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1 What brand name of mobile phone do you use? What can you do with your mobile phone? What do you mostly do with your mobile phone? What kind of apps do you use most? What is your favorite mobile phone function? What are some of the annoyances of your mobile phone? What image do you use as your wallpaper? What do you think mobile phones will be like in fifty years? Will computers/televisions/phones be all together in one device? What is your ringtone? When did you get your first mobile phone? Can you imagine a time when people didn't have mobile phones? Have you ever experienced crank phone calls? At what age should a person have his/her first mobile phone? Where do you keep your mobile phone? Is your mobile phone always with you? Do you have your mobile beside you when you sleep? Where do you shop for mobile phones? Have you ever broke your phone? What happened? >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Who did you make your first mobile phone call to? How often do you text each day? Do you use emojis / gifs? Who do you always call with your mobile phone? Do you answer your phone if you don't know who is calling? Do you prefer ios or Android? Why do I see people on the street selling old mobile phones? Do you go to used mobile phone shops? Why are iphones so popular? How do you choose to buy a new mobile phone? Do you need it to look "cool"? What's the most popular brand of phone? How many mobile phones have you had in your life? How long have you used your current mobile phone? How long should you expect to use a mobile phone for? Do you decorate your mobile phone? How do you decorate your mobile phone? Is a mobile phone a fashion accessory like a purse? How do you customize your phone? How do you feel if you don't have your mobile phone with you? How have mobile phones changed our lives? How long can you use your mobile phone between recharges? Have you ever had your mobile phone stolen?

2 Cell Phone Etiquette Circle the correct answer. 1. How many people in your family have a mobile phone? 2. How old were you when you got your first mobile phone? 3. How often do you talk on the mobile phone? 4. Do you think you talk on the mobile phone too much? 5. If you are asked to turn off your mobile phone, do you? 6. Who pays your mobile phone bill? 7. Do you turn off your mobile phone in class? 8. Do you turn off your mobile phone at the cinema? 9. Do you stop conversations to answer your mobile phone? More than 5 Less than Older than 14 Not often Often Very often yes No Sometimes Yes No Sometimes Me My parents I don't know Yes No Sometimes Yes No Sometimes Yes No Sometimes 10. How do you feel if you forget your mobile phone at home?

3 Mobile Manners Quiz Circle the best answer. 1. What percentage of the United States population are cell phone users? a. 59% b. 69% c. 79% d. 89% 2. Emergency response times have been reduced due to cell phone usage. a. True b. False 3. When using a cell phone you should: a. speak more loudly than usually. b. use a quiet conversational tone. c. hold the phone as close to your mouth as you can. d. use a whispered voice. 4. Drivers using cell phones are: a. Four times more likely to get into injury-causing crashes. b. Eight times more likely to get into injury-causing crashes. c. Ten times more likely to get into injury-causing crashes. d. Twenty times more likely to get into injury-causing crashes. 5. There is no difference in accident statistics between drivers using hand-held vs. handsfree cell phone devices. a. True b. False 6. Etiquette is: a. a set of rules we all agree to follow in order to be considerate of others. b. simple guidelines of common courtesy. c. contribute to a more polite society. d. all of the above. 7. The term 24/7/365 means: a. 24 times a day, 7 months a year, 365 calls a month b. 24 hours, 7 days a week, and 365 days a year (all the time) c. out of 365 calls, 24 are unanswered, thus leading to an average of 7 messages being left. d. an average of 24 letters in a 7 sentence text message and approximately 365 out of every 400 people texting at any given time.

4 8. Give a brief explanation of each of the cell phonee etiquettes listed below. 1. Modulate your voice foot proximity rule 3. Love the one you re with 4. Keep it short 5. Lights out, phones off 6. Avoid annoying ring tones 7. Hang up and drive

5 Mobile Manners Quiz KEY Circle the best answer. 1. What percentage of the United States population are cell phone users? a. 59% b. 69% c. 79% d. 89% 2. Emergency response times have been reduced due to cell phone usage. a. True b. False 3. When using a cell phone you should: a. speak more loudly than usually. b. use a quiet conversational tone. c. hold the phone as close to your mouth as you can. d. use a whispered voice. 4. Drivers using cell phones are: a. Four times more likely to get into injury-causing crashes. b. Eight times more likely to get into injury-causing crashes. c. Ten times more likely to get into injury-causing crashes. d. Twenty times more likely to get into injury-causing crashes. 5. There is no difference in accident statistics between drivers using hand-held vs. handsfree cell phone devices. a. True b. False 6. Etiquette is: a. a set of rules we all agree to follow in order to be considerate of others. b. simple guidelines of common courtesy. c. contribute to a more polite society. d. all of the above. 7. The term 24/7/365 means: a. 24 times a day, 7 months a year, 365 calls a month b. 24 hours, 7 days a week, and 365 days a year (all the time) c. out of 365 calls, 24 are unanswered, thus leading to an average of 7 messages being left. d. an average of 24 letters in a 7 sentence text message and approximately 365 out of every 400 people texting at any given time.

