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TECHNOLOGY- A MUST?. Project in English. TECHNOLOGY. How does technology influence the quality of life? How much do you know about the technology surrounding you?. TECHNOLOGY. What is the role of technology in your life? How do you imagine your life without the help of technology?.
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TECHNOLOGY-A MUST? Project in English
TECHNOLOGY • How does technology influence the quality of life? • How much do you know about the technology surrounding you?
TECHNOLOGY • What is the role of technology in your life? • How do you imagine your life without the help of technology?
Match the technology items with the time period when they were invented • airplane • automobile • computer • telephone • television
Who invented: • the airplane ________________ • the automobile ________________ • the computer ________________ • the telephone ________________ • the television ________________
List five vocabulary items to be used to describe the following items:
TASK 1 • Get in groups of 4 and pick an invention to work on for the rest of the project
What you will be asked to do:In groups of 4 you will divide amongst yourselves the following 4 research roles • research on the early history of the invention • research on the development of the invention • research on vocabulary related to the invention • research on 2 exercises with vocabulary related to the invention • All research information is to be presented in Word document form and then in PowerPoint presentation form
What you will be asked to do: In groups of 4 present the invention in terms of: • component parts • instructions for use • advantages and disadvantages • predicted future developments
What you will be asked to do: In groups of 4 • devise a questionnaire made up of 5 closed and 5 open questions to assess the role of the invention in the lives of people • apply the questionnaire to 20 persons • report the findings in chart form (to be part of the PowerPoint presentation, together with the questionnaire)
What you will be asked to do: In groups of 4 • Create an advertisement (poster/video/role-play) to present the invention to accompany the PowerPoint presentation
Suggested resources • http://www.technologyreview.com/ • http://inventors.about.com/od/astartinventions/a/FamousInvention.htm • http://www.ideafinder.com/history/of_inventions.htm • http://www.khake.com/page55.html • http://www.learn-english-today.com/vocabulary/a_vocabulary-contents.htm • http://a4esl.org/a/v3.html • http://www.englishclub.com/vocabulary/index.htm