CLIL Unit 1

Focus on ICT: Using the internet for 5 The top three search results returned by a
search engine are always the most useful.
research and presentations 6 Wherever possible, check the dates on the
domain name plagiarism websites you use to make sure that the
search engine search term source information is current and up-to-date.
7 It’s useful to check more than one internet
1 Complete the sentences with the words from the source when you are researching a topic so you
box. find out about different viewpoints.
8 If a website contains lots of grammar errors and
1 A ___________ is a computer program used for
searching for information. broken links, then it’s probably still a reliable
source.
2 When you are looking for something online, you
enter a ___________ and you will see a list of links 4 Choose a topic that you are interested in but
to websites where the information can be found. don’t know much about. Research it on the
internet. Evaluate the different sources and
3 ___________ is copying somebody else’s work and prepare a short presentation for the class. If you
pretending it is your own. can’t think of a topic, choose one of these:
 the history of rugby
4 A ___________ is a string of letters or numbers that  the best novel in the English language
identifies a particular type of website.  the causes of global warming
 the fastest way to learn a musical instrument
5 When you use information from online research, you
 the most influential city in the world
must quote your ___________ – the website where
you found it originally.
Did you know?
2 Match the website domain names (1–6) to the The Google search engine has a tool that sorts
websites (A–F). pages according to reading level.
1 .gov A educational  Search for a term on Google.
2 .edu / .ac.uk B non-government  Click on ‘Search Tools’.
3 .net C international organization  Click ‘All Results’.
 Select ‘Reading Level’ and then ‘Basic’,
4 .org D business ‘Intermediate’ or ‘Advanced’ to filter the
5 .int E government results.
6 .com / .co.uk F network

3 Do you agree or disagree with these statements

about doing research on the internet? Discuss
with your partner and explain your answers.
Rewrite the statements that you disagree with
and explain why you disagree.
1 Everything you read on the internet is true.
2 Think carefully about what keywords you search
for – the more specific your search terms, the
more useful and relevant the results will be.
3 It can be useful to use more than one search
engine to access different resources.
4 Find the primary sources wherever possible: for
example, if a newspaper interview is quoted
widely, try to find the original article to see the
quotations in context.

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