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'World of Warcraft' loses 2 million players (29th July, 2013)

PARAGRAPH ONE:

1.	losing	a.	to competition
2.	it is still the world's	b.	arena games
3.	multiplayer online role-	c.	most popular
4.	this is due	d.	players
5.	popular multiplayer online battle	e.	subscribers
6.	12 million active daily	f.	playing game

PARAGRAPH TWO:

1.	Despite	a.	is successful
2.	more	b.	giant
3.	biggest	c.	independence
4.	telecoms and entertainment	d.	these numbers
5.	if the buyout	e.	of "World of Warcraft"
6.	He oversaw the success	f.	shareholder

LISTEN AND FILL IN THE GAPS

The "World of Warcraft" online game (1) ___________________. Almost two million players (2) ___________________ in 2013. Activision Blizzard, owners of the game, had (3) ___________________ last year. Now they have 7.7 million. However, (4) ___________________ most popular multiplayer (5) ___________________ game. Analysts say this is due to competition from popular multiplayer online battle arena games. "League of Legends" has 12 million (6) ___________________.

Despite these numbers, Activision wants (7) ___________________. Its CEO is leading an $8.2billion buyout to be the (8) ___________________ again. He wants (9) ___________________ from French telecoms and entertainment giant Vivendi, which (10) ___________________ Activision. This would fall to 12 per cent if the (11) ___________________. The CEO believes in the future of online gaming. (12) ___________________ of "World of Warcraft" and the hit "Call Of Duty".

ONLINE GAMING SURVEY

Write five GOOD questions about online gaming in the table. Do this in pairs. Each student must write the questions on his / her own paper.

When you have finished, interview other students. Write down their answers.

	STUDENT 1 _____________	STUDENT 2 _____________	STUDENT 3 _____________
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Q.4.
Q.5.

• Now return to your original partner and share and talk about what you found out. Change partners often.

• Make mini-presentations to other groups on your findings.

WRITE QUESTIONS & ASK YOUR PARTNER(S)

Student A: Do not show these to your speaking partner(s).

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Student B: Do not show these to your speaking partner(s).

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FREE WRITING

Write about online gaming for 10 minutes. Comment on your partner's paper.

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