Prime Time 8, Speaking, Maturatraining

Topic 14 Media Tasks Individual long turn: News • Compare and contrast the two pictures. • Analyse the characteristics of modern communication. • Explain why modern media are so important in society. Paired activity: Internet information The internet offers enormous amounts of information which need to be processed by its users. As a young person, you have grown up with the internet and its blessings. Your head teacher has therefore asked you and your partner to make a list of recommendations for the youngest pupils in your school. Discuss the following aspects: • reliability of information • ways to detect manipulation • measures to avoid being manipulated • guidelines on internet security • activities in school to highlight this problem Decide which recommendations to give to the young pupils. Agree on three. 1 2 30 Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv