The Reading / Listening - Artificial Intelligence - Level 6

The increasing ubiquity of artificial intelligence in our lives is creating waves in academia. Three universities in Australia have adopted what seems like a landmark policy. The three institutions are allowing students to use AI when taking assessments, albeit under strict conditions. Professor Romy Lawson said: "Instead of banning students from using such programs, we aim to assist academic staff and students to use digital tools to support learning." The Internet abounds with AI text generators. These can be used to create essays that look authentic enough to fool examiners. The content created by these AI tools evade detection by even the smartest of anti-plagiarism tools.

Artificial Intelligence is posing huge challenges to exam integrity. It is the biggest disruptor since calculators were allowed into maths tests. The latest quandary for educators comes from a language processing chatbox called ChatGPT. This can produce highly authentic human-like content on any subject in seconds. It has sparked fears that students will use it to write essays. The University of South Australia's Dr Vitomir Kovanovic said teachers needed to embrace AI. He said: "You cannot stop it. The alternative is the Middle Ages – going to pen and paper." He added that universities needed to change with the times. He said: "It's like having a driving school, but teaching people how to ride horses."

Try the same news story at these easier levels:

    Artificial Intelligence - Level 4  or  Artificial Intelligence - Level 5

Sources
  • https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/jan/21/south-australian-universities-to-allow-use-of-artificial-intelligence-in-assignments-if-disclosed
  • https://www.wionews.com/technology/explained-use-of-ai-forces-australian-universities-to-conduct-pen-and-paper-tests-551685
  • https://theconversation.com/the-dawn-of-ai-has-come-and-its-implications-for-education-couldnt-be-more-significant-196383


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. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE: Students walk around the class and talk to other students about artificial intelligence. 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?
       artificial intelligence / creating waves / academia / assessments / digital tools / fool /
       challenges / calculators / quandary / essays / the Middle Ages / pens / paper / change
Have a chat about the topics you liked. Change topics and partners frequently.
3. PEN AND PAPER: Students A strongly believe all tests should be pen-an-paper tests; Students B strongly believe otherwise. Change partners again and talk about your conversations.
4. A.I.: How will A.I. change these areas? Complete this table with your partner(s). Change partners often and share what you wrote.

 

Positives

How This Will Affect You

Education

 

 

Shopping

 

 

Travel

 

 

Agriculture

 

 

Hobbies

 

 

Economies

 

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

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  • Vocabulary
  • Reading
  • Writing
  • Presentation
  • General knowledge
  • Listening

 

Vocabulary

    Paragraph 1

      1. ubiquity a. Doing something big and different to make people think, wonder, worry...
      2. creating waves b. Exist in large numbers or amounts.
      3. landmark c. The practice of taking someone else's work or ideas and passing them off as one's own.
      4. abound d. An event or discovery marking an important stage or turning point in something.
      5. authentic e. Escape or avoid someone or something.
      6. evade f. The fact of appearing everywhere or of being very common.
      7. plagiarism g. Of undisputed origin and not a copy; genuine.

    Paragraph 2

      8. posing h. The condition of being honest and incorruptible.
      9. integrity i. A company or technology that causes huge change in an industry or market by means of innovation.
      10. disruptor j. Of one or more things available as another possibility or choice.
      11. quandary k. Provided the stimulus for an event or process.
      12. sparked l. A state of confusion or uncertainty over what to do in a difficult situation.
      13. embrace m. Presenting or being a problem or danger.
      14. alternative n. Accept a belief, theory, or change willingly and enthusiastically.

 

Before reading / listening

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

  1. Australian universities have developed A.I. using sound waves.     T / F
  2. Three Australian universities want to support students with digital tools.  T / F
  3. The article says there are one of two AI text generators online.     T / F
  4. The article says chatboxes cannot outsmart anti-plagiarism tools.     T / F
  5. The last huge change in exams was using calculators in maths tests.     T / F
  6. It takes ChatGPT just minutes to create authentic-looking tests.     T / F
  7. A professor said it is possible to stop AI.     T / F
  8. A professor likened paper tests to driving schools teaching horse riding.  T / F

