This is the last task of the homework. For this task you will complete some listening exercises
Be sure to go to the links below, and do the listening activities plus the quiz about them.
http://www.esolcourses.com/content/topics/seasons/summer/advanced/summer-solstice-listening-quiz.html
http://www.esolcourses.com/content/ict/social-media/apps/anti-social-networking.html
http://www.esolcourses.com/content/lifeintheuk/birmingham/city-university-video-quiz.html
Once you are sure about your answers post them as a comment below.
Due date: March 5th
Exercise Link 1
ResponderBorrar1. Freshly picked flowers
2. The day when the north pole is tilted closest to the sun
3. False
4. To ward off evil spirits
5. True
6. Stonehenge
7. Widnes
8. Cairo
9. Maypole
10. True
Exercise Link 2
Task 1
1. antisocial
2. cloak
3. Instagram
4. Foursquare
5. dodge
6. check-in
7. data scraping
8. flag
9. alert
10. integrate
11. interacting
Task 2
1. Foursquare
2. A social network for sharing photos
3. Up to two miles
4. Foursquare
5. Strangers that you 'friend' on social media
6. True
7. Hide
8. Aloof
Task 3
1. I use Facebook, 9GAG, LinkedIn
2. My favourite social media site is 9GAG, because has all kind of staff
3. All of them, because I don't like to have in my contacts people that I don't know
4. A few of them are really good friends.
5. Yes, the main porpouse is connect you with people around the world, making communications easier.
6. Yes, I used it all the time for being connected with my friends and colleagues.
Exercise Link 3
1. The Bullring Shopping complex.
2. at the heart of the city
3. six
4. City North Campus
5. In the middle of England
6. Spaghetti Junction
Link 1
ResponderBorrarExercise 1
1. Freshly picked flowers.
2. The day when the north pole is tilted closest to the sun.
3. False
4. To ward off evil spirits.
5. True
6. Stonehenge
7. Widnes
8. Cairo
9. A maypole
10. True
Link 2
Exercise 1
1. Antisocial
2. Cloak
3. Instagram
4. Foursquare
5. Dodge
6. Check-in
7. Data scraping
8. Flag
9. Alert
10. Integrate
11. Interacting
Exercise 2
1. Foursquare
2. A social network for sharing photos
3. Up to two miles
4. Foursquare
5. Strangers that you 'friend' on social media
6. True
7. Hide
8. Aloof
Exercise 3
1. I use Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat
2. Twitter because you can read the thoughts of people and you can write whatever you want.
3. I met all my friends in real life.
4. All of them.
5. I think that is a good alternative for people that take a lot of work to make friends in real life.
6. No, I don´t because I prefer to meet people in real life.
Link 3
Exercise 1
1. The Bullring Shopping complex
2. At the heart of the city
3. Six
4. City North Campus
5. In the middle of England
6. Spaghetti Junction
LINK 1
ResponderBorrar1. Fleshly picked flowers
2. The day when the north pole is tilted closest to the sun
3. False
4. To ward off evil spirits
5. True
6. Stonehenge
7. Widnes
8. Cairo
9. Maypole
10. True
LINK 2
Task 1
1. Antisocial
2. Cloak
3. Instagram
4. Foursquare
5. Dodge
6. Check-in
7. Data scraping
8. Flag
9. Alert
10. Integrate
11. Interacting
Task 2 (watch the video)
