Unit Two: Tech Addiction and Social Media Detox

Part One: Tech Addiction

Pre-listening Phase

What do you do in your free time?

How many times do you check your phone?

How much time do you spend on social media

In what way you think social media is helping you in your daily life or wasting your time?

Listening Phase

Listen to the recording and discuss

 

 

Post-listening Phase

After you have listened to the recording, do the following activity

Activity: Listening Comprehension 

•According to research done, how much time does teenagers and pre-teenagers spend on their phones?

•How did the presenter define addiction?

•Listening to the recording, can you list some of the consequences of being all day on our phone?

•Why does the presenter think that kids are mostly harmed by technology?

•What was Mary’s viewpoint about the consequences of technology on kids?


Part Two: Social Media Detox

A quick warm-up

•Have you ever thought of the negative effects of being all day long on your phone ? If yes, have you ever thought of what you can do to minimise your addiction to your phone?
•What are the possible solutions that you have thought of / tried to end your digital addiction?

Listening Phase

Listen to the recording, comment on it, and share perspectives with your classmates. 

 
 

 Post-Listening Phase: 

1. Do the activity.

2. Discuss: According to you, how do you think you can do a digital detox in the digital era that we live in today. Suggest some strategies.