F) Think of some advantages and disadvantages of computer and video games and fill in the table.

Some reasons to ban computer and video games..............

Some reasons to play computer and video games.............

 

 

Ex. 7. Read what other people think about computer and video games. Choose any quotation and comment on it.

• I think video games are a great kind of entertainment. They have replaced a lot of games people normally play with their friends and neighbours, like Monopoly.' (Uwe Boll)

• 'Many teachers are aware of the importance of video games to schoolchildren but are unsure of how they can be used and examined effectively in school.' (David Giles)
• 'Video games are bad for you? That's what they said about rock-n-roll.' (Shigeru Miyamoto)
• 'It seems astounding to me now that the video games are perhaps as important as the movies themselves. And people will spend 2 or 3 years obsessing about the video game in exactly the same way that they'd be obsessing about the movie if they were working on that.' (John Cleese)

• 'Games are so fun, that everybody gets into them a little bit.' (Christian Slater)

 

Ex. 8. Which game would you like to play? Explain your choice using the words and word combinations in brackets.

1. (a video puzzle game, well designed, difficult to master, to require a great deal of focus, to depend on eye coordination and quick reflexes, to create a horizontal line of blocks without gaps, to increase the speed)

2. (a horror game, to scare, horror fiction elements, death, blood, violence, to overcome obstacles, to survive all hazards on the way, to plunge into exciting adventures, to fight with monsters and staggering zombies, to solve the mystery, to find a way out, to explore the haunted mansion, to defeat supernatural enemies)
3. (a racing game, to control a man driving a car, to race against other drivers, a high-performance vehicle, to be very realistic and complex, to give the player a genuine feeling of speed, 3D effects)

4. (a real-time pet simulation video game, to play with, train, pet, walk, feed and wash a virtual dog, to keep the dogs happy, to create voice commands, to teach the dog commands such as 'sit' or 'roll over', to earn trainer points, to accumulate points)

 

GROUP DISCUSSION

 

Ex. 9. During last several decades minds of scientists in the sphere of information technologies are concerned with the “immortal” questions:

What are the advantages of IT? and What are the disadvantages of IT?

You are a participant of the 5th international conference on IT.

You should act in one of the following three roles:

1. a scientist who delivers a report about advantages of IT

2. a scientist who delivers a report about disadvantages of IT

3. an uninterested in IT person

Scientists should prepare reports for a conference and be able to convince their opponents.

An uninterested person should follow the arguments of scientific opponents and in the end represent pluses and minuses of IT.

PRESENTATION

Ex. 10. Prepare a presentation Role of computers in modern society.

Introduction

You are investigators representing the internet generation and are tasked with updating the world on the history of computer-based programs, their use, their benefits and potentially harmful effects on society. It seems that computer-based programs aid the community in functioning, working and communicating with one another. It seems that people are learning to use more and more digital devices. Students should gather the information about the history of computer-based programs and functions using Internet resources.

Task

Each of you will research the history and current use of computer-based programs. Further, after completing their research, you will be responsible for creating and delivering a 10-15 minutes presentation (or computerized) and report back to the class.

 

Presentation: You will create some type of presentation to be done in front of the class. This can be done in PowerPoint and or with the use of handouts.

A presentation should include:

• Major components of the computer and how they work.
• Describe how computers change the ways in which people live, work, and communicate using computers.
• Finally, list some benefits and potential harmful effects computers may have on society.

Main Internet resources for a quest:

http://www.computerhistory.org/

http://www.apple.com/

http://inventors.about.com/library/blcoindex.htm

http://www.hitmill.com/computers/computerhx1.html

 

Evaluation

The tasks are assessed from the point of view of how well the research was carried out and how effective your presentation was in terms of grammar, use of active vocabulary, speaking skills.

Conclusion

During your research, you should think of how the different generations have used communication tools and how current technology differs from the past. How do different generations differ with respect to the different modes of computers and communication used?

Module 3

Unit 1. Inventions

SPEAKING

Ex. 1. A) Can you guess which year these inventions were made?

1876 1886 1938 1940 1965 1971 1975   1976 1979 1995

 

ballpoint pen        CD colour TV dishwasher DVD     e-mail

mobile phone       personal computer video recorder

B) How necessary are they in your life?

READING

Ex. 2. A) Read the text and do the tasks below.

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