ADDICTIONS (intermediate)

What is an addiction?
Why do we become hooked on this or that?
Can you name the most common addictions?
Are you addicted to TV? Or is is an addiction of the past?
Do addictions change with times?
Which addictions are common nowadays?

THE INTERNET: A FRIEND OR A FOE? (intermediate)

Watch this video about the internet:

• What message does it try to convey?
• Do you think its point of view is correct or do you consider it an exaggeration?
• Tell your experience:

1. Do you spend more time with your friends or messaging them?
2. What is the first thing you do in the morning after you wake up?
3. What is the last thing you do before going to bed?
4. Do you always take your mobile phone with you?
5. Is it a problem if you leave it at home unintentionallly?
6. Do all your friends have one?
7. What about your parents? And your grandparents?
8. Do you also have a computer?
9. What is the main use you give it? (homework, listening to music, playing games online, shopping, searching for information, chatting, etc.).
10. How many times a day do you send a message online?
11. Have you got online friends that you have never met?
12. Would your life be the same without all these devices?

Now take a look at this other video in which YouTubers react to Look Up:

What do you think?

CAN YOU BELIEVE IT?! (all levels)

New technologies have changed the way we approach most walks of life, and this goes for education, too. Who would have thought, just 20 years ago, of all the possibilities the Internet would introduce into the classroom? It is amazing to see how much creative work is being done and how easy it is to share it. Social networks are an essential part of this process.

Just look at the figures!