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

  1. ubiquity
  2. landmark
  3. abounds
  4. authentic
  5. detection
  6. posing
  7. quandary
  8. sparked
  9. embrace
  10. alternative
  1. genuine
  2. other possibility
  3. unmasking
  4. constituting
  5. dilemma
  6. turning point
  7. adopt
  8. ever-presence
  9. proliferates
  10. prompted

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

  1. ubiquity of artificial intelligence
  2. adopted what seems like a landmark
  3. The Internet abounds with AI text
  4. essays that look authentic enough
  5. evade detection by even the smartest of
  6. Artificial Intelligence is posing
  7. The latest
  8. It has sparked
  9. Dr Vitomir Kovanovic said teachers needed
  10. universities needed to change
  1. generators
  2. with the times
  3. anti-plagiarism tools
  4. quandary for educators
  5. huge challenges
  6. in our lives
  7. fears
  8. to embrace AI
  9. to fool examiners
  10. policy

Gap fill

Put these words into the spaces in the paragraph below.
albeit
authentic
ubiquity
evade
digital
landmark
banning
generators

The increasing (1) _____________________ of artificial intelligence in our lives is creating waves in academia. Three universities in Australia have adopted what seems like a (2) _____________________ policy. The three institutions are allowing students to use AI when taking assessments, (3) _____________________ under strict conditions. Professor Romy Lawson said: "Instead of (4) _____________________ students from using such programs, we aim to assist academic staff and students to use (5) _____________________ tools to support learning." The Internet abounds with AI text (6) _____________________. These can be used to create essays that look (7) _____________________ enough to fool examiners. The content created by these AI tools (8) _____________________ detection by even the smartest of anti-plagiarism tools.

Put these words into the spaces in the paragraph below.
horses
quandary
alternative
sparked
times
posing
embrace
authentic

Artificial Intelligence is (9) _____________________ huge challenges to exam integrity. It is the biggest disruptor since calculators were allowed into maths tests. The latest (10) _____________________ for educators comes from a language processing chatbox called ChatGPT. This can produce highly (11) _____________________ human-like content on any subject in seconds. It has (12) _____________________ fears that students will use it to write essays. The University of South Australia's Dr Vitomir Kovanovic said teachers needed to (13) _____________________ AI. He said: "You cannot stop it. The (14) _____________________ is the Middle Ages - going to pen and paper." He added that universities needed to change with the (15) _____________________. He said: "It's like having a driving school, but teaching people how to ride (16) _____________________."

Listening — Guess the answers. Listen to check.

1)  The increasing ubiquity of artificial intelligence in our lives ______
     a.  is creating weaves
     b.  is creating waves
     c.  is creating waives
     d.  is creating ways
2)  universities in Australia have adopted what seems like ______
     a.  a landmark politic
     b.  a benchmark policing
     c.  a landmark policy
     d.  a trademark policy
3)  allowing students to use AI when taking assessments, albeit ______
     a.  asunder strict conditions
     b.  udder strict conditions
     c.  ender strict conditions
     d.  under strict conditions
4)  we aim to assist academic staff and students to ______
     a.  use digital stools
     b.  use digit tall tools
     c.  use digital tools
     d.  use digit taut awls
5)  These can be used to create essays that look authentic enough ______
     a.  to fool examiners
     b.  two fool examiners
     c.  through fool examiners
     d.  tooth all examiners

6)  Artificial Intelligence is posing huge challenges ______
     a.  to eggs and integrity
     b.  to exam integrated
     c.  two exams integrity
     d.  to exam integrity
7)  This can produce highly authentic human-like content on any ______
     a.  object in seconds
     b.  inject in seconds
     c.  subjecting seconds
     d.  subject in seconds
8)  South Australia's Dr Vitomir Kovanovic said teachers needed ______
     a.  to embarrass AI
     b.  to embrace AI
     c.  to emboss AI
     d.  to embers AI
9)  The alternative is the Middle Ages - going to ______
     a.  pen and paper
     b.  pen and quill
     c.  pen and parchment
     d.  pen and manuscript
10)  He said: "It's like having a driving school, but teaching people how ______."
     a.  to ride hearses
     b.  to ride horsies
     c.  to ride horses
     d.  to ride houses

Listening — Listen and fill in the gaps

The increasing (1) ____________________ intelligence in our lives is creating waves in academia. Three universities in Australia have adopted what seems like (2) ____________________. The three institutions are allowing students to use AI when taking assessments, albeit (3) ____________________. Professor Romy Lawson said: "Instead of banning students from using such programs, we aim (4) ____________________ staff and students to use digital tools to support learning." The Internet abounds with AI text generators. These can be used to create essays that (5) ____________________ to fool examiners. The content created by these AI tools (6) ____________________ even the smartest of anti-plagiarism tools.

