Task 7. Make sure you know these words:
Robust, superior, appliance, opportune, corporate, to offset, to embrace, proliferation, to manage, conduit, intervention, tethered, cornerstone, to utilize, implement, combo, slot, bandwidth, ubiquitous.
Task 8. Find the English equivalents to the following words and word combinations:
надати можливість; неймовірний стрибок; відповідний момент; інформація про товар; займатися чим-небудь; керувати своїм життям; стати невід'ємною частиною.
Task 9 . Answer the following questions:
1. What opportunities are available with the invention of the PDA? Can you give your own examples?
2. What advances in device technology have made the PDA superior to computers?
3. In what fields of our life can the PDA be applied?
4. Can you agree that this new device will become a major component of corporate learning? What makes it so important?
5. Why have many corporations turned to distance and e-learning?
6. What is “e-learning”?
7. What advantages of e-learning can you name?
Task 10. What are your favourite gadgets? Rank these and share your rankings with your partner. Put the best at the top. Discuss your choice in the class.
| · tablet (iPad, etc.) · mobile phone · MP3 player · computer | · e-reader · game console · camera · TV |
Task 11. Questions to discuss.
MOBILE PHONES
1. Do you think you’re addicted to new technology and gadgets?
2. Do you think we rely too much on technology in our everyday lives now?
3. What comes to mind when you hear the words ‘mobile telephone’?
4. What was life like before mobile telephones came along?
5. What would your life be like without your mobile telephone?
6. Are you happy with the mobile telephone you have now? Why (not)?
7. What are your favourite functions on mobile telephones?
8. Do you think mobile telephones are dangerous in any way?
9. How often do you use your mobile?
10. What do you think of people who use their mobile telephone while driving?
11. What would you do if your date spent more time on his/her mobile telephone than he/she spent talking to you?
12. Do young people use mobile telephones too much?
13. Do you think schools should ban mobile phones?
14. From what age do you think children should have a mobile phone?
15. Are you worried about brain damage from using mobile phones?
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16. How do you feel if you leave the house without your mobile phone?
Task 12. You are going to read the article which is called MOBILE PHONES IN CLASS LOWER TEST SCORES, talk about these topics or words from the article. What will the article say about them? What can you say about these words and your life?
bad news / new research / texting / social media / university students / test scores /
challenges / keeping students working / important work / absent / losing battles
Task 13. Read the statements and define whether they are true or false. Then read the article and compare your answers to its plot.
a. There is good news for students who like using mobile phones in class. T / F
b. Research showed that using social media increased test scores. T / F
c. Researchers looked at the tests of 1,450 American students. T / F
d. Students who turned off their phones did better in tests. T / F
e. One of a teacher's biggest challenges is to keep students working. T / F
f. The article says it is common for students to be physically absent. T / F
g. A researcher said teachers are fighting a losing battle in the classroom. T / F
h. A study found test scores were 6% higher when phones were banned. T / F
MOBILE PHONES IN CLASS LOWER TEST SCORES
There is bad news for students who like to use their mobile phones while they study. New research shows that students do not learn very well when they are texting and checking their social media accounts. The research is called: "Mobile Phones in the Classroom: Examining the Effects of Texting, Twitter, and Message Content on Student Learning". Researchers looked at 145 American university students in the classroom. Some of the students used their mobile phones during class, while the others had their phones switched off. The head researcher, Dr Jeffrey Kuznekoff, said students who did not use their mobile phones while the teacher was talking got higher scores on tests they took at the end of the class. Kuznekoff said that one of the biggest challenges teachers have in the classroom is the non-stop battle of keeping students working. He said many students felt they needed to be online and checking messages even when they had important work to do in class. The researchers said it is very common for students to be physically present in class, but mentally absent because they are using their mobiles. Kuznekoff said teachers were fighting a "losing battle" because students were more interested in social media than learning. The London School of Economics did a study in England and found that test scores increased by six per cent after mobile phones were banned in class.
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