The Reading / Listening - 10-Minute TikTok - Level 0

TikTok will allow 10-minute videos. It started in 2018 with one-minute videos. That tripled to three minutes in 2021. A company spokesperson said the company wants to "enrich the TikTok experience." Longer videos may give people more time "to create and be entertained".

Longer videos means TikTok will rival YouTube. However, young people like shorter videos. They could move to other websites where they can look at many videos quickly. Longer videos may increase TikTok's profits because they are easier to make money from. TikTok has more than one billion monthly active users.

Try the same news story at these levels:

    10-Minute TikTok - Level 1 10-Minute TikTok - Level 2   or  10-Minute TikTok - Level 3

Sources
  • https://www.theverge.com/2022/2/28/22954525/tiktok-maximum-video-length-10-minutes
  • https://variety.com/2022/digital/news/tiktok-maximum-video-length-10-minutes-1235191773/
  • https://japantoday.com/category/tech/tiktok-videos-get-longer-in-challenge-to-youtube


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 :-)

Phrase Matching

Paragraph 1

  1. TikTok will allow
  2. It started
  3. That tripled to
  4. A company
  5. the company
  6. enrich the TikTok
  7. give people more
  8. to create and be
  1. time
  2. three minutes
  3. wants to
  4. entertained
  5. 10-minute videos
  6. in 2018
  7. spokesperson
  8. experience

Paragraph 2

  1. TikTok will rival
  2. young people like shorter
  3. They could move
  4. they can look
  5. increase TikTok's
  6. make
  7. TikTok has more than
  8. monthly active
  1. to other websites
  2. users
  3. profits
  4. YouTube
  5. one billion
  6. videos
  7. at many videos
  8. money from

Listening — Listen and fill in the gaps

TikTok (1) ___________________-minute videos. It (2) ___________________ with one-minute videos. That (3) ___________________ minutes in 2021. A company spokesperson (4) ___________________ wants to "enrich the TikTok experience." Longer videos (5) ___________________ more time "to create (6) ___________________".

Longer videos means TikTok (7) ___________________. However, young people (8) ___________________. They could move to other websites where (9) ___________________ at many videos quickly. Longer (10) ___________________ TikTok's profits because they are easier to (11) ___________________. TikTok has more than one billion (12) ___________________.

Put a slash (/) where the spaces are

TikTokwillallow10-minutevideos.Itstartedin2018withone-minut
evideos.Thattripledtothreeminutesin2021.Acompanyspokesperson
saidthecompanywantsto"enrichtheTikTokexperience."Longervideo
smaygivepeoplemoretime"tocreateandbeentertained".Longervideo
smeansTikTokwillrivalYouTube.However,youngpeoplelikeshortervi
deos.Theycouldmovetootherwebsiteswheretheycanlookatmanyvid
eosquickly.LongervideosmayincreaseTikTok'sprofitsbecausetheyar
eeasiertomakemoneyfrom.TikTokhasmorethanonebillionmonthlya
ctiveusers.

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 — Write your own questions

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

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

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Free writing

Write about this topic for 10 minutes. Comment on your partner’s paper.

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Answers

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