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You
You are
are going
going to
to read
read what
what five
five different
different people
people say
say about
about how
how they
they use
use computers
computers to
to learn.
learn.
Identify
which
statement
best
corresponds
to
each
speaker.
There
are
three
Identify which statement best corresponds to each speaker. There are three extra
extra

a.
a.
b.
b.
c.
c.
d.
d.
e.
e.
f.
f.
g.
g.
h.
h.

statements.
statements.
My
friend
My friend copied
copied someone
someone else’s
else’s writing
writing and
and said
said it
it was
was hers.

hers.
II write
write to
to someone
someone who
who is
is much
much older
older than
than II am.
am.
II have
have aa pen-pal
pen-pal in
in China.
China.
An
An article
article II wrote
wrote was
was posted
posted on
on our
our school
school
website.
website.
II learned
learned aa foreign
foreign language

language using
using the
the Internet.
Internet.
All
the
information
for
my
presentation
All the information for my presentation has
has gone.
gone.
I’ve
I’ve never
never played
played any
any sport
sport at
at school.
school.
II write
write my
my homework
homework assignments
assignments in
in my
my planner.
planner.

Speaker
Speaker

11

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____

Speaker
Speaker 22
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Speaker
Speaker 33
II can’t
else!
can’t believe
believe it!
it! II lost
lost my
my disk
disk on
on key!
key! It
It has
has all
all my
my work
work for

for the
the entire
entire year,
year, and
and II didn’t
didn’t save
save the
the files
files anywhere
anywhere
else!
____
____
The
The worst
worst part
part is
is that
that for
for three
three weeks,
weeks, I’ve
I’ve been
been working
working on
on aa history
history project
project with
with other
other students

students from
from my
my class,
class, and
and
I’ve
I’ve lost
lost all
all that
that information
information too.
too. Everyone
Everyone thought
thought II was
was so
so organised,
organised, so
so II was
was keeping
keeping all
all the
the files,
files, and
and no
no one
one else
else has
has
aa copy.
copy. They’re

They’re going
going to
to be
be so
so angry
angry with
with me!
me! We’re
We’re supposed
supposed to
to give
give aa presentation
presentation tomorrow
tomorrow and
and II don’t
don’t know
know what
what
Speaker
Speaker 44
we’ll
we’ll do.
do. I’ve
I’ve got
got to
to ring
ring them
them now
now and
and try

try to
to figure
figure something
something out.
out.

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____
Speaker
Speaker 55

Last
Last year,
year, II decided
decided that
that II wanted
wanted to
to learn
learn Chinese.
Chinese. The
The problem
problem is
is that
that II live
live in
in aa small
small town
town in
in Scotland
Scotland and

and there
there
wasn’t
anyone
around
who
could
teach
me.
I
looked
round
on
the
Internet
and
found
a
program
for
____
learning
languages
wasn’t anyone around who could teach me. I looked round on the Internet and found a program for
____
learning languages
online.
online. The
The program
program had

had both
both video
video and
and audio,
audio, so
so II could
could see
see and
and hear
hear my
my teacher.
teacher. There
There were
were two
two other
other students
students in
in the
the
class
–
one
in
France
and
another
in
Belgium.
The
class

was
every
Monday
at
7
pm.
It
was
probably
the
middle
of
class – one in France and another in Belgium. The class was every Monday at 7 pm. It was probably the middle of the
the
night
night in
in China!
China! It
It wasn’t
wasn’t the
the same
same as
as being
being there
there in
in person,
person, but
but II quite
quite liked
liked it

it even
even so.
so. I’m
I’m planning
planning to
to travel
travel to
to China
China
next
next summer
summer to
to try
try out
out what
what II learned.
learned.

Back
Back in
in primary
primary school,
school, our
our teacher
teacher used
used to
to post
post our
our assignments
assignments on

on the
the school
school website.
website. It
It was
was brilliant
brilliant because
because if
if II
forgot
to
write
an
assignment
down,
I
could
always
check
online.
Well,
in
my
secondary
school,
it’s
another
story.
forgot to write an assignment down, I could always check online. Well, in my secondary school, it’s another story. Of
Of

course
course there’s
there’s still
still aa school
school website,
website, but
but teachers
teachers don’t
don’t post
post assignments
assignments there.
there. They
They expect
expect us
us to
to write
write them
them down
down in
in
our
our planners.
planners. They
They say
say it’s
it’s about
about taking
taking more
more responsibility.
responsibility. Now

Now II have
have to
to call
call my
my friends
friends when
when II can’t
can’t remember
remember what
what
the
the homework
homework is.
is. It
It doesn’t
doesn’t seem
seem like
like aa big
big improvement!
improvement!

Just
Just yesterday
yesterday my
my friend
friend Gillian
Gillian was
was caught
caught plagiarising.
plagiarising. Apparently

Apparently she’d
she’d copied
copied part
part of
of her
her essay
essay word
word for
for word
word from
from
aa website.
website. Mr.
Mr. Frost,
Frost, our
our teacher,
teacher, ran
ran all
all of
of our
our papers
papers through
through aa computer
computer program
program that
that matches
matches student
student essays
essays with
with

articles
articles on
on the
the web,
web, and
and he
he found
found it
it that
that way.
way. II was
was quite
quite surprised
surprised that
that Gillian
Gillian would
would do
do something
something like
like that
that because
because
she’s
she’s an
an excellent
excellent student.
student. Gillian
Gillian said
said that
that there

there was
was no
no name
name next
next to
to the
the article
article so
so she
she thought
thought it
it was
was fine
fine to
to copy
copy it.
it. A
A
lot
lot of
of the
the other
other students
students thought
thought Gillian
Gillian was
was right,
right, but
but Mr.
Mr. Frost

Frost said
said it
it was
was just
just as
as bad
bad as
as texting
texting your
your friend
friend the
the
answer
answer to
to aa test
test question.
question. Since
Since some
some kids
kids were
were confused,
confused, now
now we’ve
we’ve got
got to
to sit
sit through
through aa workshop
workshop on
on plagiarism.

plagiarism.

Our
Our class
class is
is writing
writing to
to people
people at
at aa retirement
retirement home
home in
in Brookstown.
Brookstown. My
My pen-pal’s
pen-pal’s name
name is
is Shelly
Shelly Walton
Walton and
and she’s
she’s 73
73 years
years
old.
We
e-mail
each
other
every

couple
of
weeks.
I
wasn’t
so
excited
about
writing
to
an
elderly
person
but
I’ve
old. We e-mail each other every couple of weeks. I wasn’t so excited about writing to an elderly person but I’ve learned
learned
some
some interesting
interesting things
things from
from her.
her. Last
Last week,
week, II sent
sent her
her aa picture
picture of
of me
me playing

playing basketball
basketball and
and II asked
asked her
her what
what sports
sports
she
she used
used to
to play
play at
at school.
school. It
It turned
turned out
out that
that she
she never
never played
played any
any sport
sport because
because at
at her
her school
school it
it wasn’t
wasn’t available
available for

for
girls!
girls! II never
never knew
knew that.
that. She
She explained
explained how
how the
the laws
laws had
had changed
changed over
over the
the years,
years, and
and schools
schools had
had to
to give
give girls
girls more
more
opportunities.
opportunities. I’m
I’m glad
glad I’m
I’m aa student
student now
now and

and not
not 60
60 years
years ago!
ago!


Audio Link File: />You
You are
are going
going to
to hear
hear five
five different
different people
people talking
talking about
about how
how they
they use
use computers
computers to
to learn.
learn.
Listen
Listen
and
and identify
identify which
which statement

statement best
best corresponds
corresponds to
to each
each speaker.
speaker. There
There are
are three
three extra
extra
statements.
statements.
a.
a. My
My friend
friend copied
copied someone
someone else’s
else’s writing
writing and
and said
said it
it was
was hers.
hers.
b.
b.
c.
c.
d.

d.

II write
write to
to someone
someone who
who is
is much
much older
older than
than II am.
am.
II have
have aa pen-pal
pen-pal in
in China.
China.

e.
e.

II learned
learned aa foreign
foreign language
language using
using the
the Internet.
Internet.

f.

f.

All
All the
the information
information for
for my
my presentation
presentation has
has gone.
gone.

h.
h.

__f__
__f__

An
An article
article II wrote
wrote was
was posted
posted on
on our
our school
school
website.
website.

g.
g.

Speaker
Speaker 11

Speaker
Speaker 22
__e__
__e__

I’ve
I’ve never
never played
played any
any sport
sport at
at school.
school.
II write
write my
my homework
homework assignments
assignments in
in my
my planner.
planner.

Speaker
Speaker 33

__h__
__h__

Speaker
Speaker 44
__a__
__a__
Speaker
Speaker 55
__b__
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