SPEAKING

LESSON
 • Analyze the problems and potential
consequences associated with the spread of
Objective fake news.
• Identify and evaluate ways to avoid fake
news in social and academic setting
Agenda

1. individual
2. group
presentatio
discussion
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Part 1

Presentations
During your presentation:

Make a brief introduction What did you use as

to the article and answer inspiration for creating
the following questions: the article?

What’s the article’s target

Read it!
audience?
 Questions and peer assesment

Ask a question and/or make a comment regarding your classmate’s

article.

What are potential consequences if this article goes viral?

If you hadn’t known it was a fake news article would you have been
able to spot it or would you have been fooled? Why or why not?
Part 2

Discussion
Questions

• How can fake news influence people? Is it dangerous, or just good fun?
• Is fake news a modern problem or has it always existed?
• Would you believe a story about one of your heroes as quickly as a story about
someone you don't like?
• Do we all just believe what we want to believe?
• How much of the blame for fake news is with the people who produce it, the
people who believe it, or the people who pass it on?
Questions

• What could be the future of deepfakes? Will people eventually stop making them
as we get better at detecting them? Or will they continue to get more convincing?
• Who has a biggest responsibility to stop the spread of fake news: governments,
individuals or social media platforms?
• Should people be punished for creating or spreading fake news? If yes, in what
circumstances?
• Do you think the future will see laws introduced 'banning' fake news? How
practical is this?