Unit 4

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GAT Games Academy

for Teenagers

Do you like video games?

Do you usually play games on your computer?
Come to GAT, the new Games Academy for Teenagers!
Don’t just play. Create characters, make games and then play!
Our academy is open to teenagers from 13 to 17 years old. We offer one-week intensive courses in
summer and in winter. Courses start on Sundays at 6.00 pm and finish on Fridays at 4.30 pm. All
students have their meals (breakfast, lunch and dinner) at the academy and sleep in our dorms.
Sunday Monday to Thursday Friday
6.00 pm check in and meet other 8.00 am get up 8.00 am get up
students 9.00 am have breakfast 9.00 am have breakfast
7.00 pm have dinner 10.00 am classes start 10.00 am classes start
8.00 pm go to the common 12.30 pm lunch break 12.30 pm lunch break
room – play games – 5.00 pm classes end 4.00 pm classes end
chat with friends – listen 6.00 pm have dinner 4.30 pm check out
to music 8.00 pm relax in the common room –
12.00 am go to bed take part in tournaments
12.00 am go to bed

1 Before you read > You are about to read about the Games Academy for Teenagers. Look at the
photos and predict: What do teens learn at this academy?

2 46 Listen and read. Check if your answer in Exercise 1 is correct and answer: Is the text an
article, an advert or the magazine’s reader’s corner?

3 Read again and answer.

1 What courses does GAT offer? 4 Do students have classes on Sundays?

 
2 What is the duration of the courses? 5 When do students return home?

 
3 When are the courses?

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4 Jack is a student at GAT. Correct these sentences about his routine.

1 Jack has breakfast at 8.00 am. 4 He plays games in the common room
at 5.00 pm.


2 He starts classes at 9.00 am.
5 He goes to bed at 8.00 pm.


3 He has lunch at home.

5 After you read > Choose one of these activities.

1 Do you like GAT? Write at least three things you like / don’t like in two columns. Share your
ideas with a classmate.
2 Write five questions about the text on a slip of paper. Exchange slips with a classmate and
answer the questions.

Video-search activity

Video game tournaments

a) Find videos about the latest video game tournament or a video game tournament
that you know about that include the following information:
• what types of games people play;
• how people compete in this video game tournament:
a) Are there different stages?
b) Do they play individually or in groups?
c) Do they all play simultaneously?
• what type of prizes gamers can win.
Try to cover at least one of the points per video.

b) Explain to your teacher and classmates:

• what you learnt about the video game tournament from the videos;
• your reasons for choosing the videos.

c) In pairs, role play an interview and make a video. Imagine one of you is a famous
gamer and the other, the interviewer. Think of the questions you are going to
include, rehearse and then record a video.

When you search for the videos, try to use

different keywords.

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