Think before you post!

How do new technologies influence our behaviour?

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Get Ready

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Read the question: "How do new technologies influence our behaviour?". Classify the words in the following chart.

Interrogative pronoun	Auxiliary	Subject	Verb	Complement

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Reformulate the initial question using the following words.

We consider

new technologies have an

on our

.

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Today, can you...	Prove it!	🙂	🙁
share your opinion?	I think
give advice and instructions?	You can You should
recount past actions?	Yesterday, I

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Observe and listen

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Label the picture using these words.

a

b

c

d

e

f

Crédits : iHeart/DR

Leaves

Step

Text message

Mobile phone

Little girl

Wall

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Look at the girl on the picture.

a) What could make you think she's real?

b) The message on the wall represents what the girl is

(writing on a paper / thinking / texting).
c) What did the girl want to write?

.
d) Was it

(positive / negative)?

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Now listen to the audio guide. What's the name of this type of art?

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Bonus question
Here are some more auto-correct “fails”. Correct the messages.

Julia: Hey! You left your goat in my car.

Alison: O.k. I'll come get it. Where's ur horse?

Julia: On Main Street. Next to the shoe ship.

Alison: OMG! My bf loves on the same road!

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Let's have fun

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Listen to the recording. Pick out the words which rhyme.

“Who Needs Patience When You've Got a Cell Phone?”

From the moment I wake 'til the moment I sleep,
I won't have to be bored- I can Chat, Post and Tweet!
I can Skype on the road while I'm driving to work,
Or get on YouTube to watch Miley twerk.

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How do you pronounce the word “chat”?

/ʧeɪt/

/ʃæt/

/ʧæt/

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Get Ready

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Read the question: "How do new technologies influence our behaviour?". Classify the words in the following chart.

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Tick the words related to new technologies.

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Reformulate the initial question using the following words.

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Do you ask yourself these questions before you post something online?

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