Your final task is to write an opinion text about the effects of the media on teenagers.Activities A and B will provide you with input for Activity C.. Today, all members of our society
Trang 1Your final task is to write an opinion text about the effects of the media on teenagers.
Activities A and B will provide you with input for Activity C.
Part I - ACTIVITY A
1- Complete the text below, using the words/expressions in the box Do not use the same word/expression more than once Four of them do not apply Write only the numbers and the words.
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Today, all members of our society are influenced both
directly and indirectly by powerful media vehicles,
including .1 , television, sound recordings, and the
Internet .2 , promoters, and sales personnel have at
some point used all of these .3 to advocate what
people should wear, what they should eat, and what
values they should hold Vivid colours and language tell
us what is happening in the world and how to react to
the events shown Although much of our society’s media
seems dominated by superficial 4 , hyped 5 , and
depictions of violence, it is also a source of education,
humour, and nonviolent 6 Just remember that the
effect of media will vary with a child’s age and stage of
development
Most realize that although the different media forms can
be used elegantly for mediated learning, their major
objectives are entertainment and 7
The kind of books and other print media that children read and have read to them 8 and supports
their emotional, social, and intellectual development both directly and indirectly Printed materials,
such as books, magazines, and .9 , reach the child indirectly, through parents, caregivers, and
teachers, and directly, such as when children participate in a library presentation or select particular
10 to buy or borrow The printed material made available to children implies the values of the
home, school, and community Printed media affect children’s development indirectly through the
publications their parents read Books and magazines .11 adults how to lead healthy and productive lives and proclaim the dangers of unhealthy practices .12 affects the types of clothing,
food, and (especially) toys bought for children Some toys engage children’s imagination and are designed for groups of children playing together Other toys are more suitable for children playing alone Children’s potential for social and intellectual development is affected by which type of toy adults are motivated to buy http://www.education.com
2-Fill in the gaps with the right degree of comparison
a) Having an attractive appearance makes people feel …(good).
b) Going on crazy diets is … (healthy) exercising regularly.
Trang 2Parents, teachers, health professionals, and other adults have been concerned about the influence of the media on children and adolescents for many decades Exposure to media is inescapable It is part of enculturation, of learning to be an adult, and a part of one’s society Media provide the main vehicle for education and information sharing and for almost all forms of entertainment It is estimated that Americans spend at least 10% of their lives watching television, the most common media exposure of all ages Exhaustive research has studied the possible effects on attitudes, beliefs, and behaviours of messages presented in print or electronic media.
Today, most teens have their own TV with cable, VCR/DVD and CD players, and interactive video games all in the privacy of their own rooms 24 hours a day, 7 days a week Those who do not have these items almost always have friends who do Most have their own computers and connection to the Internet They have access to virtually any kind and degree of violent and sexual content and anything else one could imagine Interactive media create a new degree of violent or sexual content and anything else one could imagine Interactive media create a new dimension of potential harm as users participate and become emotionally involved in activities that are violent, erotic, or even both Most teens have signed onto social networking sites (e.g MySpace, Facebook) In addition to regular communication with friends and relatives, they may have electronic conversations with people whose identities are completely unknown and whose motives may include sexual solicitation Print media are readily available to all children in their homes, schools, libraries, and throughout the community, but adults generally have control over their selection and distribution and can monitor their content Electronic media raise greater concern because they are less open to parental scrutiny, especially Internet access through cell phones and other hand-held devices such as Blackberries In the case of cable-TV, VCR/DVD, and the Internet, parents may have no awareness of the content and very little control over the exposure.
Messages related to sex, drugs, and violence surround us at all times in most environments at various levels of explicitness and intensity Each individual child, adolescent, and adult will interpret each message in the context of his or her upbringing, family environment, religion, culture, and many other influences The same message may have harmful, beneficial, or neutral effects on different people and different effects on the same person under different circumstances.
It may be impossible to shield children and adolescents from exposure to all media messages that adults consider inappropriate or potentially harmful, yet it is possible to be aware of those messages and to balance them with appropriate facts and beliefs It is possible to help children and adolescents learn how to distinguish messages that are designed to sell products, messages that are products in themselves, and messages that are informative or entertaining It is possible to guide children and adolescents to media messages that encourage safety and good health and away from messages that promote unhealthy or high risk behaviours.
http://www.acog.org
3-Match the words/expressions in bold in column A with their corresponding meaning in column B One of the meanings does not apply
1- Exposure to media is inescapable.
2- Media provide the main vehicle for education and information sharing and for almost all forms of entertainment.
3- Electronic media raise greater concern because they are less open to parental scrutiny, especially Internet access through cell phones and other hand-held devices such as Blackberries.
a) apprehensio n
b) examination
c) unavoidable
d) objects
e) amusement
f) play
g) supply
ACTIVITY B – Read the text carefully
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“The effects of the media on teenagers are incredible It controls the minds of teenagers like a giant remote control.”
Write an opinion text of about 150 words commenting the above statement.
1-Identify, in the text, 3 different things the media can offer us
2- What do the underlined words refer to in the text?
a) their b) who c) whose d) their e) his f) them
3- Find evidence in the text for the following statements (30 points)
3.1- The worry about the effects of the media on children and teens isn’t new
3.2- Television is the most used medium in the USA
3.3- Nowadays the majority of teenagers has access to a paraphernalia of technology
3.4- Teenagers use the social networks to interact not only with friends, but also with unknown people
3.5- Parents’ control to the access and content of the electronic media is almost impossible
3.6- The way each person understands a message is different, according to his/her own education and beliefs
Part I I - ACTIVITY C