Task 3
1. Foursquare
2. A social network for sharing photos
3. Up to two miles
4. Foursquare
5. Strangers that you “friend” on social media
6. True
7. Hide
8. Aloof
Task 4
1. Whats app, instagram, facebook
2. Whats app, because is a really easy way of communicating whit everyone.
3. I had seen then all at least one time, because in other way I don’t accept then in my social media.
4. Just a few, like 10. And I don’t see them every day, but I now they are there for me.
5. Yes, because is an easier way of communicating whit people around the world.
6. Yes, if I have to talk to someone out the country.
LINK 3
1. The Bullring Shopping complex.
2. At the heart of the city
3. Six
4. City North Campus
5. In the middle of England
6. Spaghetti Junction
Link 1
ResponderBorrar1. Freshly picked flowers
2. The day when the north pole is tilted closest to the sun
3. False
4. To ward off evil spirits
5. True
6. Stonehenge
7. Widnes
8. Cairo
9. Maypole
10. True
Link 2
Task 1
1. Antisocial
2. Cloak
3. Instagram
4. Foursquare
5. Dodge
6. check-in
7. data scraping
8. flag
9. alert
10. integrate
11. interacting
Task 3
1. Foursquare
2. A social network for sharing photos
3. Up to two miles
4. Foursquare
5. Strangers that you 'friend' on social media
6. True
7. Hide
8. Aloof
Task 4
1. I use Facebook
2. Facebook because and can search news and can see memes.
3. Almost all of them because I have never accepted anyone before meeting them.
4. Almost all of them. (For more information read answer number 3).
5. For me this apps are not useful but maybe for other people are useful. Maybe the people tha who is antipathetic.
6. I would not. Because is not useful for me.
Link 3
1. The Bullring Shopping complex
2. At the heart of the city
3. Six
4. City North Campus
5. In the middle of England
6. Spaghetti Junction
Link 1:
ResponderBorrar1- Freshly picked flowers
2- The day when the north pole is titled closest to the sun
3- False
4- To ward off evil spirits
5- True
6- Stonehenge
7- Widnes
8- Cairo
9- A maypole
10- True
Link 2:
Task 1
1- antisocial
2- cloak
3- Instagram
4- Foursquare
5- dodge
6- chack-in
7- data scraping
8- flag
9- alert
10- integrate
11- interacting
Task 2-3
1- Foursquare
2- A social network for sharing photos.
3- Up to two miles
4- Foursquare
5- Strangers that you "friend" on social media
6- True
7- Hide
8- Aloof
Task 4
1- I usually use Facebook and instagram
2- My favourite social media is Instagram because it let me watch pictures and drawings without having to see all the things that my friends do and just concentrate me in the pictures..
3- I meet them all of them.
4- Maybe just a few of them.
5- Apps like facebook is useful because it let you be informed about the news or others, also can let you communicate with people far away from you. Apps like instagram could entertain you when you are bored or can help you if you have a brand.
6- Yes, to communicate with people that are far away from me.
Link 3:
1- The Bullring shopping complex
2- At the heart of the city
3- Six
4- City North Campus
5- In the middle of England
6- Spaghetti Junction
Link 1
ResponderBorrarTask 2
1. Freshly picked flowers
2. The day when the north pole is tilted closest to the sun
3. False
4. To ward off evil spirits
5. True
6. Stonehenge
7. Widnes
8. Cairo
9. A maypole
10. True
Link 2
Task 1
1. Antisocial
2. Cloak
3. Instagram
4. Foursquare
5. Dodge
6. Check-in
7. Data scraping
8. Flag
9. Alert
10. Integrate
11. Interacting
Task 3
1. Foursquare
2. A social media for sharing photos
3. Up to two miles
4. Foursquare
5. Strangers that you 'friend' on social media
6. True
7. Hide
8. Aloof
Task 4
1. I use facebook, whatsapp and instagram mainly.
2. Instagram is my favourite social media site. It is because you can always find something different there, not like in other sites, in which there are the same posts akk the time.
3. I think I have met most of them. I don't like to be 'friend' with people I dont know.
4. I would say that around 10% of them are close people to me.
5. They're useful for people that make a wise choice about their use. Unfortunately, there is also the option of using those sites to commit bad habits