6 8. Give a brief explanation of each of the cell phone etiquettes listed below. Answers will vary. 1. Modulate your voice food proximity rule 3. Love the one you re with 4. Keep it short 5. Lights out, phones off 6. Avoid annoying ring tones 7. Hang up and drive

7 Read the following text: The Finns may be more diligent about preparing their kids for the future than most nationalities. But they do seem to do it with unusual degree of conviction about what s going to be important one big reason they buy their teenagers mobile phones and foot the monthly bills about 40 dollars. A study by the Information Society Research Center at the University of Tampere (sponsored by wireless operator Sonera, Nokia and Tekes, the government agency that promotes technology and doles out development capital) concludes that parents see a mobile phone as a key to the information society. Keeping tabs on the little rascals may be just a supplementary benefit and maybe not even a benefit, if Heidi, a 15 year old in Leena Nordman` s English class, is to be believed. My mom` s always calling me, she says, rolling her eyes. When Norman a Physical Education teacher tells her students that they` re allowed to get their phones out one spring day, they all proudly do so. Some of the boys immediately start playing games built into the small, colorful devices. And Heidi and a few kids are eager to tell other people about their obsession. First of all, the thing is not a phone. It s a kannykka ( a little hand), a luuri ( a transmitter) and sometimes a kapula ( a stick). Or just a Nokia. Most of these fairly well off kids have computers at home, and enjoy visiting chat houses. But like other Finnish teens, they really get a charge of the relatively cumbersome e mail capability available on their phones. There s a 161 character limit, the inconvenience of a telephone keypad and the thrill of gossiping, flirting or just bombarding each other with smiley faces, all for less than the cost of a voice call. Eija liisa Kasesniemi, who ran the Information Society Research Center study, says the kids have their own vocabulary here, too. Is mobile text messaging just for kids? Phone Company Radiolinja might have thought so when it debuted a service shortly before Christmas one year. But when half of Helsinki realized that last minute electronic cards are more convenient than paper ones and crashed the network Radiolinja understood that it had something bigger on its hands.

8 I True or false? Support your answer by quoting from the text. a) Finnish parents consider that a mobile phone is a superfluous object. b) They don` t mind paying the extra costs these objects represent. c) Sometimes teachers allow students to use their mobiles in class. d) Teenagers never use their devices for sending e messages e) This kind of communication is causing a transformation of the normal language of communication II Explain. a) Why do Finnish parents consider it is important for their children to have a mobile phone? b) Why do teenager sometimes rather not have them? c) What do students do when they are allowed to use their mobiles in class? d) What do they use their e mail for. e) What kind of language do they use when they send their messages through e mail. IV Choose either subject a or b and write 120/150 words about it: a Write about the advantages or disadvantages of owning a mobile phone. You may refer to: need of mobiles; the attraction of mobiles; the dependence on these devices ; cause of future diseases, etc b Comment on the following : We live in a materialistic society.

9 Next time you re in a public place, take a look around you, and count how many people are using their phones. I can tell you now that it is probably more than half, whether you re on public transport, in a café or simply walking down the street. I m not saying that I am not an example of this, but it always amazes me how people can spend so much time on their phones without actually talking to anyone in particular. With the constant upgrade of technology we can now do practically anything on a device which can fit in the palm of our hands. But has it gone too far? Do we spend too much time on our mobiles and not enough time talking to people in real life? For example, I recently visited London and travelled on the tube while I was there. Apart from the people asleep, almost everybody else was on their phones, and because of the nature of the tube, it is difficult not to see exactly what they are all doing. Of course, being underground it is difficult to get any signal, which rules out texting or using the internet, but there is still plenty you can use your phones for. People were playing games, reading articles and listening to music, and I am sure that as soon as they emerged from the train station they would start texting or calling or checking their s. There is a constant connection to everyone in the world, as long as you have a mobile phone in your hand. Recently, my smart phone broke and had to be sent off to the warehouse for repair for a week or so. In the meantime I had to use a really old, basic phone just to keep me in touch with my family and friends. All I could do on this phone was send text messages, make calls and play one game. And I loved it. I loved being free from the internet, and I really didn t mind not having constant updates about what my friends were doing or what the latest celebrity story was. It was quite refreshing and it allowed me to spend more time taking in my surroundings I could enjoy my time in London more, for example, and I could watch the people around me and really see what was going on. However, I knew that as soon as I got my smart phone back I would be one of those people once again, obsessed with finding out what everyone is doing and wasting my time playing games or checking social network sites. Perhaps I should just go back to using the basic phone and forget I ever got my smart phone back.

10 Vocabulary: No. Words Meanings 1. amazes 2. particular 3. emerged 4. keep in touch 5. refreshing 6. obsessed Reading Comprehension: 1. What did the writer notice while travelling in the tube to London? 2. What is the difference between a basic phone and a smart phone? 3. What is the disadvantage of using smart phone? 4. How did the writer spend his time at London without his smart phone? 5. Are you one of those people who is constantly on their phone? Do you think mobile phones are taking over our lives?

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12 Now interview your partner: 1. Do you have a mobile phone? 2. If you do, what do you use it for? 3. Do you know anyone who has a smartphone? 4. Do you use voic ? 5. Do you use speed-dialling? 6. Have you ever sent an ? Now interview your partner: 7. Do you have a mobile phone? 8. If you do, what do you use it for? 9. Do you know anyone who has a smartphone? 10. Do you use voic ? 11. Do you use speed-dialling? 12. Have you ever sent an ? Now interview your partner: 13. Do you have a mobile phone? 14. If you do, what do you use it for? 15. Do you know anyone who has a smartphone? 16. Do you use voic ? 17. Do you use speed-dialling? 18. Have you ever sent an ?

IMPORTANT WORDS AND WHAT THEY MEAN

IMPORTANT WORDS AND WHAT THEY MEAN MOBILE PHONES WHAT IS DATA Data is Internet. It can let you do lots of different things on your phone or tablet. You can send or receive texts, emails or photos, listen to music, watch TV shows, movies