Exploring the Impact of Technology on Culture and Behavior
Dive into how technology is shaping our culture and behavior through the absorption of technology into our daily lives. Explore the intertwining relationship between technology and culture with examples of how we interact with technology and its effects on our routines and social connections.
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Eng.202 New Language Leader Unit 10 Trends 10.2 TRENDS IN TECHNOLOGY 1
Lesson Objectives To identify vocabulary related to trends. To identify how technology affects culture. To read for specific information. To identify and use expressions of quantity. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Minisrty of Education- 2020 2
What is the meaning of TREND ? A general development or change in a situation or in the way that people are behaving. It can be a synonym of tendency movement mode style ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Minisrty of Education- 2020 3
Read the sentences on the next slide and check how technology develops and changes our culture and the way people behave in. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Minisrty of Education- 2020 4
Read the 10 sentences and classify them under the right heading. Are they related to technology or culture or both? Sentence Technology Culture Technologies are absorbed into the lives of people affecting their way of living. 1 Technology is evolving fast enough. 2 Let s look at our daily schedule to see how technology shapes culture. 3 You receive a notification on your smartphone, and you stop what you are doing to check it. 4 We connect with family during weekends only. 5 You prefer to order your food online weekly rather than face the queues in store. 6 You want to go out for a meal, and so you check reviews online. 7 You hear of a good T.V show, and so you watch the whole series on-demand without having to commit or wait for the weekly show to be aired. 8 You are watching a T.V show at 7pm at your home. 9 We can connect with people on a far greater scale than ever before. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Minisrty of Education- 2020 10 5
Now check your answers Sentences Technology Culture Technologies are absorbed into the lives of people affecting their way of living. 1 Technology is evolving fast enough. 2 Let s look at our daily schedule to see how technology shapes culture. 3 You receive a notification on your smartphone or desktop, and you stop what you are doing to check it. 4 We connect with family during weekends only. 5 You prefer to order your food online weekly rather than face the queues in store. 6 You want to go out for a meal, and so you check reviews online. 7 You hear of a good T.V show, and so you watch the whole series on-demand without having to commit or wait for the weekly show to be aired. 8 You are watching a T.V show at 7pm at your home. 9 We can connect with people on a far greater scale than ever before. 10 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Minisrty of Education- 2020 6
Read the text in the next slide and match the headings to the paragraphs 1-6 . An example is already done for you. Paragraph 1 Paragraph 2 Paragraph 3 Paragraph 4 Paragraph 5 Paragraph 6 1.Glitches 2.Personality Detection 3.Introduction 4.Future Challenges 5.Augmented Knowledge 6.Quantum Computers ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Minisrty of Education- 2020 7
Technology Trends 1. Social trends can have a strong influence on the development of new technology, and vice versa. The constant change of both allowed clever designers in the technology industry to achieve great success as they tend to think ahead and work on fulfilling the future technological needs of society. 2. A good idea about the personality of the user can be guessed, as some companies have developed software that can look at the things we like online, and the kind of photographs that we post on social media. Not only do some banks use this kind of software to inspect how their customers spend money and then decide what advice to give them about their savings, but many employers nowadays tend to use this kind of software to get an idea about the expected length of the period one might stay in a job. 3. After researching quantum computers for decades, scientists now seem to finally be close to making a machine that works. Quantum computers are useful in terms of solving too difficult problems for normal computers to solve; such as breaking a difficult code or finding a password. Actually, It is believed that once quantum computers are available in the market, one would need a completely new way to insure that their information remains private. 4. The internet is constantly used to send and receive information and latest scientific research investigates the ways of using all that information in supporting our memories. Benefiting ill people or those who have lost their memories after an accident is a good example of the benefits of technology. It is hoped that patients will be able to reload their memories and continue with their lives, instead of having to learn things again. Scientists believe that these developments might affect other fields If they are successful. 5. It is not clear how technology will work as a lot of it becomes available before it has been tested properly. This can cause a lot of problems, for instance, a few years a single glitch meant that 5,000 planes in the U.S. couldn t take off. A glitch is not the same as a software bug, which can be identified and fixed. Glitches are often very difficult to predict. They are problems that can happen whenever new technology interacts with different technology. 6. Many of the experts, despite the difficulties, are excited and optimistic about the future. With the new developments, the new generation has better opportunity to lead with creative solutions. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Minisrty of Education- 2020 8
