e one({{)) english guardian “= lations for Enslish Teaching Fake news is “killing people’s minds” Level 1 @ Pre-intermediate / Intermediate @ Warmer ne of these hoatlinos is true and four aro fako nows! (news which isn't rally truo). Can you find tho ‘rue event? 1, Pope supported Tump inthe US presidental election 4. Scientists trying ta bring back the mammoth 2. U2's Bono rescued in teror attack 5. Mobile phone found on Mars 3. Dogs officialy more inteligent than 58% of humans © Key words Fill the gaps in the sentences using these key words from the text. The paragraph numbers will help you. campaign Insist spread freedom of speech attend 1. The of something iis growth or development so thatit affects larger number of people. (para 1) 2. isthe legal or natural right to say what you beleveis tue, without being ‘Stopped or punished. (para 1) 3A ‘an be a series of actions that ty to produce poltical or social change, or Series of things that apoitician does to try to win an election. (para 1) trou tat somethings true, you say many times that its tue, (para 3) 5. Ifyou ‘an event, you are present atthe event. (para 3) claim digital hack inauguration massive 6 An is ceremony that oficialy celebrates someone beginning @ new ob, especially the president of country, (pare 3) 7. Htyou ‘something, you say that tis rue, even though there is no definite root. (pare 4) 8. Itpeople someone's computer, they connect tot secretly and often illegally. (oara 4) 8. Ifsomething is tis very large (para 7) 10, Ifyou are you use computers and the intemet (para 7) © Find the information Find the following information inthe text as quickly as possible. ‘Whois Tim Cook? ‘According to Donald Trump, how far back did the crow reach at his inauguration? ‘What id Kelyanne Conway callthe Trump administration’ les? How many times were fake ant-Cinton stores shared on Facebook before the US presidental electon? How many times were fake pro-Clinion stories shared on Facebook before the US presidental election? Tobe able to affect the result of an election, one fake news article would need to have the same effect as how many TV campaign ads? ‘© Macmillan Polishers L42017 NEWS LESSONS Fake ness “lig people's mind Preintedie/Intemeditetheguardian Fake news is “killing people's minds” one({{)) english com lutions for English Teaching Level 1 @ Pre-intermediate / Intermediate Fake news is “killing people's minds”, says Apple boss, Tim Cook Kevin Rawiinson ‘1 February, 2017 1 Fake news is “killing people's minds”, Tim Cook, the boss of Apple, has said. The technology boss, ‘sald companies like Apple need to create tools that will help to stop the spread oflies, without limitng freedom of speech. Cook also said ‘governments should lead information campaigns to stop fake news. Fake news inpoltics was particularly common during recent election ‘campaigns. During these campaigns, supporters of each side used fake news to try to win the election 2 *Atthe moment, unfortunately, some of the people that are winning are the people that ty to.getthe most clicks, not tel the most truth,” said Cook. ‘t's kiling people's minds. All the technology companies need to create some tools that help to reduce the amount of fake news. We must try to do this without imting freedom of speech and freedom of the press but we must also help the reader.” 3 There were fake news reports on both sides of the recent US election battle but many people believe Donald Trump's campaign benefited mare from fake news reports. And the US presidents team insisted thal a huge crowd attended his inauguration, when the evidence showed only a small audience was there, Trump's ‘spokesman, Sean Spicer, insisted that the event attracted “the largest audience ever to watch an inauguration’ and Trump said he believed the crowd went ‘all the way back tothe Washington Monument’ 4 Images from the inauguration showed the crowd was quite small and did not get close to the Washington Monument, Senior aide Kellanne Conway later described the Trump administration's les as ‘alternative facts’. Hilary Clinton claimed that there was ‘no evidence” her ‘emails were hacked but the FBI director, James Comey, sad it was likely they were hacked, 5 Astudy by economists at Stanford University and New York University published two months after November's US presidential election found that Just before the election, fake ant-linton stories ‘were shared 30 milion times on Facebook and ro-Clinton stories were shared eight milion times. It said: “The average American saw and remembered 0.92 pro-Trump fake news stories and 0.23 pro-Ciinton fake news stories. Just over half of those who remembered seeing fake news stories believed them.” 6 But the study showed that fake news reports on social media were not very powerful in changing the result ofthe election. To change the result of the election, a single fake article would need to have the same effect as 36 television campaign ads. 7 But Cook sil demanded action to decrease the influence of fake news. “We need the madern version of a public service announcement campaign. Itcan be done quickly, if we make an effort. There has to be a massive campaign. We have to reach every kind of person and every age group. We need a new course forthe moder ki, forthe digital kia” 8 “In some ways, kids will be the easiest to educate. Atleast before a certain age, they listen and understand easly and they then encourage the'rparants to act. We saw this with environmental issues: kids learnt at school and came home saying fo their parents, ‘Why are you throwing this plastic bottle away?” ‘© uardan News and Maa 2017 Fiat putlened in The Guar, "7 ‘© Macmillan Polishers L42017 NEWS LESSONS Fake aews is killing mind” Printede one({{)) english guardian “= e : lations for Enslish Teaching Fake news is “killing people’s minds” Level 1 @ Pre-intermediate / Intermediate © Comprehension check Match the beginnings and endings to make statements about the text 1. Inthe recent US presidental election, supporters... mare people at his inauguration than images from ofboth sides the event showed. 2. The boss of Apple believes that b... are children, 3. Donald Trump's supporters said there were Said they believed them. 4, Fake news stories about Hilary Clinton 4. used fake news to try to win the election 5. More than haf the people who remembered @. were shared on Facebock tity-ight seeing ake news stories milion times 68. Tim Cook thnks the easiest people to educate —_‘f._.. governments should take action to stop about fake news fake news. © Chunks Rearrange the words to make phrases from the text, 1. speech eedom of crowd the was small quite |ustthe election before be auckly it done can catain a before age easiest the educate to © TWwo-word phrases Match the words in the left-hand column with those in the right-hand column to make phrases from the text. 1. news 3. media 2 small b. bottle 3. no issues 4. social 4. report 5. environmental ®. evidence 6. plastic audience ‘© Macmillan Polishers L42017 NEWS LESSONS Fake ness “lig people's mind Preintedie/Intemedite: e one({{)) english guardian "= ae Solutions for Enslish Teaching Fake news is “killing people’s minds” Level 1 @ Pre- @ Word-building Complete the table using words from the text termediate / Intermediate verb noun 1 ‘announce 2 support (person) 3 direct (person) 4 act 6 6 ‘lect read (person) @© Discussion + Do you believe everything you see on TV or the internet, or read in the newspapers? Why? Why not? ‘© Macmillan Polishers L42017 s NEWS LESSONS /Fakeaewss “ling people's mind Pre-iteediate needa ee