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Activity 2 (continues)
                                                                                 • Remember to mention that
                                                                                   diction is unrealistic in TV
                                                                                   programs (which adds to the
                                                                                   difficulty of understanding
                                                                                   these kinds of texts). Actors are
                                                                                   following a script and scene
                                                                                   directors shoot or reshoot as
                                                                                   many times as necessary so
                                                                                   there are no gaps, hesitations or
                                                                                   actions they don’t want to show.

                                                                                 • Try to keep the list of TV
                                                                                   programs on a sensible path.
                                                                                   While it is impossible to oversee
                                                                                   every single student, put your
                                                                                   foot down for programs with
                                                                                   excessive violence or other
                                                                                   inappropriate content. While
                                                                                   nowadays that type of content
                                                                                   is tolerated more on TV than
                                                                                   it was, let’s say, some 20 or
                                                                                   30 years ago (for example,
                                                                                   swearwords spoken on public
                                                                                   TV were heavily fined), you
                                                                                   should strive to drive this
                                                                                   practice without resorting to
                                                                                   such programs.

                                                                                 • IT box icons appear frequently
                                                                                   in the practices with suggested
                                                                                   websites.
                                                                                   Use this opportunity to explain:



               -  What a browser is: the program that allows you to search for and view web pages
               -  What  a hyperlink is: the connection between one place and another on the Web and can appear as a
                 word or an icon
              •   Activity 3

              •  As in other practices, remember the stages are rigidly defined, while the actual activities to complete
                 each stage are pretty flexible.

              •  Your students should be able to discern which activities they are already proficient in, while deciding
                 which activities can or should be expanded and revisited.

              •  Remember, you may devise more activities to work on a certain skill, if you feel the ones in the book are
                 not thorough enough. One strategy is to check activities from other practices and adapt them to
                 this practice.
              •  Remember, the activities are meant as a guideline; they are one of the many possible ways in which a
                 sequence to work with these contents can be created. Our purpose is to give you inspiration to make
                 decisions with your students, while they also play a more active role than merely filling in blank spaces.
                 Communication is not a matter of circling “correct” answers, or drawing lines to match columns, it’s
                 about actually reading, speaking, listening and writing with real social purposes that go beyond the
                 school walls.


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