAL TASK

2. EXERCISES FOR DISCUSSION:

2.1 REFERENCE: Where is the best source of information? Think of the pros and cons of the following sources:

• books
• wikipedia
• teachers
• newspapers
• google
• word of mouth

2.2 DIGITAL END: Which of these things are, or would you be sad to see end and go digital?

• books
• banknotes and coins
• vinyl records
• newspapers
• homework
• tickets
• photographs
• museum paintings

2.3 DISCUSSION: HERE ARE SOME QUESTIONS AND STATEMENTS WHICH YOU CAN THINK ABOUT AND TRY ASKING YOURSELF BEFORE YOU COME TO OUR DISCUSSION ON WEDNESDAY:

	a)  What springs to mind when you hear the word ‘encyclopaedia’?
	b) What are your earliest memories of encyclopaedias?
	c) Do you keep paper-based encyclopaedias at home? Do you use them at the moment?
	d) Have you ever consulted the Encyclopaedia Britannica? Have you ever heard of her? If so, what concept do you have of this prestigious encyclopedia?
	e) What do you think of Encyclopaedia Britannica ending its printed version? Do you think it´s logical and that it goes with the times?
	f) Which do you think is better, Encyclopaedia Britannica’s online resource or Wikipedia?
	g) When you are in a hurry and you need quick information, where do you go to search for information?
	h) Would you like to own a set of Encyclopaedia Britannica?
	i) Do you think Encyclopaedia Britannica can fend off the competition

	j) Do you prefer looking for information in books or online?
	k) What do you think of the Encyclopaedia Britannica’s selling price?
	l) What’s your favourite encyclopaedia on the Internet?
	m) Do you think all books and libraries will be digital in the future?
	n) What advantages and disadvantages are there of a physical encyclopaedia over a digital one? Which one has the most advantages?

PREPARING A DISCUSSION IS FUNDAMENTAL:

THIS MUST BE DONE IN TWO DIRECTIONS:

FIRST, YOU NEED TO LEARN NEW VOCABULARY AND EXPRESSIONS THAT YOU WILL HAVE TO USE FOR THE DISCUSSION.

SECONDLY, YOU HAVE TO PREPARE THE TOPIC BY LOOKING UP INFORMATION IN THE INTERNET, BOOKS, ENCYCLOPAEDIAS.

THIS WAY YOU WILL FEEL MUCH MORE CONFIDENT AND AT THE SAME TIME YOU WILL HAVE MUCH MORE TO TALK ABOUT IN THE ORAL SESSION.

FINAL TASK:

HERE IS ONE FINAL TASK THAT YOU MAY DO IN ORDER TO COVER THE FOUR SKILLS YOU SHOULD FOCUS ON WHEN LEARNING A LANGUAGE: LISTENING, READING, SPEAKING AND WRITING.

Write a composition and leave it in the blog as a comment to Session 29, I will edit it in the blog so that everybody can learn from other people´s opinions. Choose one of these two options:

• Advantages and disadvantages of digital devices over physical ones.
• 'Editorials will not publish physical books in the future'. Express your opinion.

SESSION 29: KEY TO EXERCISES

SESSION 29: KEY TO EXERCISES

1.1 TRUE/FALSE:
a.T / b.T / c.F / d.F / e.F / f.T / g.F / h.T

1.2 SYNONYM MATCH:
1.f / 2.i / 3.a / 4.g / 5.c / 6.b / 7.e / 8.d / 9.j / 10.h

1.3 PHRASE MATCH:
1.g / 2.c / 3.a / 4.i / 5.d / 6.j / 7.b / 8.f / 9.e /10.h

1.4 GAP FILL:

1.SET - 2. DECISION - 3. FEND - 4. LAUCHED - 5. FORESEEN - 6. DOWN - 7. NOTHING - 8. DIGITAL 

9. BROUGHT - 10. HEADQUARTERS - 11. PLUMMETED - 12. OVERNIGHT - 13. LEFT - 14. SEARCH - 15. INDEX - 16. APPROPRIATE