Prime Time 7, Coursebook plus Semester Self-checks

c) You have decided to participate in your school’s essay contest and to enter an essay discussing celebrity worship. In your essay you should: describe how celebrity worship might influence people’s lives discuss problems that can be caused by too extreme celebrity worship relate celebrity worship to your own life Write around 400 words . Listening–speaking: Why celebrities should not allow selfies with fans (B2) a) Listen to part of a radio interview with a psychologist on the phenomenon of selfies with fans. While listening, take notes and make a list of the most important aspects. b) Summarise the radio interview for a classmate and outline the most important information. Listening–speaking: Why celebrities should not allow selfies with fans (B2) Comment on the radio interview in a statement to your friends. Describe what a selfie is and why it is not recommended to celebrities to have selfies taken with fans. Analyse why a selfie taken with a celebrity is attractive for fans. Suggest respectful and appreciative ways of behaviour for real fans. Self-assessment Tick the appropriate boxes. Reading Can understand articles and reports concerned with contemporary problems in which the writers adopt particular stances or viewpoints. I understood the text without help. I had to guess the meaning. I had to use a dictionary. I did not understand the text. Writing Can write an essay or report which develops an argument, giving reasons in support of or against a particular point of view and explaining the advantages and disadvantages of various options. I could write the text without help. I reused phrases from the text. I had to look up words/phrases. I could not express my ideas as wanted. Listening Can understand standard spoken language, live or broadcast, on both familiar and unfamiliar topics normally encountered in personal, social, academic or vocational life. I could understand everything. Sometimes I had to guess the meaning. I could only understand parts. I could hardly understand anything. Speaking Can communicate with some confidence on familiar routine and non-routine matters related to his/her interests and professional field. I could express my opinion without help. I was sometimes lost for words. I had to make notes before I started. I could not express my ideas clearly. Find suggestions to help you on the CD-ROM in this book. 2  19 3.7 3  163 Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv