Write True, False, or Not Given for each sentence.
THE DOWNSIDE OF MOBILE DEVICES
Distraction by mobile devices is indeed something to worry about. Jeffrey Kuznekoff studies communications at Miami University Middletown in Ohio. For one recent project, he let college students take notes during a video lecture. Afterward the students took a test on the material. During the video, one group of students could text or tweet about anything. Another group could text and tweet only if the messages related to the lecture. A control group couldn’t text or tweet at all.
“Texting on things that are unrelated to class can hurt student learning,” Kuznekoff found. Overall, the control and class-related-message groups did 70 percent better on the test than did students that could text and tweet about anything. That control and relevant-message groups also scored 50 percent higher on note-taking.
“You’re putting yourself at a disadvantage when you are actively engagedwith your mobiledevice in class and not engaged in what’s going on,” warns Kuznekoff. His team shared its findings in the July 2015 issue of CommunicationEducation.
Those findings mesh with what college students themselves report. Another new study found that the more time students said that they typically text, use social media or read online during class, the lower their grades are.
“A lot of students tend to think that they are good at multitasking,” or doing more than one thing at a time, says Saraswathi Bellur. She’s a communications researcher at the University of Connecticut (UConn) in Storrs. In fact, she and her colleagues found, multitasking in class “is likely to harm their academic performance.”
“We also have data that show that people who multitask during class or while doing homework have to spend more time studying,” notes UConn coauthor Kristine Nowak. In other words, she argues, students who use mobile devices for something other than research or note- taking during class “are not efficient, and it is costing them time.” Concludes Nowak, “People believe they are better at multitasking than they are and this is leading them to bad study habits.” Her group shared its findings in the December 2015 issue of Computers in HumanBehavior.
@5 1.She always rides her bike at the weekends. 2.He never plays tennis. 3.They often watch TV at night. 4.She usually reads in the afternoon. @6 a. on b. in c. on d. at e. in f. in @7 1. Mark usually stays at home. 2. Ann often listens to the radio. 3. Ann always listens to the radio 4. Sometimes Mary visits her cousins. 5. Robin never helps his brother with his homework . 6.Our teachers are never late. @8 s: Hi, Mandy! How are you? M: I’m fine, thanks. and what about you? Susan: I’m not very well. I’m very tired. Mandy: Why? Have you been working hard? Susan: I usually practice volleyball on Tuesdays and Thursdays . Mandy: Oh, its really hard work! I have to walk my dog. Have you got a dog? Susan: Yes, I have a dog. His name is Nikita. Mandy: Let*s go with us for a walk! I*m going to listen to the music. Do you like music? Susan: Yes, I do. I love music. Mandy: It’s 4 o’clock. I must go home. See you tomorrow! Susan: See you !:
1.She always rides her bike at the weekends.
2.He never plays tennis.
3.They often watch TV at night.
4.She usually reads in the afternoon.
@6
a. on
b. in
c. on
d. at
e. in
f. in
@7
1. Mark usually stays at home.
2. Ann often listens to the radio.
3. Ann always listens to the radio
4. Sometimes Mary visits her cousins.
5. Robin never helps his brother with his homework .
6.Our teachers are never late.
@8
s: Hi, Mandy! How are you?
M: I’m fine, thanks. and what about you?
Susan: I’m not very well. I’m very tired.
Mandy: Why? Have you been working hard?
Susan: I usually practice volleyball on Tuesdays and Thursdays .
Mandy: Oh, its really hard work! I have to walk my dog. Have you got a dog?
Susan: Yes, I have a dog. His name is Nikita.
Mandy: Let*s go with us for a walk! I*m going to listen to the music. Do you like music?
Susan: Yes, I do. I love music.
Mandy: It’s 4 o’clock. I must go home. See you tomorrow!
Susan: See you !:
7 Rewrite the sentences. Include the words in brackets.
1 That’s something exciting to look forward to. (exciting)
2 It looks he is bigger than the tree in this photo. (it looks)
3 She can’t stand yoga. (can’t)
4 The theme of both photos is life under the sea. (theme)
5 They show a crime in both photos. (show)
6 Even though I had lost my receipt, they gave me a refund. (even though)
7 Tell me what is wrong with it? (wrong)
8 Moreover, what a violent crime it is! (what)
9 In conclusion, schools need to offer a wider range of subjects.(conclusion)
10 Why don’t we always take our bikes? (always)