BRITISH . oO COUNCIL LearnEnglish Teens Video zone The influencers making a difference on TikTok Watch this video to find out how TikTokers are raising awareness about cerebral palsy, blindness and life with disabilities. Tasks Do the preparation task first. Then watch the video and do the exercises. Remember you can read the transcript at any time. Preparation task Match the definitions (a-/) with the vocabulary (1-10). Vocabulary Definition 1 inclusion a. a person with many social media followers 2. an influencer b. telling the truth about something 3. uu blind c. aphysical condition caused by damage to the brain 4... honesty when someone is very young, which means they have 5._.... to raise awareness problems moving, speaking, etc. 6. ....cerebral palsy d. the idea that everyone should be able to do the same 7. guide dog activities and have the same experiences, including people with disabilities 8. ..... trending e. to be one of the most mentioned words, subjects or 9... Confident names in news or social media at the moment 10. ..... accessible f. notable to see g. able to be used h. to make people know that something exists and to help them understand it i. a dog that has been specially trained to help a blind person move around safely j. being certain of your abilities or having trust in people Task 1 Circle the correct answer. .. enjoyed watching the videos. a. The presenter b. Hannah and Becky c. Lucy ..tell the truth about living with cerebral palsy. a. The presenter b. Hannah and Becky c. Lucy © British Council 2021 www.britishcouncil.org/learnenglishteensBRITISH @@ COUNCIL LearnEnglish Teens 3. ... Shows how she does things in her everyday life. a. The presenter b. Hannah and Becky c. Lucy 4. .. Saw that learning things on TikTok was becoming popular. a. The presenter b. Hannah and Becky c. Lucy 5. ... just wanted to have fun in their videos at first. a. The presenter b. Hannah and Becky c. Lucy 6. ..think people should be aware of disabilities in society. a. The presenter b. Hannah and Becky c. Lucy 7. ...guesses that people have lots of questions. a. The presenter b. Hannah and Becky c. Lucy 8. ... thinks everyone should feel confident about disability. a. The presenter b. Hannah and Becky c. Lucy Task 2 Complete the sentences with words from the box. disabilities awareness inclusion cerebral palsy positive blind 1. Hopefully, people will see that | have , but cerebral palsy does not have me. 2. We hope that will become a part of everyday life. 3. I'm going to show the world that being is really cool. 4. We realised that there was a need for people to see how are in society. 5. We did it to aIS€ nnn 6. Having a disability can be really... Discussion What could you do on social media to make a difference? © British Council 2021 www.britishcouncil.org/learnenglishteensBRITISH . oO COUNCIL LearnEnglish Teens Transcript Shanequa: Your videos are amazing. | started watching them and then I'm just scrolling, scrolling, scrolling ... Hannah, with the help of your honesty about cerebral palsy, how do you think itll change how people see it? Hannah: Hopefully, people will see that | have cerebral palsy, but cerebral palsy does not have me. By doing our TikToks, we hope that inclusion will become a part of everyday life. Lucy: How does a blind girl get around parked cars on the pavement? Shanequa: Why did you even start making TikTok videos? Lucy: | saw that Learn on TikTok was actually trending and | thought, right, [m going to show the world that being blind is really cool and Im going to tell everyone what | do in my day-to- day that makes the world really accessible to me. Becky: think the aim was to just have fun, but then as we grew bigger we realised there was aneed for people to see how disabilities are in society. So | think we just then did it to raise awareness. Shanequa: | can imagine, like, loads of people have questions as well. Lucy: Yeah, oh my gosh, loads of questions. Um, how do you pick up your guide dog’s poop? Which is, you know, funny. | did show that one. But the response has been so amazing. Having a disability can be really positive and | am so disability confident and | think everyone else should be. And those are the comments that | do receive, it's amazing. © BBC © British Council 2021 www.britishcouncil.org/learnenglishteens@@ BRITISH COUNCIL Answers SL PrNOVswn=a 0. Preparation task e-e-aso4Ha Task 1 1. SNOVAYN The presenter . Hannah and Becky Lucy Lucy . Hannah and Becky Hannah and Becky . The presenter Lucy Task 2 1. OM EYN cerebral palsy inclusion blind disabilities awareness positive © British Council 2021 LearnEnglish Teens www.britishcouncil.org/learnenglishteens