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Lesson 3
Media habits

Project work
Task 1 - A pie chart

You want to find out which
media source is the best for
different school projects. Look
at the pie chart of the
usefulness of different media to
find information about the way
young people in England spend
their Saturday evenings.

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Discuss as a group how you think these figures compare to Greece. What other
sources could you use to find this information?

Task 2 - Collecting the necessary information

In groups of five decide on a school project
that you need to find information about.
For example: How do young teenagers in
Greece spend their Saturday evenings?


Discuss as a group which media source you
think will be most helpful. Write down your
ideas as a statement. For example:
'DVD provides most information'.
a) Write an answer for the project
b) Go to each source to find information
c) Report back to the class
d) Create a pie-chart on Excel
e) Decide on a project title
f) Measure the percentage of the text
which gave the information

Now, decide on the stages for the project. Put the ideas a-f opposite in the right
order which you can follow for your project.

Task 3 - Completing the project

Each student in the group will have to interview
twenty people (family, friends, etc.) to find out how
many of them use the media listed opposite to get
information. Each group must interview 100
people altogether.


Put your findings together and complete the chart
with the corresponding figures.
Medium   %
Radio
TV
Mobile phone
Computer software
Land phone
Video
Internet		    

With your partners, feed the information into an Excel programme and create a pie
chart to illustrate your findings. Then, present your findings to the class.


Make a list of the most frequently visited sites or favourite sites. Share your list
with your class to see what interests you have in common.
Self-evaluation

Activity A

Guess what each person has been doing. Find the activity each statement
describes.

A
My hands and fingers
are full of paint. There
are spots of paint on
my clothes, too.		 B
Of course, your eyes
are tired. What do you
expect if you sit there
for so many hours?		 C
If she has a headache
it's because of those
earphones over her
ears all the time.		 D
We have a huge
telephone bill this month.
Dad is going to be mad
when he sees it.
a. _____________ b. _____________ c. _____________ d. _____________

___/6 points

Activity B

Complete the expressions with the missing word.

i) I get __________up ii) It's been __________ her crazy iii) It makes his blood ________
iv) She has __________enough v) He __________ red  

___/2½ points

Activity C

Use one of the expressions i-v in Activity B above to complete the sentences a-e below.

  1. When his sister plays with his computer, Tony ……………………………….
  2. Since Mary's modem started breaking down every day, ……………………………………………….
  3. The internet is OK but sometimes ………………………………………………. as it's a bit boring.
  4. He gets lots of stupid spam mail everyday and …………………………………….
  5. Her internet provider isn't very good and Anna has decided that …………………………
    and she's going to change.

___/2½ points

Activity D

Complete the following sentences with the appropriate preposition.

  1. One of the advantages …………. using the internet is that it is fast.
  2. Changes in mass media have resulted …………. people communicating more easily.
  3. In recent years, there has been a huge increase …………. the number of people who use
    the web.
  4. Now that so many people have access …………. modern technology, life is very different.
  5. With the increased use …………. technology, life has become easier for many people.
  6. As interest …………. going on-line grows, costs for connection will fall.

___/3 points
Self-evaluation

Activity E

Put the verbs in parentheses into the correct form Present Perfect Simple or Present
Perfect Continuous, AND choose since or for to complete the rest of the gaps.

  1. I (know) __________________________ how to use a mobile phone since/for I was ten years old.
  2. We (use) __________________________ the same programme since/for the past two years.
  3. Bill (have) __________________________ his connection to the internet since/for five months.
  4. How long (try) __________________________ to get on-line today?
  5. Anna (think) __________________________ of changing her web provider since/for a couple of months now.
  6. How many games (you download) __________________________ since/for last week?

___/6 points

Total ___/20 points

Now tick how well you can do the following:


  With difficulty Quite well Easily
√ I can use the Present Perfect Simple and Continuous Tenses
√ I can use the words ‘since’ and ‘for’ appropriately
√ I can listen to a phone conversation and understand how the speakers feel
√ I can write instructions on how to do something in a structured way
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