The Reading / Listening - Digital Detox - Level 4

Digital devices are everywhere these days. Many of us are addicted to them. There are many studies about the dangers to health of being glued to screens. Children are not exercising; people are worrying about their body image; and people are being bullied by cyber-criminals. A study of 1,000 adults found that half of the participants were addicted to their smartphones and didn't realize it. The study called for people to try "digital detox".

Digital detox involves turning off the Internet to enjoy "real life". It means talking to people face to face and "doing everyday stuff". A digital detox organisation said detox was "a catalyst for people to rethink their distance from their devices". People should use devices less to avoid "nomophobia" – NO MObile PHOBIA. A psychologist warned that being too absorbed in smartphones means ignoring responsibilities. She said people should consider digital detox.

Try the same news story at these levels:

    Digital Detox - Level 5 or  Digital Detox - Level 6

Sources
  • https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2022/02/f6cc2d484462-feature-digital-detox-gains-allure-in-japan-amid-rising-screen-times.html
  • https://health.clevelandclinic.org/digital-detox/
  • https://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/health-and-wellness/you-can-keep-your-digital-detox-i-ll-stay-connected-20220221-p59y7h.html


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. Digital devices are
  2. being glued
  3. worrying about their
  4. being bullied
  5. A study of 1,000 adults
  6. participants were addicted
  7. didn't realize
  8. The study called for people
  1. found that
  2. it
  3. to screens
  4. to try "digital detox"
  5. everywhere these days
  6. by cyber-criminals
  7. body image
  8. to their smartphones

Paragraph 2

  1. Digital detox involves
  2. enjoy real
  3. talking to people
  4. doing
  5. a catalyst for people
  6. People should use devices
  7. avoid
  8. She said people should
  1. "nomophobia"
  2. face to face
  3. to rethink
  4. consider digital detox
  5. less
  6. turning off the Internet
  7. everyday stuff
  8. life

Listening — Listen and fill in the gaps

Digital (1) ___________________ these days. Many of us are addicted to them. There are many studies about the dangers to health of being (2) ___________________. Children are not exercising; people are worrying about (3) ___________________; and people are being (4) ___________________. A study of 1,000 adults found that half of the participants (5) ___________________ their smartphones and didn't realize it. The study (6) ___________________ to try "digital detox".

Digital detox involves (7) ___________________ Internet to enjoy "real life". It means talking to people (8) ___________________ and "doing everyday stuff". A digital detox organisation said detox was "(9) ___________________ people to rethink their (10) ___________________ devices". People should use devices (11) ___________________ "nomophobia" - NO MObile PHOBIA. A psychologist warned that being (12) ___________________ smartphones means ignoring responsibilities. She said people should consider digital detox.

Put a slash (/) where the spaces are

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m.Therearemanystudiesabouttheirdangerstohealthofbeinggluedto
screens.Childrenarenotexercising;peopleareworryingabouttheirbo
dyimage;andpeoplearebeingbulliedbycyber-criminals.Astudyof1,0
00adultsfoundthathalfoftheparticipantswereaddictedtotheirsmartp
honesanddidn'trealizeit.Thestudycalledforpeopletotry"digitaldetox"
.DigitaldetoxinvolvesturningofftheInternettoenjoy"reallife".Itmean
stalkingtopeoplefacetofaceand"doingeverydaystuff".Adigitaldetoxo
rganisationsaiddetoxwas"acatalystforpeopletorethinktheirdistanc
efromtheirdevices".Peopleshouldusedeviceslesstoavoid"nomophob
ia"-NOMObilePHOBIA.Apsychologistwarnedthatbeingtooabsorbedi
nsmartphonesmeansignoringresponsibilities.Shesaidpeopleshould
considerdigitaldetox.

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

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Answers

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