Artificial Intelligence is (7) ____________________ to exam integrity. It is the biggest disruptor since (8) ____________________ into maths tests. The latest quandary for educators comes from a language processing chatbox called ChatGPT. This can (9) ____________________ human-like content on any subject in seconds. It has sparked fears that students will use it to write essays. The University of South Australia's Dr Vitomir Kovanovic said teachers (10) ____________________ AI. He said: "You cannot stop it. The alternative is (11) ____________________ - going to pen and paper." He added that universities needed to change (12) ____________________. He said: "It's like having a driving school, but teaching people how to ride horses."

Comprehension questions

  1. What does the article say A.I. is creating in academia?
  2. How many universities are allowing AI is assessments?
  3. Under what kind of conditions will exams be taken using AI?
  4. Who does the article say AI text generators can fool?
  5. What does the article say AI tools can outsmart?
  6. What is artificial intelligence posing huge challenges for?
  7. What was the last big disruptor in exams?
  8. How long does it take ChatGPT to create authentic-looking texts?
  9. Where did a professor say we would return to if we didn't accept AI?
  10. Who did a professor say needed to change with the times?

Multiple choice quiz

1) What does the article say A.I. is creating in academia?
a) articles
b) a mess
c) waves
d) milestones
2) How many universities are allowing AI is assessments?
a) three
b) eight
c) 20
d) dozens
3) Under what kind of conditions will exams be taken using AI?
a) fair conditions
b) strict conditions
c) supervised conditions
d) good conditions
4) Who does the article say AI text generators can fool?
a) anyone and everyone
b) students
c) fools
d) examiners
5) What does the article say AI tools can outsmart?
a) super-computers
b) geniuses
c) anti-plagiarism tools
d) top professors

6) What is artificial intelligence posing huge challenges for?
a) the Internet
b) exam integrity
c) education
d) grades
7) What was the last big disruptor in exams?
a) digital clocks
b) the pen
c) bubble sheets
d) calculators
8) How long does it take ChatGPT to create authentic-looking texts?
a) nanoseconds
b) seconds
c) milliseconds
d) minutes
9) Where did a professor say we would return to if we didn't accept AI?
a) the dark ages
b) the Middle Ages
c) the Stone Age
d) prehistoric times

10) Who did a professor say needed to change with the times?
a) universities
b) students
c) professors
d) web designers

Role play

Role  A – Speaking
You think speaking tests are easiest. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them why their tests are harder. Also, tell the others which is the most difficult of these (and why): reading tests, writing tests or listening tests.

Role  B – Reading
You think reading tests are easiest. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them why their tests are harder. Also, tell the others which is the most difficult of these (and why): speaking tests, writing tests or listening tests.

Role  C – Writing
You think writing tests are easiest. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them why their tests are harder. Also, tell the others which is the most difficult of these (and why): reading tests, speaking tests or listening tests.

Role  D – Listening
You think listening tests are easiest. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them why their tests are harder. Also, tell the others which is the most difficult of these (and why): reading tests, writing tests or speaking tests.

After reading / listening

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

'university'

  • ________________
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    • and 'intelligence'.

  • ________________
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  • ________________

    • • 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:

    • ubiquity
    • seems
    • allowing
    • aim
    • text
    • even
    • huge
    • maths
    • highly
    • embrace
    • times
    • horses

    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 - Artificial Intelligence

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

    1. What did you think when you read the headline?
    2. What images are in your mind when you hear the word 'intelligence'?
    3. What do you think of tests and assessments?
    4. How good were you at taking tests?
    5. What do you think of artificial intelligence?
    6. What dangers does AI present to tests?
    7. Should universities ban students from using AI?
    8. What is artificial intelligence good for?
    9. What are your favourite digital tools?
    10. What do you think of plagiarism?

