DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY and LANGUAGE LEARNING

 DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY and LANGUAGE LEARNING

Worldwide, information technology now plays a substantial role in the daily life of most people, and it is widely used for everyday communications and entertainment purposes, as well as for supporting education. Digital technology has become an essential factor in the process of language learning.

TASK 1: Technology and our daily lives

• Complete preparation task
• Watch the video/Read the transcript
• Complete task 1 and 2

TASK 2: Safer Internet Day - British Council Learn English

• Complete preparation task
• Read the text
• Complete True/False and Multiple-choice tasks

TASK 3: Safer Internet Day - BTN ABC

• Watch the video
• Read the text
• Take notes 

TEXT TYPE - BIOGRAPHY

 Sometimes, a biography describes a person's life from birth to death. At other times, the writer concentrates on a particular period in a person's life. We will be reading biographies of famous Australians and other people. We will be practising completing a time line, making notes of key points as events, turning points and achievements.

Assessment Task - Reading a Biography of a Famous Person

TASK 1 - Biography Time line

• Read the Fred Hollows Biography and complete the timeline  from the biographical text. Do not forget to put the years in chronological order on the left and events on the right (not complete sentences)
• Read a Biography of a famous Australian from a website and complete the timeline as above

TASK 2: 
Turning points and Achievements (BIO)

• Read Nelson Mandela's Biography and identify the turning points and achievements. List them in two groups and check with your classmate. When you finish we will have an open class discussion.
• Read a biography of your choice and identify the turning points and achievements as above.

TASK 3 - Stephen Hawking BIO

• Read the biography
• Put the correct verbs
• Match the vocabulary
• Answer T / F questions

TASK 4 - Biography of Hedi Lamarr

• Read the BIO
• Order the events
• Answer True / False questions

TASK 5 - Biography of Kilian JORNET

• Complete the given tasks

TASK 6 - Past Simple vs Past Perfect

• Watch the video
• Complete exercises 1 and 2