Prime Time 6, Coursebook mit Audio-CD und DVD

S Semester self-checks Tip • This section helps you to find out if you have acquired the competences which you should have learned in a specific unit. • In order to do the tasks successfully you have to combine the four skills (listening, reading, speaking, writing). • Take your time. It is important that you find out what you are able to do and what you need to work on. • Useful tips, the keys and the audio scripts can be found on the CD-ROM in your textbook. T Unit 1: Growing up Reading–writing: Growing up on social media (B1+) a) First, read the following blog post from a parenting blog. by WorriedMom21 8 September, 7:33 p.m. Growing up on social media … the hard way Facebook. Twitter. Instagram. Pinterest. Flickr. Google+. This morning, another Timehop update popped up on my phone, and I realised that my kids are growing up online. Not because they made that choice, but because I am posting their pictures, their cute sayings, parenting and kid moments, and our lives in general. Our children will be the first generation in history to have their whole lives presented online. This is something completely new, and our actions as parents could have far-reaching effects, positive or negative, for our children. At age 13, our kids will legally be able to sign up for social media accounts, according to the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act. Sadly, however, this new generation of tech-addicted teens, tweens and elementary school kids does not have the luxury of going out and making typical teenager mistakes without the world knowing within seconds. It just takes seconds to photograph or video something stupid, upload it to social media, and tag everyone the offender has ever known … from a smartphone. Mistakes are important because they give us battle scars and build character. The scary difference is that in today’s world, those mistakes and battle scars don’t remain private; they get their own hashtag. I can honestly say that none of my battle scars from past mistakes would cost me a job. But for my kids, it could. As a rule, colleges, graduate schools and companies go straight to social media to find out the real story on their potential candidates, and “friend” or not, what we choose to post on social media is a matter of public record. b) Now rephrase the sentences taken from the blog post in your own words. 1. Our children will be the first generation in history to have their whole lives presented online. 2. …, this new generation … does not have the luxury of going out and making typical teenager mistakes without the world knowing within seconds. 3. Mistakes are important because they give us battle scars and build character. 4. The scary difference is that … those mistakes and battle scars don’t remain private; they get their own hashtag. 5. …, what we choose to post on social media is a matter of public record. 1 142 Semester self-checks Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv