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Japanese professor invents lickable TV screen (30th December, 2021)

The Reading / Listening - Lickable TV - Level 3

Have you ever wanted to taste the delicious-looking food you see on cooking shows? Well, that wish has moved a step closer. A professor in Japan has developed a prototype TV screen that you can lick. It is called TTTV. This abbreviation means "Taste the TV". Professor Homei Miyashita from Meiji University in Tokyo created the screen. He said it could become "taste-a-vision". If he created a screen that emits smells, we could also have "smell-a-vision". Professor Miyashita wanted to create a screen that gave a multisensory experience. He hopes his work means that screen technology can move on from just having pictures and sound to a screen that engages the sense of taste too.

Professor Miyashita said his screen can imitate food flavours. It works a bit like an inkjet printer that uses different cartridges to create different colours. Instead of ink, Miyashita's TTTV uses 10 different flavour cartridges. These spray a combination of flavours onto a hygienic film that is part of the TV screen. The TV viewer can then lick the screen to sample the taste. Professor Miyashita said: "The goal is to make it possible for people to have the experience of something like eating at a restaurant on the other side of the world, even while staying at home." A student at Meiji University sampled a chocolate she saw on the screen. She said: "It's sweet like a chocolate sauce." Miyashita said TTTV would cost about $870.

Try the same news story at these easier levels:

Lickable TV - Level 0, Lickable TV - Level 1 or Lickable TV - Level 2

Sources

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/12/23/business/tech/tasting-television/
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/dec/23/taste-the-tv-japan-invents-lickable-screen-to-imitate-food-flavours
https://www.theverge.com/2021/12/23/22851585/lick-taste-the-tv-screen-snozzberries-flavor-chemicals-menu

Make sure you try all of the online activities for this reading and listening - There are dictations, multiple choice activities, drag and drop activities, sentence jumbles, which word activities, text reconstructions, spelling, gap fills and a whole lot more. Please enjoy :-)

Warm-ups

1. LICKABLE TV: Students walk around the class and talk to other students about lickable TV. 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?
taste / cooking shows / professor / TV screen / technology / pictures / sound / sense /
food flavours / printer / ink / spray / lick / goal / experience / staying at home / sauce
Have a chat about the topics you liked. Change topics and partners frequently.
3. LICKABLE SCREENS: Students A strongly believe lickable screens are a great idea; Students B strongly believe they are a terrible idea. Change partners again and talk about your conversations.
4. SENSES: How can technology improve these senses? How happy would you be with these improvements? Complete this table with your partner(s). Change partners often and share what you wrote.

	Improvements	Your Happiness
Taste
Sight
Smell
Hearing
Touch
The sixth sense

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5. TASTE: Spend one minute writing down all of the different words you associate with the word "taste". Share your words with your partner(s) and talk about them. Together, put the words into different categories.
6. TASTIEST: Rank these with your partner. Put the tastiest things at the top. Change partners often and share your rankings.

Potato chips
Chocolate
Blueberries
Coffee
Spicy chicken
Garlic
Grilled fish
Apple juice

Vocabulary

Paragraph 1

1.	delicious	a.	Produce and let out something, especially gas, smells or radiation.
2.	show	b.	A first version of something, from which other forms are made.
3.	prototype	c.	A TV programme.
4.	lick	d.	One of the ways we experience the world, such as sight, smell, hearing, taste, and touch.
5.	emit	e.	Having a really, really nice taste.
6.	engage	f.	Pass the tongue over something in order to taste, wet, or clean it.
7.	sense	g.	Become involved in.

Paragraph 2

8.	imitate	h.	A container holding film or ink.
9.	cartridge	i.	Good for staying healthy and preventing disease.
10.	spray	j.	The money needed to buy something.
11.	combination	k.	Liquid that is blown or driven through the air in the form of tiny drops.
12.	hygienic	l.	Try something by eating or drinking a little of it.
13.	sample	m.	The joining of different things to make a new thing.
14.	cost	n.	Copy.

Before reading / listening

1. TRUE / FALSE: Read the headline. Guess if 1-8 below are true (T) or false (F).

The article asks if we have ever been on a cooking show on TV. T / F
A professor in Japan created a lickable TV screen called TVTT. T / F
The professor created a screen for us to be able to smell food. T / F
The professor created a screen for us to use more than one sense. T / F
The article says the lickable screen is similar to an inkjet printer. T / F
The lickable screen uses 10 different printer ink cartridges. T / F
The screen could let us experience the taste of food worldwide. T / F
A student said the taste of chocolate was nothing like chocolate. T / F

2. SYNONYM MATCH: Match the following synonyms from the article.

delicious
step
prototype
emits
just
imitate
combination
goal
sampled
cost

mix
first model
copy
stage
be priced at
only
tried out
tasty
aim
releases

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

taste the delicious-looking food you see
that wish has moved a step
A professor in Japan has developed a
If he created a screen that emits
a screen that gave a multisensory
his screen can
It works a bit
These spray a combination
eating at a restaurant on the
even while staying

imitate food flavours
prototype TV screen
at home
experience
like an inkjet printer
on cooking shows
other side of the world
smells
of flavours
closer

Gap fill

Put these words into the spaces in the paragraph below.

step
sound
prototype
emits
sense
delicious
experience
abbreviation

Have you ever wanted to taste the (1) _____________________ -looking food you see on cooking shows? Well, that wish has moved a (2) _____________________ closer. A professor in Japan has developed a (3) _____________________ TV screen that you can lick. It is called TTTV. This (4) _____________________ means "Taste the TV". Professor Homei Miyashita from Meiji University in Tokyo created the screen. He said it could become "taste-a-vision". If he created a screen that (5) _____________________ smells, we could also have "smell-a-vision". Professor Miyashita wanted to create a screen that gave a multisensory (6) _____________________. He hopes his work means that screen technology can move on from just having pictures and (7) _____________________ to a screen that engages the (8) _____________________ of taste too.

Put these words into the spaces in the paragraph below.

lick
sampled
create
film
imitate
cost
other
spray

Professor Miyashita said his screen can (9) _____________________ food flavours. It works a bit like an inkjet printer that uses different cartridges to (10) _____________________ different colours. Instead of ink, Miyashita's TTTV uses 10 different flavour cartridges. These (11) _____________________ a combination of flavours onto a hygienic (12) _____________________ that is part of the TV screen. The TV viewer can then (13) _____________________ the screen to sample the taste. Professor Miyashita said: "The goal is to make it possible for people to have the experience of something like eating at a restaurant on the (14) _____________________ side of the world, even while staying at home." A student at Meiji University (15) _____________________ a chocolate she saw on the screen. She said: "It's sweet like a chocolate sauce." Miyashita said TTTV would (16) _____________________ about $870.

Listening — Guess the answers. Listen to check.

1) taste the delicious-looking food you see ______
     a. on cook in shows
     b. on cook king shows
     c. on coo king shows
     d. on cooking shows
2) Well, that wish has moved ______
     a. a step closed
     b. a step closely
     c. a step closer
     d. a step close
3) A professor in Japan has developed a prototype TV screen that ______
     a. you can lack
     b. you can luck
     c. you can lick
     d. you can lock
4) He said it could become "taste-a-vision". If he created a screen ______
     a. that omits smells
     b. that emits smells
     c. that remits smells
     d. that merits smells
5) can move on from just having pictures and sound to a screen that ______
     a. engage is the sense
     b. engaged the sense
     c. engages the sense
     d. engaging the sense

6) Professor Miyashita said his screen can ______
     a. imitator food flavours
     b. imitate foodie flavours
     c. imitate food flavours
     d. I'm irate food flavours
7) Instead of ink, Miyashita's TTTV uses 10 ______
     a. different flavour cartridges
     b. difference flavour cartridges
     c. differently flavour cartridges
     d. differ ant flavour cartridges
8) The TV viewer can then lick the screen to ______
     a. simple the taste
     b. sump pull the taste
     c. sump pill the taste
     d. sample the taste
9) have the experience of something like eating at a restaurant on ______
     a. the others side
     b. the other side
     c. the another side
     d. the udder side
10) Miyashita said TTTV would ______
     a. costly about $870
     b. costs about $870
     c. coast about $870
     d. cost about $870

Listening — Listen and fill in the gaps

Have you ever wanted to taste the delicious-looking food you see (1) ____________________? Well, that wish has moved a step closer. A professor in Japan has developed (2) ____________________ screen that you can lick. It is called TTTV. This abbreviation means "Taste the TV". Professor Homei Miyashita from Meiji University in Tokyo created the screen. He said (3) ____________________ "taste-a-vision". If he created a screen that emits smells, we could also have "smell-a-vision". Professor Miyashita (4) ____________________ a screen that gave a multisensory experience. He hopes his work means that screen technology can (5) ____________________ just having pictures and sound to a screen that engages the (6) ____________________ too.

Professor Miyashita said his screen can (7) ____________________. It works a bit like an inkjet printer that uses different (8) ____________________ different colours. Instead of ink, Miyashita's TTTV uses 10 different flavour cartridges. These (9) ____________________ of flavours onto a hygienic film that is part of the TV screen. The TV viewer can then (10) ____________________ to sample the taste. Professor Miyashita said: "The goal is to make it possible for people to have the experience of something like eating at a restaurant on the (11) ____________________ the world, even while staying at home." A student at Meiji University sampled a chocolate she saw on the screen. She said: "It's (12) ____________________ chocolate sauce." Miyashita said TTTV would cost about $870.

Comprehension questions

Where might people have seen delicious-looking food?
What does TTTV mean?
Where is the university the professor is from?
What kind of experience does the professor want people to have?
What does the professor want his screen to move on from?
What does the professor's screen imitate?
How many cartridges does the screen use?
Where are restaurants the professor says we can sample tastes from?
What was the taste a student sampled?
How much does the professor say the screen would cost?

Multiple choice quiz

1) Where might people have seen delicious-looking food?
a) in restaurants
b) cooking shows
c) in cookery books
d) the Internet
2) What does TTTV mean?
a) The Tasty TV
b) Top Tasty TV
c) The Tasting TV
d) Taste the TV
3) Where is the university the professor is from?
a) Tokyo
b) Osaka
c) Kobe
d) Kyoto
4) What kind of experience does the professor want people to have?
a) a gourmet one
b) a filling one
c) a multisensory one
d) a lip-licking-tasty one
5) What does the professor want his screen to move on from?
a) tastes and flavours
b) pictures and sound
c) pixels
d) food

6) What does the professor's screen imitate?
a) food flavours
b) cooking smells
c) cooking shows
d) cook books
7) How many cartridges does the screen use?
a) 8
b) 9
c) 10
d) 12
8) Where are restaurants the professor says we can sample tastes from?
a) the other side of the world
b) all over Japan
c) in cyberspace
d) in hotels
9) What was the taste a student sampled?
a) chocolate sauce
b) tuna fish
c) orange juice
d) spicy chicken

10) How much does the professor say the screen would cost?
a) under $870
b) over $870
c) exactly $870
d) about $870

Role play

Role A – Potato Chips
You think potato chips are the tastiest thing. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them why their things aren't as tasty. Also, tell the others which is the least tasty of these (and why): blueberries, grilled fish or garlic.

Role B – Blueberries
You think blueberries are the tastiest thing. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them why their things aren't as tasty. Also, tell the others which is the least tasty of these (and why): potato chips, grilled fish or garlic.

Role C – Grilled Fish
You think grilled fish is the tastiest thing. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them why their things aren't as tasty. Also, tell the others which is the least tasty of these (and why): blueberries, potato chips or garlic.

Role D – Garlic
You think garlic is the tastiest thing. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them why their things aren't as tasty. Also, tell the others which is the least tasty of these (and why): blueberries, grilled fish or potato chips.

After reading / listening

1. WORD SEARCH: Look in your dictionary / computer to find collocates, other meanings, information, synonyms … for the words...

'lick'

________________

________________

________________

________________

________________

________________

________________

________________

and 'screen'.
________________

________________

________________

________________

________________

________________

________________

________________

• Share your findings with your partners.

• Make questions using the words you found.

• Ask your partner / group your questions.

2. ARTICLE QUESTIONS: Look back at the article and write down some questions you would like to ask the class about the text.

•Share your questions with other classmates / groups. •Ask your partner / group your questions.

3. GAP FILL: In pairs / groups, compare your answers to this exercise. Check your answers. Talk about the words from the activity. Were they new, interesting, worth learning…?

4. VOCABULARY: Circle any words you do not understand. In groups, pool unknown words and use dictionaries to find their meanings.

5. TEST EACH OTHER: Look at the words below. With your partner, try to recall how they were used in the text:

taste

cooking

professor

Tokyo

screen

technology

food

printer

cartridge

sample

experience

restaurant

Student survey

Write five GOOD questions about this topic 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.

(Please look at page 12 of the PDF to see a photocopiable example of this activity.)

Discussion - Lickable TV

STUDENT A’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)

What did you think when you read the headline?
What images are in your mind when you hear the word 'lick'?
What do you think of cooking shows on TV?
What do you think of a lickable TV screen?
Would you like to send the taste of your cooking in an email?
Would a lickable screen make people hungrier?
Would you rather have a TV screen with tastes or smells?
How would TTTV help restaurants?
What three adjectives best describe this story?
Will we have smells in movie theatres one day?

STUDENT B’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)

Did you like reading this article? Why/not?
What do you think of when you hear the word 'screen'?
What do you think about what you read?
Do you like watching TV programmes about food?
What would we do to make the lickable screens hygienic?
What do you think of tasting what's on social media?
Will people on trains be licking their smartphone screens?
What would be the best taste to lick on a screen?
How might TTTV affect international travel?
What questions would you like to ask the professor?

Discussion — Write your own questions

STUDENT A’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)

(a) ________________

(b) ________________

(c) ________________

(d) ________________

(e) ________________

STUDENT B’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)

(f) ________________

(g) ________________

(h) ________________

(i) ________________

(j) ________________

Language — Cloze (Gap-fill)

Have you ever wanted to (1) ____ the delicious-looking food you see on cooking shows? Well, that wish has moved a step (2) ____. A professor in Japan has developed a prototype TV screen that you can (3) ____. It is called TTTV. This abbreviation means "Taste the TV". Professor Homei Miyashita from Meiji University in Tokyo created the screen. He said it could become "taste-a-vision". If he created a screen that (4) ____ smells, we could also have "smell-a-vision". Professor Miyashita wanted to create a screen (5) ____ gave a multisensory experience. He hopes his work means that screen technology can move on from just having pictures and sound to a screen that engages the (6) ____ of taste too.

Professor Miyashita said his screen can (7) ____ food flavours. It works a bit like an inkjet printer that uses different cartridges to create different colours. Instead (8) ____ ink, Miyashita's TTTV uses 10 different flavour cartridges. These (9) ____ a combination of flavours onto a hygienic film that is part of the TV screen. The TV viewer can then lick the screen to sample the taste. Professor Miyashita said: "The (10) ____ is to make it possible for people to have the experience of something like eating at a restaurant (11) ____ the other side of the world, even while staying at home." A student at Meiji University sampled a chocolate she saw on the screen. She said: "It's sweet (12) ____ a chocolate sauce." Miyashita said TTTV would cost about $870.

Which of these words go in the above text?

(a)     tasting     (b)     tasty     (c)     taste     (d)     tasted
(a)     closer     (b)     closed     (c)     closely     (d)     closes
(a)     lick     (b)     lack     (c)     luck     (d)     lock
(a)     emits     (b)     omits     (c)     remits     (d)     commits
(a)     what     (b)     that     (c)     this     (d)     then
(a)     tongue     (b)     nutrition     (c)     savoury     (d)     sense
(a)     cope     (b)     copier     (c)     imitate     (d)     copying
(a)     for     (b)     off     (c)     at     (d)     of
(a)     spray     (b)     mist     (c)     aerosol     (d)     whoosh
(a)     goal     (b)     try     (c)     hoop     (d)     set
(a)     as     (b)     on     (c)     under     (d)     end
(a)     fond     (b)     love     (c)     like     (d)     enjoy

Spelling

Paragraph 1

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Paragraph 2

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Put the text back together

( 1 ) Have you ever wanted to taste the delicious-looking food you see on cooking shows? Well, that wish has moved a step
(...) chocolate she saw on the screen. She said: "It's sweet like a chocolate sauce." Miyashita said TTTV would cost about $870.
(...) flavour cartridges. These spray a combination of flavours onto a hygienic film that is part
(...) have "smell-a-vision". Professor Miyashita wanted to create a screen that gave a multisensory
(...) means "Taste the TV". Professor Homei Miyashita from Meiji University in Tokyo created
(...) is to make it possible for people to have the experience of something like eating at a
(...) just having pictures and sound to a screen that engages the sense of taste too.
(...) the screen. He said it could become "taste-a-vision". If he created a screen that emits smells, we could also
(...) restaurant on the other side of the world, even while staying at home." A student at Meiji University sampled a
(...) closer. A professor in Japan has developed a prototype TV screen that you can lick. It is called TTTV. This abbreviation
(...) of the TV screen. The TV viewer can then lick the screen to sample the taste. Professor Miyashita said: "The goal
(...) experience. He hopes his work means that screen technology can move on from
(...) Professor Miyashita said his screen can imitate food flavours. It works a bit like an inkjet
(...) printer that uses different cartridges to create different colours. Instead of ink, Miyashita's TTTV uses 10 different

Put the words in the right order

delicious-looking you shows . food Taste cooking on see
prototype can screen that A TV lick . you
created He emits screen that smells . a
means on . His screen work can move technology
sense A screen of that engages the taste .
a It printer . bit like works an inkjet
the screen . then viewer can lick The TV
on Restaurants of side world . other the the
chocolate she the sampled on screen . saw She
it's said sweet a chocolate She sauce . like

Circle the correct word (20 pairs)

Have you ever wanted to taste the delicious-looking / delicious-looked food you see on cooking shows? Well, that wish has moved a ladder / step closer. A professor in Japan has developed a prototype TV screen that you can lack / lick. It is called TTTV. This abbreviation meaning / means "Taste the TV". Professor Homei Miyashita from Meiji University in / on Tokyo created the screen. He said it could become / became "taste-a-vision". If he created a screen that omits / emits smells, we could also have "smell-a-vision". Professor Miyashita wanted to create / creative a screen that gave a multisensory experience. He hopes / hoping his work means that screen technology can move on / off from just having pictures and sound to a screen that engages the sense of taste too.

Professor Miyashita said his screen can mutate / imitate food flavours. It works a bit / but like an inkjet printer that uses different cartridges to / for create different colours. Instead of ink, Miyashita's TTTV use / uses 10 different flavour cartridges. These spray a combination of flavours onto a hygienic film what / that is part of the TV screen. The TV viewer can then lick the screen to sample / simple the taste. Professor Miyashita said: "The goal is to make it possible for people to having / have the experience of something like eating at a restaurant on / off the other side of the world, even while stay / staying at home." A student at Meiji University sampled a chocolate she saw on the screen. She said: "It's sweet like a chocolate sauce." Miyashita said TTTV would costly / cost about $870.

Talk about the connection between each pair of words in italics, and why the correct word is correct.

Insert the vowels (a, e, i, o, u)

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Pr_f_ss_r M_y_sh_t_ s__d h_s scr__n c_n _m_t_t_ f__d fl_v__rs. _t w_rks _ b_t l_k_ _n _nkj_t pr_nt_r th_t _s_s d_ff_r_nt c_rtr_dg_s t_ cr__t_ d_ff_r_nt c_l__rs. _nst__d _f _nk, M_y_sh_t_'s TTTV _s_s 10 d_ff_r_nt fl_v__r c_rtr_dg_s. Th_s_ spr_y _ c_mb_n_t__n _f fl_v__rs _nt_ _ hyg__n_c f_lm th_t _s p_rt _f th_ TV scr__n. Th_ TV v__w_r c_n th_n l_ck th_ scr__n t_ s_mpl_ th_ t_st_. Pr_f_ss_r M_y_sh_t_ s__d: "Th_ g__l _s t_ m_k_ _t p_ss_bl_ f_r p__pl_ t_ h_v_ th_ _xp_r__nc_ _f s_m_th_ng l_k_ __t_ng _t _ r_st__r_nt _n th_ _th_r s_d_ _f th_ w_rld, _v_n wh_l_ st_y_ng _t h_m_." _ st_d_nt _t M__j_ _n_v_rs_ty s_mpl_d _ ch_c_l_t_ sh_ s_w _n th_ scr__n. Sh_ s__d: "_t's sw__t l_k_ _ ch_c_l_t_ s__c_." M_y_sh_t_ s__d TTTV w__ld c_st _b__t $870.

Punctuate the text and add capitals

have you ever wanted to taste the deliciouslooking food you see on cooking shows well that wish has moved a step closer a professor in japan has developed a prototype tv screen that you can lick it is called tttv this abbreviation means taste the tv professor homei miyashita from meiji university in tokyo created the screen he said it could become tasteavision if he created a screen that emits smells we could also have smellavision professor miyashita wanted to create a screen that gave a multisensory experience he hopes his work means that screen technology can move on from just having pictures and sound to a screen that engages the sense of taste too

professor miyashita said his screen can imitate food flavours it works a bit like an inkjet printer that uses different cartridges to create different colours instead of ink miyashitas tttv uses 10 different flavour cartridges these spray a combination of flavours onto a hygienic film that is part of the tv screen the tv viewer can then lick the screen to sample the taste professor miyashita said the goal is to make it possible for people to have the experience of something like eating at a restaurant on the other side of the world even while staying at home a student at meiji university sampled a chocolate she saw on the screen she said its sweet like a chocolate sauce miyashita said tttv would cost about 870.

Put a slash (/) where the spaces are

Haveyoueverwantedtotastethedelicious-lookingfoodyouseeoncoo
kingshows?Well,thatwishhasmovedastepcloser.AprofessorinJapan
hasdevelopedaprototypeTVscreenthatyoucanlick.ItiscalledTTTV.Th
isabbreviationmeans"TastetheTV".ProfessorHomeiMiyashitafromM
eijiUniversityinTokyocreatedthescreen.Hesaiditcouldbecome"taste
-a-vision".Ifhecreatedascreenthatemitssmells,wecouldalsohave"s
mell-a-vision".ProfessorMiyashitawantedtocreateascreenthatgav
eamultisensoryexperience.Hehopeshisworkmeansthatscreentechn
ologycanmoveonfromjusthavingpicturesandsoundtoascreenthaten
gagesthesenseoftastetoo.ProfessorMiyashitasaidhisscreencanimita
tefoodflavours.Itworksabitlikeaninkjetprinterthatusesdifferentcartr
idgestocreatedifferentcolours.Insteadofink,Miyashita'sTTTVuses10
differentflavourcartridges.Thesesprayacombinationofflavoursontoa
hygienicfilmthatispartoftheTVscreen.TheTVviewercanthenlickthesc
reentosamplethetaste.ProfessorMiyashitasaid:"Thegoalistomakeit
possibleforpeopletohavetheexperienceofsomethinglikeeatingatare
staurantontheothersideoftheworld,evenwhilestayingathome."Astu
dentatMeijiUniversitysampledachocolateshesawonthescreen.Shesa
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Free writing

Write about lickable TV for 10 minutes. Comment on your partner’s paper.

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Academic writing

Lickable and smellable TV would mean we no longer have to travel. Discuss.

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Homework

1. VOCABULARY EXTENSION: Choose several of the words from the text. Use a dictionary or Google's search field (or another search engine) to build up more associations / collocations of each word.
2. INTERNET: Search the Internet and find out more about this news story. Share what you discover with your partner(s) in the next lesson.
3. LICKABLE TV: Make a poster about lickable TV. Show your work to your classmates in the next lesson. Did you all have similar things?
4. SENSE-O-VISION: Write a magazine article about sense-o-vision replacing international travel TV. Include imaginary interviews with people who are for and against this.
Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Write down any new words and expressions you hear from your partner(s).
5. WHAT HAPPENED NEXT? Write a newspaper article about the next stage in this news story. Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Give each other feedback on your articles.
6. LETTER: Write a letter to an expert on lickable TV. Ask him/her three questions about it. Give him/her three of your opinions on it. Read your letter to your partner(s) in your next lesson. Your partner(s) will answer your questions.

A Few Additional Activities for Students

Ask your students what they have read, seen or heard about this news in their own language. Students are likely to / may have have encountered this news in their L1 and therefore bring a background knowledge to the classroom.

Get students to role play different characters from this news story.

Ask students to keep track of this news and revisit it to discuss in your next class.

Ask students to male predictions of how this news might develop in the next few days or weeks, and then revisit and discuss in a future class.

Ask students to write a follow-up story to this news.

Students role play a journalist and someone who witnessed or was a part of this news. Perhaps they could make a video of the interview.

Ask students to keep a news journal in English and add this story to their thoughts.

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