17.3 Phone addiction - tto123

17.3 Phone addiction - tto123

Phone addiction

Introduction

The subject of this period is phone addiction.

  • Form groups of three or four pupils.

Discuss the following questions in your group:

  • How did people communicate with each other at a distance a hundred years ago? What about fifty years ago? How about when you were born?
  • How did people communicate at a distance ten years ago? What about today?
  • What do you think about the way communication systems have changed?
  • Do you ever switch off your phone?

 

But you don't have to be able to do all this perfectly right away! If you take the following steps, you'll find out what you need to know!

 

Step

Activity

Aim

Time

 

Introduction

Find out what you already know.

10

Step 1

Listening
No phone

You can understand a song about telephones and answer questions about it.

15

Step 2

Reading
Smartphone addiction

You can understand a text about smartphone addiction and answer questions about it.

15

Step 3

Vocabulary and irregular verbs

You can understand and use vocabulary about mobile phones. The irregular verbs: to blow, to break, to bring and to build.

15

Step 4

Grammar
Simple Past, Present Perfect and Past Perfect

You can understand and use the Simple Past, Present Perfect and Past Perfect.

10

Step 5

Speaking

What?

You can answer questions using the Past Perfect tense.

10

Step 6

Writing
Telephone use

You can write an article about telephone use.

20

Step 7

Evaluation

Reflect on what you have learnt.

5

 

Extra
Pay phone

 

 

Step 1 - Listening

No phone

You are going to listen to the song No phone by Cake.

  • Listen to the song and do assignment 1.
  • Read the questions.
  • Listen again and do assignment 2.

Assignment 1

Copy and fill in the grid (on your own) and discuss the answers in your group.

Use key words to answer these questions:

What is the singer’s opinion about phones?

 

 

What do telephones do?

 

 

 

Questions

  1. What is the ringing of a telephone compared to?
  2. How often does the telephone ring?
  3. What does the ringing of the telephone do to the singer?
  4. What happens while the singer is sleeping?
  5. What does the singer mean with: Summons me with just one beep?

Step 2 - Reading

Smartphone addiction

You are going to read a text about smartphone addiction.

  • Read the text and do assignment 1.
  • Read the text again and do assignment 2.

 

Facebook and Twitter fuel iPhone and BlackBerry addiction, says Ofcom.


Regulator says half of British teenagers and 25% of adults now have smartphones as sales outstrip regular mobiles.
Ofcom (the UK government communications regulator) says one in three adults, and most teenagers, classify themselves as highly addicted to their smartphones such as iPhones, Blackberrys and Androids.
Britons' appetite for Facebook and social networks on the go is driving a huge demand for smartphones - with 60% of teenagers describing themselves as "highly addicted" to their device - according to new research by the media regulator, Ofcom. Almost half of teenagers and more than a quarter of adults in the UK now own a smartphone, with most using their iPhone or BlackBerry to browse Facebook and email.
Smartphone sales outstripped sales of regular mobiles in the first half of this year as the enormous demand continues to rise. Just over half of the total 13.6m mobile sales from January to June 2011 were smartphones. Of the new generation of smartphone users, 60% of teenagers classed themselves as "highly addicted" to their device, compared to 37% of adults.
Ofcom surveyed 2,073 adults and 521 teenagers in March this year. The regulator defines teenagers as aged between 12 and 15, with adults 16-years-old and above. "Ofcom's report shows the influence that communications technology now has on our daily lives, and on the way we behave and communicate with each other," said James Thickett, Ofcom's director of research. "Our research into the use of smartphones reveals how quickly people become reliant on new technology - to the point of feeling addicted. As more and more people acquire smartphones, they are becoming an essential tool in peoples' social lives whether they are out with friends socialising or using Facebook on the move."
Facebook remains far and away the most popular website for mobile users, with users spending almost four times the amount of time socialising online than using Google or any other website. Unsurprisingly, multitasking teenagers said they were less likely to read books if they owned a smartphone.
The huge boost in smartphone sales has led to a 67% increase in mobile data use as phone users watched videos and sent emails on the go. Mobile operators, such as O2 and Vodafone, have been put under huge strain by the new load.
Despite being a nation of mobile addicts, Ofcom found that Britons are spending more time in front of the TV (four hours a day last year, compared to 3.8 hours in 2009). The new generation of broadband delivered by fibre-optic cables is now available for 57% of UK households - though just 500,000 have adopted it.
Those who own games consoles are most likely to use it for watching video content (22%), online gaming (22%), and watching DVDs (19%). Just over one in 10 said they browse the web via their games console, while 9% use it to watch BBC iPlayer. Britons sent an average of five text messages a day last year, contributing to a total of 129bn texts sent - up by 24% in 2009.
Adapted from an article by Josh Halliday, The Guardian, Thursday 4 August 2011


Assignment 1

Copy and fill in the grid (on your own) and discuss the answers in your group.

