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Level 3 - 13th November, 2018 Posting selfies on social media can be bad

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Contents

The Article

2

Discussion (Student-Created Qs)

15

Warm-Ups

3

Language Work (Cloze)

16

Vocabulary

4

Spelling

17

Before Reading / Listening

5

Put The Text Back Together

18

Gap Fill

6

Put The Words In The Right Order

19

Match The Sentences And Listen

7

Circle The Correct Word

20

Listening Gap Fill

8

Insert The Vowels (a, e, i, o, u)

21

Comprehension Questions

9

Punctuate The Text And Add Capitals

22

Multiple Choice - Quiz

10

Put A Slash ( / ) Where The Spaces Are 23

Role Play

11

Free Writing

24

After Reading / Listening

12

Academic Writing

25

Student Survey

13

Homework

26

Discussion (20 Questions)

14

Answers

27

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THE ARTICLE

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Using social media too much and posting many selfies have caused a rise in narcissism, according to a new study. Narcissism is when someone becomes very selfish and believes they are very talented and beautiful. They need attention from other people and think they are better than everyone else. Researchers at universities in Swansea and Milan found that heavy users of social media sites like Facebook and Twitter showed a 25 per cent rise in narcissism in just four months. The researchers studied how 74 people aged 18 to 34 used social media and looked at how their personality changed. They said that posting selfies seemed to increase levels of narcissism in a way that text messaging does not.

Professor Phil Reed, from the Department of Psychology at Swansea University, said: "There have been suggestions of links between narcissism and the use of [selfies] on social media, such as Facebook, but until this study, it was not known if...using such platforms is associated with the...growth in narcissism. The results of this study suggest that...posting selfies can increase narcissism." Professor Read said that "about 20 per cent of people may be at risk of developing" narcissism. This is because they want attention and likes from other people after they post a selfie. They also want to show others how their life is better or how they are more beautiful or attractive.

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WARM-UPS

1. SELFIES: Students walk around the class and talk to other students about selfies.

Change partners often and share your findings.

2. CHAT: In pairs / groups, talk about these topics or words from the article. What will

the article say about them? What can you say about these words and your life?

social media / narcissism / selfish / attention / universities / personality / links / text messaging / platforms / growth / study / selfie / risk / beautiful / attractive

Have a chat about the topics you liked. Change topics and partners frequently.

3. NARCISSISM: Students A strongly believe social media leads to narcissism;

Students B strongly believe it doesn't. Change partners again and talk about your conversations.

4. SOCIAL MEDIA: What are the problems of social media? What can we do about

these problems? Complete this table with your partner(s). Change partners often and share what you wrote.

Narcissism Bullying No exercise Fake news Privacy Poor eyesight

Problem(s)

What can we do?

5. TEXT MESSAGING: Spend one minute writing down all of the different words

you associate with the word "text messaging". Share your words with your partner(s) and talk about them. Together, put the words into different categories.

6. POSTS: Rank these with your partner. Put the best kinds of posts at the top.

Change partners often and share your rankings.

? selfies ? lunch ? cats ? children

? travel photos ? memes ? words about love ? politics

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VOCABULARY MATCHING

Paragraph 1 1. caused 2. narcissism 3. according to

4. selfish

5. attention

6. personality 7. seemed

a. Give the impression or idea of being something or having a particular thing.

b. Made something, especially something bad, happen.

c. Looking at, writing or speaking to someone or something; thinking that someone or something is interesting or important.

d. Being very, very selfish, with a big idea of one's own talents and a great need to be admired.

e. A person not caring about other people; only thinking about your own personal profit or pleasure.

f. As spoken or written by.

g. All of the things or qualities that make someone's character.

Paragraph 2 8. suggestions 9. platforms 10. associated

11. growth 12. risk

13. developing 14. attractive

h. An idea or plan put forward for others to think about.

i. Being nice to look at.

j. The hardware of a computer system, that can run different kinds of software; a social media website.

k. Growing or causing to grow and become more mature or advanced.

l. Of a person or thing connected with something else.

m. The process of increasing in physical size.

n. The possibility that something unpleasant or unwelcome will happen.

