Listening - TikTok Tics

Listening exercise TikTok
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This lesson contains 22 slides, with interactive quizzes, text slides and 1 video.

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Listening exercise TikTok

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Have you got a TikTok account?
yes
no
not anymore
I do, but I don't use it

Slide 2 - Poll

How many times do you check TikTok?
Multiple times every day
Once a day
A few times a week
A few times a month
Never

Slide 3 - Poll

Which one is NOT true?
A tic is a movement, sound or twitch that:
A
is involuntary (you don't want to do it)
B
shows you are insane
C
is repetitive (it often repeats itself )
D
has to do with stress

Slide 4 - Quiz

Have you ever heard of teens developing tics due to TikTok?
yes
no
I'm not sure

Slide 5 - Poll

Watch the following news clip.

Slide 6 - Slide

Slide 7 - Video

Which reasons do doctors give for these tics? (multiple options)
A
Stress
B
See tics on Tiktok
C
Asking for attention
D
Tourette's syndrome

Slide 8 - Quiz

Why does the presenter give a warning before the item about tics start?
A
It can be painful for people with tics.
B
It may not be nice to see.
C
Some people may start having tics themselves.
D
Some people may make fun of it.

Slide 9 - Quiz

When did Joey's tics start?
A
From early childhood
B
When she saw tics on TikTok
C
She doesn't say.
D
During COVID lockdown

Slide 10 - Quiz

Which two things help Joey with controlling her tics?

Slide 11 - Open question

Next lesson
We're going to listen to a podcast about TikTok

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Now listen to this podcast for 29 minutes and 45 seconds - there are no questions for the last part of the podcast.

You will get a series of true/false statements and questions to fill in along the way - they are on the slides after the link to the podcast. 

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Slide 14 - Link

Questions (1)
1. T/F: The usual hosts of this show are Ben and Nora. 
2. Will works in the ER and tells a story. At one point, he says "And then we were all like: that's crazy!". What exactly was so crazy? 
A. Teens displaying tics out of nowhere
B. Teens apparently getting tics from watching TikTok
C. Teens ending up in the ER with no diagnosable symptoms
3. "Sudden, repetitive, uncontrollable movements and sounds" - what is Ben describing here? Answer in one word. 
4. Fill in the missing word. Nora: "Parents like you are getting panicky." Ben: "Not just panicky, I was, like, getting borderline -  I was getting (.......) 
5. Where is Meera Raman from and what generation is she? 

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Questions (2)
6. Nora: "Meera and her buds say this stuff incessantly, almost as a reflex". What stuff? 
7. From which American city does WBUR broadcast?
8. How does Adele make money?
9. What happened when Adele was 16 that made her start ticcing / displaying tics?
A. She was so stressed out by her homework for a psychology course in school that she started having tics. 
B. She had to watch people and their tics on video for her psychology homework and started mimicking them for fun.
C. She got interested in the subject of tics, watched a lot of videos and woke up ticcing one day. 

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Questions (3)
10. Why did Adele throw her cell phone across the park? 
A. It was one of her tics, a throwing tic. 
B. She was frustrated with her tics. 
C. She was accused of faking her tics. 
11. T/F: The new wave of teens displaying tics have something called Functional Neurological Disorder, which is different from Tourette's syndrome. 
12. T/F: Patients with FND usually know exactly when they started having tics. 
13. What gender and age were most patients? They were ... between the ages of ... and ...
14. How did her daughter help Dr. Pringsheim find the source of all the new tics?
15. What is the mass appeal of these TikTok video creators discussing their tics? Why are they so popular? Give two reasons. 


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Questions (4)
16. Why was the Doctor excited when she came across a viral TikTok of ThisTrippyHippie? She finally knew why ...
17. How does Ben react to the doctor's story about TikTok? 
A. He's not too worried, because his kids are too small for TikTok. 
B. He's pretty anxious and wonders if his kids are at risk of developing tics as well. 
C. He plans on banning screen time for his kids to prevent any problems. 
18. What two mental illnesses can trigger ticcing in teens? 
19. What was the trigger for Adele to develop tics when she was 16?
20. Dr. Müller in Germany witnessed similar ticcing problems in teens. She traced the source to a YouTuber called Jan Zimmerman / Gewitter im Kopf. What expression popped up a lot? (Write the German words or the English translation)

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Questions (5)
21. T/F: Dr. Müller's patients suffering from tics were also mostly girls, just like Dr. Pringheims' patients. 
22. T/F: All of Dr. Müller's patients who suffered from tics also had other mental problems. 

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Words
addictive                       trigger                         identical
involuntary                   pandemic                 a low pitch (in a voice) 
disorder                         behaviours
hysteria                          frequent
incessantly                   complicated
medical mystery        intense
random                           vulnerable/vulnerability




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Answers to slides 14-16 (1)
1. False (Emory is on holiday, Nora is subbing for him)
2. B
3. tics
4. clammy
5. Canada, Gen Z
6. TikTok audios
7. Boston
8. She's a content creator / influencer on social media (with 400,000 followers)
9. C
10. A
11. True 




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Answers (2)
12. True
13. girls, 12-25
14. She told her mother about TikTok
15. They are funny / engaging and they do not hide their tics.
16. ... many of her patients were saying 'beans'. 
17. B
18. Depression and anxiety
19. Her mother passed away. 
20. Flying sharks / fliegende Haie
22. False
23. True




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