4.3 Texting - tto123

4.3 Texting - tto123

Texting

Introduction

The subject of this period is text messages.

  • Form groups of three or four pupils.

Discuss the following questions in your group:

  • Do you often send text messages?
  • In what situations do you call and in what situations do you prefer text messages?
  • Do you send more or less text messages than your parents?
Step Activity Aim Time
  Introduction Find out what you already know. 10
Step 1 Listening
Text messaging		 You can understand a conversation about text messages and answer questions. 15
Step 2 Reading
Text messages		 You can understand a text about text messages and answer questions. 15
Step 3 Vocabulary You can understand and use vocabulary about using telephones. 15
Step 4 Grammar
Question tags		 You can understand and use question tags. 15
Step 5 Speaking
Discussion about texting		 You can have a discussion about texting. 10
Step 6 Writing
An essay about texting		 You can write an essay about texting. 15
Step 7 Evaluation Reflect on what you have learned. 05

 

Step 1 - Listening

Text messaging
You are going to listen to Lindsay and Jake. They are talking about phone calls and text messages.

  • Read the statements.
  • Listen to the conversation.
  • Do the assignment.

Statements

  • Lindsay likes text messaging more than Jake.
  • Lindsay says that if she has just one question, she prefers to call.
  • Jake is a big talker.
  • Lindsay got her first phone four years ago.
  • Because people sent text messages to Lindsay she felt obligated to learn how to text message (back).
  • Jake text messaged faster in the past than now.
  • Lindsay’s father sometimes sends text messages.
  • Jake and Lindsay agree text messaging is a formal way of communication.
  • Lindsay and Jake agree that sometimes it is better to call someone.



Now listen and answer the following questions. When you answer a question, move on to the next one! Listen as many times as you want.

Step 2 - Reading

Text messages
What do you prefer? Texting or calling someone?
Read the text to find out if you are a typical teenager or not.

  • Read the text.
  • Answer the questions.

Text messaging, or texting, is the act of composing and sending electronic messages, typically consisting of alphabetic and numeric characters, between two or more users of mobile phones, tablets, desktops/laptops, or other devices.

The term originally referred to messages sent using the Short Message Service (SMS).

Young people now text so much they hardly ever talk to each other. Children and teenagers are much more likely to tap out a text than actually pick up their phone and call someone, research has shown. Texting has more than doubled since March 2002, and it's still rising.

Some of the most common reasons to text someone are to send a greeting or flirt. More than eight out of 10 young people admitted they preferred texting to actually speaking to friends and family. But only 14 per cent of people over the age of 55 said they chose texting over speaking.

As of 2017, text messages are used by youth and adults for personal, family and social purposes and in business. As with emailing, in the 2010s, the sending of short informal messages has become an accepted part of many cultures. This makes texting a quick and easy way to communicate with friends and colleagues, including in contexts where a call would be impolite or inappropriate (e.g., calling very late at night or when one knows the other person is busy with family or work activities).

Like e-mail and voice mail, and unlike calls (in which the caller hopes to speak directly with the recipient), texting does not require the caller and recipient to both be free at the same moment; this permits communication even between busy individuals.

Source: CBBC Newsround
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Text_messaging

Step 3 - Vocabulary

To be able to do all the assignments correctly, you need to know some words and sentences.
For each theme there are word lists ready in Wozzol, with which you can practice:

Vocabularylist Texting
  • Study the vocabulary. (10 minutes)
  • Do the exercise.

Tip!
There are many ways to study vocabulary. You can read the words aloud or copy them. The most important rule is never to spend more than 10 minutes studying words. Every minute you spend longer is a waste of time.

Step 4 - Grammar

Can you remember how to ask questions in English?
Do you still know what negations are?
When in doubt, study the two following knowledge bases:

Asking questions - Simple present

Negations - simple present

 

Now study the following knowledge base about question tags:

Question tags

Click on the link for some additional informations about Question tags:
KB: Extra grammar explanation (and exercises) on question tags.

 

Now make the following assignments.

Step 5 - Speaking

Discussion about texting
You have read an article about text messages. Now you are going to discuss about it. You might want to read the article again to prepare yourself for the discussion.

Text messaging, or texting, is the act of composing and sending electronic messages, typically consisting of alphabetic and numeric characters, between two or more users of mobile phones, tablets, desktops/laptops, or other devices.

The term originally referred to messages sent using the Short Message Service (SMS).

Young people now text so much they hardly ever talk to each other. Children and teenagers are much more likely to tap out a text than actually pick up their phone and call someone, research has shown. Texting has more than doubled since March 2002, and it's still rising.

Some of the most common reasons to text someone are to send a greeting or flirt. More than eight out of 10 young people admitted they preferred texting to actually speaking to friends and family. But only 14 per cent of people over the age of 55 said they chose texting over speaking.

As of 2017, text messages are used by youth and adults for personal, family and social purposes and in business. As with emailing, in the 2010s, the sending of short informal messages has become an accepted part of many cultures. This makes texting a quick and easy way to communicate with friends and colleagues, including in contexts where a call would be impolite or inappropriate (e.g., calling very late at night or when one knows the other person is busy with family or work activities).

Like e-mail and voice mail, and unlike calls (in which the caller hopes to speak directly with the recipient), texting does not require the caller and recipient to both be free at the same moment; this permits communication even between busy individuals.

Source: CBBC Newsround
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Text_messaging


Discuss the following questions in your group:

  1. Do you think the article is true?
  2. Why? Why not?
  3. What have you learned about texting from this article?
  4. What are the advantages or disadvantages of texting?

Step 6 - Writing

An essay about texting
You have read an article about text messages and you also discussed the subject. Now you are going to write a small essay about texting. An essay is a short piece of writing on a particular subject.

The subject of this essay is 'The pros and cons of texting'.  
An essay has an introduction, a body and a conclusion.
Use the following prompts in your essay:

Introduction:

Explain what texting is.

Middle / body:

Mention the advantages and disadvantages of texting.

Conclusion:

Give your opinion about texting.

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Ask your teacher how many words you have to use.

Step 7 - Evaluation

What have you learned in this period?
Answer the following questions:

  • What was the easiest part of this lesson?
  • What did you already know?
  • What was the most difficult part?
  • What was new to you in this lesson?
  • Do you have any questions for your teacher?

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    Deze les valt onder de arrangeerbare leerlijn van de Stercollecties voor Engels voor tweetalig onderwijs, leerjaar 1, 2 en 3. Dit is thema 4 'Contacts'. Het onderwerp van deze les is: Texting. In deze les wordt een specifiek onderdeel van telefoongebruik behandeld, namelijk appen of sms'en (texting). In de grammaticaopdracht wordt het onderwerp 'question tags' behandeld.
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