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BEFORE READING / LISTENING

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1. TRUE / FALSE: Read the headline. Guess if a-h below are true (T) or false (F).

a. Narcissism is when people care about others more than themselves. T / F b. Narcissists think they are better than everyone else. T / F c. Posting many selfies increases the risk of narcissism by 50%. T / F d. Researchers looked at 74 people in their twenties and thirties. T / F e. A professor suggested there was too little research on this issue. T / F f. The professor said his study suggested selfies lead to narcissism. T / F g. The professor said 20 per cent of people are at risk of narcissism. T / F h. Narcissists want to show others how bad their life is. T / F

2. SYNONYM MATCH: (The words in bold are from the news article.)

1. narcissism 2. study 3. talented 4. rise 5. personality 6. links 7. such as 8. risk 9. post 10. attractive

a. like b. character c. good-looking d. research e. upload f. increase g. self-love h. connections i. chance j. gifted

3. PHRASE MATCH: (Sometimes more than one choice is possible.)

1. posting many selfies have caused a 2. They need attention 3. social media sites 4. looked at how their personality 5. posting selfies seemed to increase 6. using such 7. associated with the 8. about 20 per cent of people may be at 9. They also want to show others 10. how they are more beautiful

a. platforms b. changed c. risk d. or attractive e. rise in narcissism f. how their life is better g. like Facebook h. levels of narcissism i. growth j. from other people

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GAP FILL

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Using social media too (1) ____________ and posting many selfies have caused a (2) ____________ in narcissism, according to a new study. Narcissism is when someone becomes very (3) ____________ and believes they are very talented and beautiful. They need (4) ____________ from other people and think they are better than everyone else. Researchers at universities in Swansea and Milan found that (5) ____________ users of social media sites like Facebook and Twitter showed a 25 per cent rise in narcissism in (6) ____________ four months. The researchers studied how 74 people aged 18 to 34 used social media and looked at how their (7) ____________ changed. They said that posting selfies seemed to increase levels of narcissism in a way that (8) ____________ messaging does not.

heavy rise text just selfish personality much attention

Professor Phil Reed, from the Department of Psychology at Swansea University, said: "There have been (9) ____________ of links between narcissism and the (10) ____________ of [selfies] on social media, such as Facebook, but until this study, it was not (11) ____________ if...using such platforms is associated with the... (12) ____________ in narcissism. The results of this (13) ____________ suggest that...posting selfies can increase narcissism." Professor Read said that "about 20 per cent of people may be at (14) ____________ of developing" narcissism. This is because they want attention and likes from (15) ____________ people after they post a selfie. They also want to show others how their life is better or how they are more beautiful or (16) ____________.

other known risk suggestions attractive use growth study

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LISTENING ? Guess the answers. Listen to check.

From

1) Using social media too much and posting many selfies have caused ______ narcissism a. a rising b. a risen in c. a rise in d. a riser in

2) when someone becomes very selfish and believes they are ______ beautiful a. very talent it and b. very talented end c. very talent it end d. very talented and

3) They need attention from other people and think they are better ______ else a. that everyone b. them everyone c. than everyone d. their everyone

4) aged 18 to 34 used social media and looked at how ______ changed a. their purse anomaly b. their pursue sanity c. their purser sanity d. their personality

5) selfies seemed to increase levels of narcissism in a way that text ______ not a. massaging does b. messaging does c. massage in does d. messaging doesn't

6) There have been suggestions of links between narcissism and ______ selfies a. the used of b. the use of c. the uses off d. the use off

7) using such platforms is associated with the ______ narcissism a. grow thing b. grow thin c. grow think d. growth in

8) The results of this study suggest that...posting selfies ______ narcissism a. can ink crease b. can ink raise c. can in creased d. can increase

9) Read said that "about 20 per cent of people may be at risk ______ narcissism a. of develop in b. off developing c. off develop in d. of developing

10) show others how their life is better or how they are more beautiful ______ a. or attractively b. or attractive c. or attract live d. or a tracked tiff

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LISTENING ? Listen and fill in the gaps

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Using social media too much and posting many selfies (1) ___________________ rise in narcissism, according to a new study. Narcissism is when someone becomes (2) ___________________ believes they are very talented and beautiful. They need attention from other people and think they are better (3) ___________________. Researchers at universities in Swansea and Milan found that (4) ___________________ social media sites like Facebook and Twitter showed a 25 per cent rise in narcissism in just four months. The researchers studied how 74 people aged 18 to 34 used social media and (5) ___________________ their personality changed. They said that posting selfies seemed to increase levels of narcissism in a (6) ___________________ messaging does not.

Professor Phil Reed, from the Department of Psychology at Swansea University, said: "There have been suggestions (7) ___________________ narcissism and the use of [selfies] on social media, such as Facebook, but until this study, it (8) ___________________ if...using such platforms is associated with (9) ___________________ narcissism. The results of this study suggest that...posting selfies can increase narcissism." Professor Read said that "about 20 per cent of people may (10) ___________________ of developing" narcissism. This is because they want attention and likes from other people (11) ___________________ a selfie. They also want to show others how their life is better or how they are more (12) ___________________.

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