The Reading / Listening - Internet Access - Level 2

A study says Internet access is good for our health. The report suggested that being connected to the web is positive for our well-being. Researchers looked at data on people's Internet use and health from 168 countries. The data was from the years 2006 to 2021. It included information on two million people aged 15 to 99. The researchers looked at eight factors that affect people's health. These included life satisfaction, positive experiences, and social life. The team found that people with Internet access were eight per cent happier than those without it.

Some research conclusions were surprising. One was that using the Internet was as good as walking in nature. Researchers said the Internet helps people to learn new things, practice hobbies, and make friends. However, the research did not look at social media. Many studies show that social media negatively affects people's mental health. A researcher said: "The study cannot contribute to the recent debate on whether or not social media use is harmful." He added that: "Different channels and uses of the Internet have [very] different effects on well-being."

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Sources
  • https://boingboing.net/2024/05/13/internet-access-may-improve-mental-health-as-much-as-a-walk-in-the-woods.html
  • https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c89z2v0pjl3o
  • https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-01410-z


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. being connected
  2. data on people's
  3. information
  4. eight factors that
  5. positive
  6. social
  7. people with
  8. eight per cent happier than
  1. experiences
  2. affect people's health
  3. Internet access
  4. life
  5. on two million people
  6. those without it
  7. Internet use
  8. to the web

Paragraph 2

  1. Some research conclusions were
  2. using the Internet was as good as
  3. the Internet helps people
  4. make
  5. social media negatively affects
  6. contribute to the
  7. uses
  8. have very different effects
  1. on well-being
  2. recent debate
  3. surprising
  4. people's mental health
  5. friends
  6. of the Internet
  7. walking in nature
  8. to learn new things

Listening — Listen and fill in the gaps

A study says Internet access is good for our health. The report suggested that (1) ___________________ the web is positive for our well-being. Researchers looked at data on (2) ___________________ and health from 168 countries. The data was from the years 2006 to 2021. (3) ___________________ on two million people aged 15 to 99. The researchers looked (4) ___________________ that affect people's health. These (5) ___________________, positive experiences, and social life. The team found that people with Internet access were eight per cent happier than (6) ___________________.

Some research (7) ___________________. One was that using the Internet was as good as (8) ___________________. Researchers said the Internet helps people to learn new things, practice hobbies, (9) ___________________. However, the research did not look at social media. Many studies show (10) ___________________ negatively affects people's mental health. A researcher said: "The study cannot contribute to the recent debate on whether or not social media (11) ___________________." He added that: "Different channels and uses of the Internet have [very] (12) ___________________ well-being."

Put a slash (/) where the spaces are

AstudysaysInternetaccessisgoodforourhealth.Thereportsuggestedt
hatbeingconnectedtothewebispositiveforourwell-being.Researcher
slookedatdataonpeople'sInternetuseandhealthfrom168countries.T
hedatawasfromtheyears2006to2021.Itincludedinformationontwom
illionpeopleaged15to99.Theresearcherslookedateightfactorsthataff
ectpeople'shealth.Theseincludedlifesatisfaction,positiveexperience
s,andsociallife.TheteamfoundthatpeoplewithInternetaccesswereeig
htpercenthappierthanthosewithoutit.Someresearchconclusionswer
esurprising.OnewasthatusingtheInternetwasasgoodaswalkinginnat
ure.ResearcherssaidtheInternethelpspeopletolearnnewthings,prac
ticehobbies,andmakefriends.However,theresearchdidnotlookatsoci
almedia.Manystudiesshowthatsocialmedianegativelyaffectspeople'
smentalhealth.Aresearchersaid:"Thestudycannotcontributetothere
centdebateonwhetherornotsocialmediauseisharmful."Headdedthat
:"DifferentchannelsandusesoftheInternethave[very]differenteffect
sonwell-being."

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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