Smartphones 2 Teacher’s Notes

Task 1. Let’s talk about addiction. What can you be addicted to? Write below. Which of these things are you personally addicted to? Would you like to get rid of your addiction?

Possible answers: drugs, alcohol, smoking, gambling, coffee, power, television, shopping, chocolate, computer games, smartphones.

Task 2. Write down the questions I’m going to dictate.

Вопросы для диктанта:

1) Do you check your messages first thing in the morning?

2) Do you check your phone before going to sleep?

3) Do you check your phone regularly with no reason?

4) Do you think you must read a message as soon as you receive it?

5) Do you check your phone or send messages in social situations, eg at dinner or while talking to friends?

6) Do you check your phone more than 30 times a day?

7) Do you always check or use your phone during ‘dead’ time, such as waiting for a bus or an appointment?

8) Do you often want to check your phone or send messages while driving?

9) Do you worry about losing your phone?

10) Do you worry about being addicted to your phone?

If there are more than 6 ‘yes’ answers, you might be addicted to your phone. Share your thoughts with a partner. Who is more addicted to their phone - you or your partner? Who is the most addicted person in class/the most addicted person you know?

Task 3. Discuss with a partner the strategies for someone who is seriously addicted to their mobile phone – how do you identify and control the overuse of such technology as the mobile phone? Make a list of such strategies that you will both agree on. There are a few pictures to help you if you run out of ideas.

Некоторые идеи (включая идеи с картинок):

- Take a mobile addiction survey to increase awareness.

- Every time you use your phone, ask yourself why, and if it is really necessary.

- Spend time with friends and family without constantly consulting your phone.

- Check your phone not more than once an hour.

- Turn off alerts for messages, email, and smartphone apps.

- Start turning off your phone completely for short periods of time

- Identify the sources of addiction (email/ messaging/ games/ Instagram, etc.) and set regular times when you would use those (eg twice a day)

- Delete time-wasters, like games, from your phone

- Delete the social network apps from your phone and only open them from your browser

- Stop using your phone at the time of doing other things (eg reading, cooking, exercising)

Now choose your top three pieces of advice and think of the reasons why you’ve chosen them.

Совет: Не предлагайте студентам картинки сразу же – сначала дайте им возможность самим набросать идеи. Если видите, что процесс застопорился, тогда предложите картинки. Вы можете поделиться самими картинками (можно показывать их на экране по очереди и обсуждать, что может быть на них изображено – находятся в папке Brainstorm Task 3), либо карточками с картинками (в той же папке). Помогайте студентам только если они попросят, в остальном направляйте ход работы, но позвольте им самим вывести 3 главных совета.

Task 4. What are some of the annoying ways people use their phones?

Пример:

- When someone’s having a loud phone conversation on a bus;

- When someone they’re talking to is constantly checking their phone;

- When someone is using their phone while driving;

- When a barista or a waiter are using their smartphone instead of working;

Не навязывайте идеи выше студентам – они предназначены только для ситуации, если студентам сложно придумать ситуации.

Do you feel annoyed in those situations? What do you usually do? What would you say in each of those situations to stop the person from doing that?

Совет: запишите предлагаемые студентами ситуации на доске, после можете добавить несколько своих идей. Напротив каждой ситуации запишите, что студенты предлагают делать или говорить в каждой из них. Попросите студентов назвать конкретные слова, которые они бы использовали, например:

- You really shouldn’t…

- I’d prefer you not to…

- You’re not allowed to…

- I don’t like the way you are…

- Can you please stop (+ …ing)?

- Could you stop… please?

Role-play the situations:

Совет: скопируйте ситуации отдельно в чат каждому студенту, если работаете онлайн, либо распечатайте и раздайте ситуации на офлайн-занятии. Можете воспользоваться карточками ниже (для редактирования или печати) или прикрепленными карточками в формате jpg. Разрежьте на две части и раздайте их студентам в паре отдельно.

1. The cheating student:

Student A

You’re a student and you’re using your mobile phone during an exam. Phones are banned during exams. Prepare some good excuses!

Student B

You are a teacher. You see A using their phone during an exam. Confiscate A’s phone.

2. The show-off

Student A

You come from a very rich family, and have been given the latest, most expensive tablet for your birthday. Try to make B jealous of your new device.

Student B

You have a very basic mobile phone. A is going to show off about their new device. Show them that you are not interested or impressed.

3. The movie-goer

Student A

You are in the cinema and your phone rings. It’s your flatmate on the line. Your dog has been ill recently and right now you’re afraid it’s something about your dog, so you answer the call.

Student B

You are in the cinema. The person sitting next to you is having a conversation. Tell them you are not happy about this.

4. The arguing people

Student A

You are in a restaurant having a meal with a friend. Your friend keeps looking at their phone and sending messages while you’re talking. Tell them you’re not happy about this.

Student B

You are in a restaurant having a meal with a friend. You had a serious argument with your partner before coming out, and are trying to fix the situation by messaging. If you leave it until after the meal, you know your partner will be even angrier.

5. A complaint

Student A

You have received an unpleasant message from a client. B is your best friend. Tell them about it and ask for advice.

Student B

A is your best friend. A has received an unpleasant message from a client. Give them advice about what to do.

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