What information do you get about:  (use key words)

smartphone use teenagers

 

 

smartphone use adults

 

 

smartphone sales

 

 

survey

 

 

popular websites

 

 

conclusion article

 

 

Step 3 - Vocabulary

  • Study the vocabulary. (10 minutes)
  • Study the irregular verbs.
  • Do the exercises.

Vocabularylist Phone addiction


Tip!
There are many ways to work on your vocabulary in Wozzol.
You can say or copy the words out loud.
Click in Wozzol on the red arrow for the different options.
The most important thing is that you don't do this for too long, because then you don't learn anything anymore.
In two 10-minute sessions you learn more than in half an hour.

Irregular Verbs

Check out the knowledge base below and study the following irregular verbs:

  • to blow
  • to break
  • to bring
  • to build

Step 4 - Grammar

Simple Past, Present Perfect and Past Perfect

  • Study the theory.
  • Have a look at the irregular verbs.
  • Do assignment 1 and 2.

Step 5 - Speaking

What?

Why did you say that?
You are going to see a number of questions.
Think of an appropriate answer for each one, using the catch words and phrases you are given. Make sure you are using the Past Perfect Tense.
Then enact the question and answer with a class mate.
Let a third person judge your answer (pronunciation and use of the Past Perfect Tense).
Repeat this process untill the three of you have answered all questions and the conversation goes smoothly.
Example:
Question: Why did you say 'Ouch'?
Use: slap head
Suggestion for answer: Because my class mate had slapped me on the head.

Question

Answer 1: use

Answer 2: use

Answer 3: use

Why did you say: „I am sorry.” to your friend?

drop his/her mobile

sit on his/her mobile

crush his/her mobile

Why did you say: „I am sorry.” to your teacher?

texting in lesson

sleeping during lesson  

make a call while in class  

Why did you say: „Thank you.” to your mother?

give treat

help homework

drive to school

Why did you say: „That is terrible!” to your friend?

ruin haircut

buy ugly coat

date teacher

Why did you say: „No way.” to a classmate?

ask money

propose to date

ask feet massage

Why did you say: „That is very nice of you.” to your classmate?  

provide answers

massage your feet

let use phone

Why did you say: „Do not be stupid!” to your classmate?

suggest quit school

suggest jump window

suggest make homework

Why did you say: „I did not quite catch that,” whilst phoning?

not to listen

noisy neighbours

drop phone

Why did you say: „Don't do that again!” to your classmate?

drop your phone

top over drink

expose on Facebook

Why did you say: „That is all right.” to your friend?

propose leave early  

suggest have drink

ask collaborate

Step 6 - Writing

Telephone use

You have read a text about Smartphone addiction in step 2, now you are going to write about the subject.

  • Open the file: Telephone use.
    Make a copy of the worksheet in your own account (File - Make a copy ...) or download the worksheet (File - Download as).
  • Introduce the subject.
  • Describe your own mobile phone use.
  • Describe your parents´ mobile phone use.
  • Conclude if you or your parents are addicted to mobile phones, or not.

Ask your teacher how many words you have to use.

Step 7 - Evaluation

Fill in the schedule and answer the questions below.

Activity

Fun

Boring

Easy

Hard

I already know this

New

Listening

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reading

 

 

 

 

 

 

Vocabulary

 

 

 

 

 

 

Grammar

 

 

 

 

 

 

Speaking

 

 

 

 

 

 

Writing

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What have you learnt 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?
  • What do you have to ask your teacher?

Extra

Pay phone

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    Deze les valt onder de arrangeerbare leerlijn van de Stercollectie voor Engels voor tweetalig onderwijs, leerjaar 1,2 en 3. Dit is thema 1 'Me and my phone'. Het onderwerp van deze les is: Phone addiction. In deze les staat telefoonverslaving centraal. In de grammaticaopdracht worden de simple past, past perfect en de present perfect toegepast en de onregelmatige werkwoorden to blow, to break, to bring en to build worden besproken.
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