The Reading / Listening - Secret Filming - Level 1

Doctors are angry because people are filming them on smartphones. Patients are secretly using phones to film their hospital visits and talks with doctors. The videos are then put on social media. Doctors want a ban on video recording in hospitals. The videos affect many health workers. A spokesperson said people need to think about their recordings, and whether they disrespect the privacy of other patients.

Hospital workers are worried about the videos. They do not want them on social media. A worker spoke about this problem. She said: "We had a member of staff who agreed to take photos for a patient, but when the patient handed over her phone, the member of staff saw that the patient had also been [secretly] recording her." She added: "We wear name badges, so our names will be visible in any video. It makes people feel very uncomfortable."

Try the same news story at these levels:

    Secret Filming - Level 0 Secret Filming - Level 2   or  Secret Filming - Level 3

Sources
  • https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/patients-nhs-tiktok-instagram-people-b2771187.html
  • https://www.sor.org/news/health-safety/patients-should-not-film-clinical-procedures-witho
  • https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crk6mml5pemo


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. Doctors
  2. people are filming them
  3. Patients are secretly
  4. film their
  5. Doctors want a ban
  6. The videos affect
  7. people need to think
  8. the privacy
  1. on video recording
  2. using phones
  3. hospital visits
  4. many health workers
  5. are angry
  6. of other patients
  7. on smartphones
  8. about their recordings

Paragraph 2

  1. Hospital workers are worried
  2. They do not want them
  3. A worker spoke about
  4. a member of
  5. agreed to take
  6. the patient handed
  7. We wear name
  8. our names will be visible
  1. over her phone
  2. this problem
  3. badges
  4. about the videos
  5. in any video
  6. staff
  7. on social media
  8. photos

Listening — Listen and fill in the gaps

Doctors (1) _________________________________________________ people are filming them on smartphones. Patients (2) _________________________________________________ phones to film their hospital visits and (3) _________________________________________________. The videos are then put on social media. Doctors (4) _________________________________________________ on video recording in hospitals. The videos affect many health workers. A spokesperson said people (5) _________________________________________________ about their recordings, and whether they disrespect the (6) _________________________________________________ patients.

Hospital workers (7) _________________________________________________ the videos. They do not want them on social media. A worker (8) _________________________________________________ problem. She said: "We had a member of staff who agreed to (9) _________________________________________________ a patient, but when the patient (10) _________________________________________________ phone, the member of staff saw that the patient had also been [secretly] recording her." She added: "(11) _________________________________________________ badges, so our names will be visible in any video. It makes (12) _________________________________________________ uncomfortable."

Put a slash (/) where the spaces are

Doctorsareangrybecausepeoplearefilmingthemonsmartphones.Pati
entsaresecretlyusingphonestofilmtheirhospitalvisitsandtalkswithdo
ctors.Thevideosarethenputonsocialmedia.Doctorswantabanonvide
orecordinginhospitals.Thevideosaffectmanyhealthworkers.Aspokes
personsaidpeopleneedtothinkabouttheirrecordings,andwhetherthe
ydisrespecttheprivacyofotherpatients.Hospitalworkersareworrieda
boutthevideos.Theydonotwantthemonsocialmedia.Aworkerspokea
boutthisproblem.Shesaid:"Wehadamemberofstaffwhoagreedtotak
ephotosforapatient,butwhenthepatienthandedoverherphone,them
emberofstaffsawthatthepatienthadalsobeen[secretly]recordingher.
"Sheadded:"Wewearnamebadges,soournameswillbevisibleinanyvi
deo.Itmakespeoplefeelveryuncomfortable."

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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(o) ________________

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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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