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THE LATEST TECHNOLOGY
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THE LATEST TECHNOLOGY
Unit Overview
TOPIC
Electronic gadgets
VOCABULARY Technology
AND READING
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GRAMMAR
Superlative adjectives
PRONUNCIATION
Stress in superlatives
READING
The history of computers
VOCABULARY
Computers and the internet
LISTENING
A conversation about a new computer
WRITING
An email to a friend
Resources
GRAMMAR REFERENCE AND PRACTICE: SB page 149; TB page 248
WORKBOOK: pages 52–55
VIDEO AND VIDEO WORKSHEET: Technology
PHOTOCOPIABLE WORKSHEETS: Grammar worksheet Unit 12;
Vocabulary worksheet Unit 12
TEST GENERATOR: Unit test 12
WARMER
Write the unit title
The latest technology
on the board
and brainstorm a list of modern technology onto the
board. Include
smartphone
and
laptop
. Ask the students
to decide which of the things they could and couldn’t live
without. Encourage them to use comparative adjectives,
e.g
. A smartphone is more useful than a laptop because you
can phone people and take photos with it
.
ABOUT YOU
You can begin the class and introduce the topic of the unit
by showing the video and asking students to complete
the video worksheet. After they have completed the video
activities, ask them to take turns to ask and answer the
questions in pairs.
VOCABULARY
READING
AND
Technology
1
If you have brainstormed a list of modern technology
onto the board (see Warmer), ask the students to match
these words to the photos (A–L) before they look at the
words in the box.
Answers
The answers are recorded for the students to check and then
repeat.
A laptop B printer C tablet D keyboard E mouse
F speaker G screen H smartphone I fitness tracker
J games console K headphones L e-reader