Now, check your answers. Paragraph 1 Paragraph 2 Paragraph 3 Paragraph 4 Paragraph 5 Paragraph 6 1. Glitches 2. Personality detection 3. Introduction 4. Future challenges 5. Augmented Knowledge 6. Quantum computers ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Minisrty of Education- 2020 9
New words Use a dictionary to find out the meaning of these words/ phrases. 1. artificial intelligence 2. biotechnology 3. genetic engineering 4. nanotechnology 5. robotics 6. virtual reality Ministry of Education - 2020
VOCABULARY: Technological Trends Match the words and phrases in the box with their definitions. No. 1 is already done for you. Artificial intelligence biotechnology genetic engineering nanotechnology robotics virtual reality 1. The science of making extremely small devices.(nanotechnology) 2. The science of changing how a living creature or plant develops by changing the information in its genes ___________________________ 3. The use of living cells and bacteria in industrial and scientific processes_______-_______________ 4. The study of computer systems that can copy intelligent human behavior ____________________ 5. Images and sounds created by a computer that seem almost real to the user, who can interact with them by using sensors ________________________ 6. The science of designing and operating robots ____________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Minisrty of Education- 2020 11
Now check your answers please. Artificial intelligence biotechnology genetic engineering nanotechnology robotics virtual reality 1. The science of making extremely small devices. (nanotechnology) 2. The science of changing how a living creature or plant develops by changing the information in its genes (genetic engineering) 3. The use of living cells and bacteria in industrial and scientific processes. (biotechnology) 4. The study of computer systems that can copy intelligent human behavior. (artificial intelligence ) 5. Images and sounds created by a computer that seem almost real to the user, who can interact with them by using sensors. (virtual reality ) 6. The science of designing and operating robots. (robotics) ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Minisrty of Education- 2020 12
Read the table and learn the about the usage of expressions of quantity. Used with uncountable nouns Used with countable nouns a lot of a little a few no a couple of some many enough no a lot some plenty of plenty of ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Minisrty of Education- 2020 13
GRAMMAR: Expressions Of Quantity Choose the correct expression of quantity. Some can accept both options. 1. You can tell me now. I ve got a couple of / a little time before my next session. 2. He is an expert. He taught many / no students and even helped plenty of / some of his colleagues . 3. Not really , just a lot of/ a couple of trainees who were a bit difficult. 4. One challenge is that no / many employees believe they don t need to be trained. 5. This company has no / a little rules about uniforms. 6. I used to do all the work on my own with many / no help, but last year I had a few / some help. 7. Students should be given a lot of / enough time to practice. 8. The team were provided with t a few of / a lot of attention and many / plenty of advice. 14
Now check your answers please. 1. You can tell me now. I ve got a couple of / a little time before my next session. 2. He is an expert. He taught many / no students and even helped plenty of / some of his colleagues . 3. It wasn t a real problem , just a lot of/ a couple of trainees who were a bit difficult. 4. One challenge is that no / many employees believe they don t need to be trained. 5. This company has no / a little rules about uniforms. 6. I used to do all the work on my own with many / no help, but this year I need a few / some . 7. Students should be given many / enough time to practice. 8. The team were provided with t a few of / a lot of attention and many / plenty of advice. 15
Make sentences about the people below. Try to use as many expressions of quantity as possible. A few people in my country /town /family . Some Enough Many the students in my class of my friends / colleagues . Plenty A couple A lot None Example: A lot of my friends are interested in technology. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Minisrty of Education- 2020 16
Possible Answers - A lot of my friends are interested in technology. - A few people in my country come from Africa. - Some of the students in my class are very smart in Mathematics. - A couple of my friends are coming to my house next weekend. - A lot of the students in my class speak English fluently. - Plenty of the students in my class scored A. - Many people in my town are athletes. - Some people in my family travelled to USA last week. - Enough of my friends like watching movies in the cinema. I m really lucky! - None of my friends need to improve their level in science. - Plenty of my colleagues submitted their papers. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Minisrty of Education- 2020 17
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