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

    1. Did you like reading this article? Why/not?
    2. What do you think of when you hear the word 'assessments'?
    3. What do you think about what you read?
    4. Did you ever see students cheating in exams?
    5. Should calculators be allowed in exams?
    6. What do you know about the new chatbox ChatGPT?
    7. How good are you at writing essays?
    8. Should all tests be pen-and-paper tests?
    9. What do you know about the Middle Ages?
    10. What questions would you like to ask the researchers?

    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)

    The increasing (1) ____ of artificial intelligence in our lives is creating waves in academia. Three universities in Australia have adopted (2) ____ seems like a landmark policy. The three institutions are allowing students to use AI when taking assessments, (3) ____ under strict conditions. Professor Romy Lawson said: "Instead of banning students from using (4) ____ programs, we aim to assist academic staff and students to use digital tools to support learning." The Internet (5) ____ with AI text generators. These can be used to create essays that look authentic enough to (6) ____ examiners. The content created by these AI tools evade detection by even the smartest of anti-plagiarism tools.

    Artificial Intelligence is (7) ____ huge challenges to exam integrity. It is the biggest (8) ____ since calculators were allowed into maths tests. The latest quandary for educators comes from a language processing chatbox called ChatGPT. This can produce highly authentic human-like content (9) ____ any subject in seconds. It has sparked fears that students will use it to write essays. The University of South Australia's Dr Vitomir Kovanovic said teachers needed to (10) ____ AI. He said: "You cannot stop it. The alternative is the Middle Ages - going to pen and paper." He added that universities needed to change with the (11) ____. He said: "It's like having a driving school, but teaching (12) ____ how to ride horses."

    Which of these words go in the above text?

    1. (a)     tranquility     (b)     equity     (c)     sobriety     (d)     ubiquity    
    2. (a)     such     (b)     that     (c)     which     (d)     what    
    3. (a)     abet     (b)     albeit     (c)     sorbet     (d)     gibbet    
    4. (a)     them     (b)     much     (c)     such     (d)     bit    
    5. (a)     astounds     (b)     bounds     (c)     abounds     (d)     bounders    
    6. (a)     fools     (b)     feels     (c)     stupidity     (d)     idiocy    
    7. (a)     dosing     (b)     posing     (c)     hosing     (d)     losing    
    8. (a)     disruptor     (b)     raptor     (c)     preemptor     (d)     distraction    
    9. (a)     in     (b)     on     (c)     at     (d)     to    
    10. (a)     hold     (b)     hug     (c)     embrace     (d)     cuddle    
    11. (a)     timers     (b)     timings     (c)     times     (d)     chimes    
    12. (a)     ants     (b)     robots     (c)     elephants     (d)     people

    Spelling

    Paragraph 1

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    2. creating waves in aaedcmia
    3. lbaiet under strict conditions
    4. The Internet uobnads with AI text generators
    5. these AI tools evade etcditeon
    6. the smartest of anti-laipragism tools

    Paragraph 2

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    2. the biggest sdpurtior since calculators
    3. The latest unqdaray for educators
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    5. teachers needed to rceaebm AI
    6. The anveteiartl is the Middle Ages

    Put the text back together

    (...)  seconds. It has sparked fears that students will use it to write essays. The University of South Australia's
    (...)  calculators were allowed into maths tests. The latest quandary for educators comes from a language processing
    (...)   in academia. Three universities in Australia have adopted what seems like a landmark policy. The three institutions are
    (  1  ) The increasing ubiquity of artificial intelligence in our lives is creating waves
    (...)  chatbox called ChatGPT. This can produce highly authentic human-like content on any subject in
    (...)  banning students from using such programs, we aim to assist academic staff and students to use digital
    (...)  tools to support learning." The Internet abounds with AI text generators. These can be used to create
    (...)  Artificial Intelligence is posing huge challenges to exam integrity. It is the biggest disruptor since
    (...)  essays that look authentic enough to fool examiners. The content created by
    (...)  times. He said: "It's like having a driving school, but teaching people how to ride horses."
    (...)  Dr Vitomir Kovanovic said teachers needed to embrace AI. He said: "You cannot stop it. The alternative is the
    (...)  allowing students to use AI when taking assessments, albeit under strict conditions. Professor Romy Lawson said: "Instead of
    (...)  Middle Ages - going to pen and paper." He added that universities needed to change with the
    (...)  these AI tools evade detection by even the smartest of anti-plagiarism tools.

