Topic: Fake News.
1. Warm-up
What
is fake news?
2. Key
words
Match
the words to their definitions.
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1. fact |
a. annoyed because things don’t happen how you want
them to |
|
2. frustrated |
b. an organization that protects the rights of workers |
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3. accept |
c. causing you to feel anxious |
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4. influence |
d. not fake |
|
5. a union |
e. something that happened which there is information
about |
|
6. worrying |
f. to affect how someone behaves |
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7. real |
g. to believe that something is true, especially when
it is bad |
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8. judge |
h. to form an opinion after carefully thinking about
something |
3. Reading
You are going to
read an article about how pupils in the UK are using fake news in their
schoolwork.
Before you read,
put ‘T’ (True) or ’F’ (False) next to each of the statements below, then scan
the text on the next page to find out if your answers are correct.
1. Pupils are
creating their own fake news.
2. 20 percent of teachers said that their
pupils used fake news as fact in schoolwork.
3. Teachers will
need to teach children how to tell the difference between real and fake news.
4. Pupils still
believe that false news is true, even when their teachers tell them it is fake.
5. Websites
could get a 50 million euro fine if they don’t remove fake news posts.
6. Most fake
news posts will need to be removed quickly from websites.
Pupils think
fake news is fact and are using it in their schoolwork,
say teachers.
Teachers are
frustrated that pupils can’t accept that some stories on social networks are
false, as experts say pupils need better education about online dangers.
School pupils
believe that fake news is fact, and are repeating it in lessons and using it in
written work, teachers have warned. More
than a third of teachers say their students have used false information that
they found online, according to a survey by a teacher’s union.
The union’s
general secretary, Chris Keates, said that the information was
"worrying" and it showed that internet companies have a lot of power
to influence people’s opinions, especially young people. International
education experts are becoming more worried about the situation and say that
teachers will need to teach children how to spot fake news. Others were
frustrated that students didn’t believe that news they had seen on Facebook and
other social media sites was not true, even when the problem was explained to
them. One teacher said that pupils often thought that fake news sites were
real, and also that anything that President Donald Trump said was a fact.
Last week,
German officials said they would give fines of up to 50 million euros to social
networks if they didn’t take down illegal fake news posts. The new law would
give social networks 24 hours to delete or block the content and seven days to
concentrate on more complicated cases.
Commenting on
the results of the survey, Ms Keates said that she was worried about the trend,
particularly because many young people have never known a world without
internet, and are less able to judge whether information that they read online
is real or fake. She added that: "It is important for children and young
people to be made aware that not everything they see and read online is
real." She said that teachers are trying to help educate pupils about
using false information, but added that it was important for internet providers
and websites to take responsibility for any material that is available, and
also to deal with people who misuse their services.
Last month
Andreas Schleicher, the director of education and skills at OECD, (The
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development), said that in the
modern age, being able to tell the difference between what is real and what is
fake is a critical skill. He added that: "This is something that we
believe schools can do something about."
4. Find
the words
Find a word or phrase in the text which means ...
1.
as shown by (preposition):
2.
see or notice something (verb):
3.
remove (phrasal verb):
4.
stop something being seen (verb):
5.
use your time to do something (phrasal verb):
6.
use something for the wrong purpose (verb):
7.
take action to solve a problem (phrasal verb):
8.
very important (adj.)
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