Too googly to be true - finding information on the internet

• Engels
• Secundair onderwijs

Too googly to be true:
finding information on the internet

Welcome!

We will start soon!

make sure your microphone is turned off. 

Keep the following items                                            close: 

• Your workbook
• your smartphone
• something to write with
  

In today's class

• Introduction & rules 
• Too Googly to be true: listening exercise 
• Finding information on the internet: research  

Introductions... 

As for the rules... 

• Use your REAL  name on Lessonup when registering
• Be active! I can see if you have responded to questions or not ;) 
• Confusion? Questions? Ask away! 

Have you ever googled your symptoms? Then you have a 55 % chance the diagnosis will be
accurate.

TRUE

FALSE

I DON'T KNOW

People get paid up to $ 5,000 to write fake news on Facebook.

TRUE

FALSE

I DON'T KNOW

Most website visitors aren’t humans, but bots.

TRUE

FALSE

I DON'T KNOW

People lie all the time, especially on Facebook

TRUE

FALSE

I DON'T KNOW

It is possible to register with a fake name on Facebook

TRUE

FALSE

I DON'T KNOW

When listening

• Take notes in your book or on a separate piece of paper 
• Keep the questions in mind 
• You don't have to understand everything
• Don't have something? Don't worry! There's a second chance! 

Where to find the fragment 

Diddit > Online book > Lesson material
UNIT 2 > Main track > Document step 3-2,ex 3 
"The internet is full of lies" 
Try to watch one time without subtitles, one time with 

What lies were told?

• 
  
• an art project by a Saudi-Arabian photographer

• The American Psychiatric Association didn’t classify taking selfies as a mental disorder, it was a false article from a joke news website.
  
• The Syrian boy that was sleeping between his deceased parents was actually an art project by a Saudi-Arabian photographer.
• It didn’t snow in Egypt, it was actually an amusement park in Japan built with miniatures of structures from around the world.

What advice was given?

If the news is too googly to be true, google it and google it again.

Words to say the
news was a lie

Next exercise! :D 

• 6 + 5a 
• Time until 2 minutes before the end of class
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