    Put the words in the right order

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    2. albeit   conditions   .   assessments,   AI   strict   under   Use   in
    3. banning   using   from   of   students   Instead   such   programs   .
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    6. to   is   AI   exam   challenges   posing   huge   integrity   .
    7. since   disruptor   biggest   allowed   .   the   calculators   It's   were
    8. produce   tool   This   highly   human-like   content   .   can   authentic
    9. essays   .   Fears   use   will   that   for   it   students
    10. change   to   really   need   Universities   times   .   the   with

    Circle the correct word (20 pairs)

    The increasing tranquility / ubiquity of artificial intelligence in our lives is creating waves / tides in academia. Three universities in Australia have adopted what seemingly / seems like a landmark policy / politic. The three institutions are allowing students to use AI when taking assessments, albeit / be under strict conditions. Professor Romy Lawson said: "Instead of banning students from using such / so programs, we aim to assist academic staff and students to use digital tools to / for support learning." The Internet abundance / abounds with AI text generators. These can be used to create essays that look authentic enough to stupid / fool examiners. The content created by these AI tools evade detection by ever / even the smartest of anti-plagiarism tools.

    Artificial Intelligence is posing / posy huge challenges to exam integrity. It is the biggest disruptor when / since calculators were allowed into maths tests. The latest quarry / quandary for educators comes from a language processing chatbox called ChatGPT. This can produce highly authentic human-like contains / content on any subject in seconds. It has sparkled / sparked fears that students will use it to write essays. The University of South Australia's Dr Vitomir Kovanovic said teachers needed to embrace / hug AI. He said: "You cannot stop them / it. The alternative is the Middle Ages - going to / back pen and paper." He added that universities needed to change with the time / times. He said: "It's like having a driving school, but teaching people how to ride / reverse horses."

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

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

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    Punctuate the text and add capitals

    the increasing ubiquity of artificial intelligence in our lives is creating waves in academia three universities in australia have adopted what seems like a landmark policy the three institutions are allowing students to use ai when taking assessments albeit under strict conditions professor romy lawson said instead of banning students from using such programs we aim to assist academic staff and students to use digital tools to support learning the internet abounds with ai text generators these can be used to create essays that look authentic enough to fool examiners the content created by these ai tools evade detection by even the smartest of antiplagiarism tools

    artificial intelligence is posing huge challenges to exam integrity it is the biggest disruptor since calculators were allowed into maths tests the latest quandary for educators comes from a language processing chatbox called chatgpt this can produce highly authentic humanlike content on any subject in seconds it has sparked fears that students will use it to write essays the university of south australias dr vitomir kovanovic said teachers needed to embrace ai he said you cannot stop it the alternative is the middle ages  going to pen and paper he added that universities needed to change with the times he said its like having a driving school but teaching people how to ride horses

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    usedtocreateessaysthatlookauthenticenoughtofoolexaminers.Thec
    ontentcreatedbytheseAItoolsevadedetectionbyeventhesmartestofa
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    xamintegrity.Itisthebiggestdisruptorsincecalculatorswereallowedin
    tomathstests.Thelatestquandaryforeducatorscomesfromalanguage
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    ddedthatuniversitiesneededtochangewiththetimes.Hesaid:"It'slike
    havingadrivingschool,butteachingpeoplehowtoridehorses."

    Free writing

    Write about artificial intelligence for 10 minutes. Comment on your partner’s paper.

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    Academic writing

    All school and university exams should be done with pen and paper. 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. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE: Make a poster about artificial intelligence. Show your work to your classmates in the next lesson. Did you all have similar things?
    4. PEN AND PAPER: Write a magazine article about ensuring all assessments in schools and universities are done using pen and paper. 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 artificial intelligence. Ask him/her three questions about it. Give him/her three of your opinions on AI and assessments. 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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