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    ESL: 12 Real-Life Topics
    ESL: 12 Real-Life Topics
    ESL: 12 Real-Life Topics
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    ESL: 12 Real-Life Topics

    By Asmik Brutjan and Karine Brutjan

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    The book is designed to spark meaningful conversations among intermediate and upper-intermediate learners of English as a Second Language. It will help learners improve their English language skills.

    The authors of the book are University professors with more than 20 years of experience in teaching English as a Second Language.

    The book has 12 chapters. Each chapter starts with a real-life topic, followed by the list of useful words and expressions, questions and answers trainings, as well as a multiple-choice vocabulary practice exercise. 

    The aim of the book is to provide engaging discussion activities by asking and answering questions on different topical issues. There are also key answers to the vocabulary practice exercises on the last pages of the book.

    This textbook can be used in a classroom setting, as well as for self-study.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherA. Brutjan
    Release dateJan 12, 2022
    ISBN9798201096892
    ESL: 12 Real-Life Topics

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      ESL - Asmik Brutjan

      UNIT 1. SOCIAL NETWORKS

      Read and translate the following text:

      Social media has changed the way we live our lives. From the way we get our news to the way we interact with our loved ones. Social media is everywhere and we are all slowly becoming addicts.

      We all know the importance of social media for small, medium, and large companies. The positive sides of social networking for individuals are obvious, too. People have an opportunity to connect, share and learn online, which humans could not even imagine in the past.

      Social networks can enhance and strengthen friendship. Alice, a 19-year-old student from Great Britain, says: When I use social media I feel joyful, it makes me more outgoing and cheerful. Researchers confirm, that social networks provide a sense of belonging, people surely feel less alone than before.

      Moreover, the use of technology can provide real support. Catherine was on her way to work, when she saw an injured duck in the very center of New York city.

      She very much wanted to help, but was hurrying not to be late for the regular business conference. So she took a photo of the bird on her mobile phone and posted it to Twitter, asking her followers for assistance. Her friends shared the picture, and shortly after that, two police officers arrived on the scene. They carefully captured the bird and took it to the nearby animal hospital. The doctors made their best, and the bird soon recovered.

      Like everything, social media has both positive and negative effects on us, but the advantages of social media surely outweigh the disadvantages, especially if you learn to use it in your favor.

      Look up the following words in the dictionary:

      social networks, the way we live, to interact with somebody, to become an addict, a positive side, obvious, to have an opportunity, to connect, to share, to enhance something, to strengthen friendship, outgoing and cheerful, researchers confirm, to provide a sense of belonging, moreover, a support, an injured duck,

      to take a photograph, to post a photo to Twitter, to arrive on the scene, to capture, to do one’s best, to recover, to have a negative effect on something, advantages and disadvantages, to outweigh, in one’s favor.

      Answer the following questions:

      1. How has social media changed the way we live our lives?

      2. What are some of the positive sides of social networking?

      3. How can social networks enhance and strengthen friendship?

      4. How does Alice feel about social media?

      5. Where did Catherine see an injured duck?

      6. Why couldn’t Catherine take care of the bird herself?

      7. What did Catherine do to help the bird?

      8. Who came to help the injured bird?

      9. Where did the police officers take the bird?

      10. When do the advantages of social media overweigh its disadvantages?

      Make questions to the following answers:

      1. Social media has changed a lot, from the way we get our news to the way we interact with others.

      2. People have an opportunity to connect, share and learn online, which they could not imagine in the past.

      3. Social networks make it easy to connect with others and provide a sense of belonging.

      4. When Alice uses social media she feels joyful, it makes her more outgoing and cheerful.

      5. Catherine saw an injured duck on her way to work in the center of New York.

      6. Catherine couldn’t take care of the bird herself because she was in a hurry.

      7. Catherine took a photo of the bird on her phone and posted it to Twitter, asking her followers to help the injured duck.

      8.

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