5 Listening: Interviews about the use of media You are going to listen to two interviews with teenagers about their use of the media. First you will have 45 seconds to study the task below, then you will hear the recording twice. While listening, match the beginnings of the sentences (1–6) with the sentence endings (A–I). There are two sentence endings that you should not use. Write your answers in the boxes provided. The first one (0) has been done for you. 0 The boy was listening to music … D✔ A to listen to music. 1 The reporter wants to get information … B there are more than 70 numbers. 2 The boy uses his phone mainly … C there is no reason for doing that. 3 A study has shown that on average 75 phone numbers … D when the interviewer interrupted him. 4 The girl thinks that in her phone … E to send text messages to people instead of phoning them. 5 The girl prefers … F surfing the internet. 6 Some people spend their whole day … G on how young people use mobile technologies. H are stored in teenagers’ phones. I about new mobile phones that are on the market. Writing: Disagreeing politely You have read the following blog post on the future of education. by No_more_need_for_school 7 May, 2:31 a.m. These days, with all the modern media available, schools are not needed any more. It would be much better for young people if they got their education at home. Online lessons based on video clips or educational TV shows could be developed for all subjects. Students would be able to concentrate more easily than in a noisy classroom. There is also more information in the media than in any teacher’s head! 1 c19 / ➀ ➁ ➂ ➃ ➄ I can understand a large part of many […] programmes on topics of personal interest such as interviews, […] when the delivery is […] clear. (B1) 2 Now you can • Talk about films, TV shows and your viewing habits. • Talk about a film review. • Use reading strategies to extract information. • Use modal verbs. • Argue politely. Self-evaluation Tick the buttons on the scale to evaluate your language skills. ➀ I can do it easily and correctly. ➁ I can do most of it but I am not fully sure. ➂ I need to have a look at some things again. ➃ I should go over the whole chapter again. ➄ I need to ask my teacher for help. If you do the tasks again at a later stage, you can add a tick to show your progress. 70 Fifteen minutes of fame Check-out Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv
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