6. No. I wouldn't like strange people to know where I am.
Link 3
Task 2
1. The Bullring Shopping Complex
2. At the heart of the city
3. Six
4. City North Campus
5. In the middle of England
6. Spaghetti Junction
LINK 1
ResponderBorrarExercise
1. Fleshly picked flowers
2. The day when the north pole is tilted closest to the sun
3. False
4. To ward off evil spirits
5. True
6. Stonehenge
7. Widnes
8. Cairo
9. Maypole
10. True
LINK 2
Exercise 1
1. Antisocial
2. Cloak
3. Instagram
4. Foursquare
5. Dodge
6. Check-in
7. Data scraping
8. Flag
9. Alert
10. Integrate
11. Interacting
Exercise 2
VIDEO
Exercise 3
1. Foursquare
2. A social network for sharing photos
3. Up to two miles
4. Foursquare
5. Strangers that you “friend” on social media
6. True
7. Hide
8. Aloof
Exercise 4
1. Instagram, facebook, LinkedIn
2. My favorite is instagram, because I like upload pictures.
3. At least 90% of my contacts.
4. I have active communication with at least 20, and the other eventually.
5. I it useful because you have a network of people, it could mean opportunities, and is a easy way to communicate too.
6. It is necessary, with Internet this way is the most useful tool in communication.
LINK 3
Exercise 1
1. The Bullring Shopping complex.
2. At the heart of the city
3. Six
4. City North Campus
5. In the middle of England
6. Spaghetti Junction
Listening activities
ResponderBorrarLink 1
Task 1
-The main idea of the listening is to explain what the summer solstice is and how do people celebrate it.
Task 2
1. Freshly picked flowers.
2. The day when the North Pole is tilted closest to the sun.
3. False.
4. To ward off evil spirits.
5. True.
6. Stonehenge.
7. Widnes.
8. Cairo.
9. Maypole.
10. True.
________________________________________________________________________
Link 2
Task 1
-I think it is to hide from something.
Task 2
1. Antisocial.
2. Cloak.
3. Instagram.
4. Foursquare.
5. Dodge.
6. Check-in.
7. Data scraping.
8. Flag.
9. Alert.
10. Integrate.
11. Interacting.
Task 3
1. Foursquare.
2. A social network for sharing photos.
3. Up to two miles.
4. Foursquare.
5. Strangers that you 'friend' on social media.
6. True.
7. Hide.
8. Aloof.
Task 4
1. Facebook and YouTube.
2. YouTube. Because I can listen to music and watch videos.
3. 20% of my social media friends.
4. 25% of my social media friends.
5. Yes, because it let me keep updated in news.
6. Not, because it does not make sense for me.
_______________________________________________________________________________
Link 3
Task 1
-The video talks about the Birmingham City University, it tries to explain what University offers to the students while they are studying such as, architecture, campus, student activities, programs and others.
Task 2
1. The Bullring Shopping complex.
2. At the heart of the city.
3. Six.
4. City North Campus.
5. In the middle of England.
6. Spaghetti Junction.
Link 1
ResponderBorrar1. Freshly picked flowers
2. The day when the north pole is tilted closest to the sun
3. False
4. To ward off evil spirits
5. True
6. Stonehenge
7. Widnes
8. Cairo
9. A maypole
10. True
Link 2
1. Task 2.
a. Anti-social
b. Cloak
c. Instagram
d. Foursquare
e. Dodge
f. Check-In
g. Data Scraping
h. Flag
i. Alert
j. Integrate
k. Interacting
2. Task 3.
a. Foursquare
b. A social network for sharing photos
c. Up to two miles
d. Foursquare
e. Strangers that you 'friend' on social media
f. True
g. Hide
h. Aloof
3. Task 4.
a. Facebook, Instagram, You Tube and WhatsApp.
b. My favorite social media is Facebook, because I can use in every moment like entertainment to avoid the boredom, this App have a lot of funny videos or pictures like Memes that can make me laugh.
c. I met all of them in the real life.
d. Almost all of them.
e. Yes, that kind of applications can be very use-full when are used under responsibility. For example, the most of time, I use Facebook to publish objects that I don’t need and I know that others persons are in search of them. Or a lot of shop that can make publicity to attract clients.
f. Yes, because often I have to make deals with people that I not know, and Facebook at least able me to see the photo or information to know the person that I have to contact in real life, is for security.
Link 3
Task 2.
a. The Bullring Shopping complex.
b. At the heart of the city
c. Six
d. City North Campus.
e. In the middle of England.
f. Spaghetti Junction.