1. VOCABULARY ON MOBILE PHONES

2. READING ACTIVITIES3. SPEAKING TIPS4. QUIZZES

MOBILE PHONES

Warm-up activity

Watch the video from the website below and answer the questions.

1. What is the aim of this cartoon?2. What is the meaning of the abbreviation LOL?3. In what ways does Dad use his mobile phone?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWwHAc_nJuI

Use your online dictionary!

Use the link:http://dictionary.cambridge.org/

to find the definitions of the words below and examples of sentences where they can be used (you can also see their pronunciation)

List of words:

1. voicemail2. top-up card3. device4. hands-free5. text message6. hand-held7. digital8. gadget9. charger10. handset

Vocabulary on mobile phones Put the right word next to each definition using the words from the box:   symbols technology messages communication text   digital mobile language internet, data       1. ... ………………………… a computer system which allows people around the world to communicate 2. …………………………… information or facts 3. …………………………… pictures or shapes which represent a particular meaning or action   4. ……………………………. can be moved and carried and used anywhere   5. …………………………….. the process of exchanging ideas or information   6. ……………………………... all the knowledge, equipment, and methods used in scientific work 7. . …………………………….. spoken or written pieces of information   8. …………………………….. a system of words which people use in order to communicate   9. ……………………………... information in the form of numbers   10. ……………………………. written words which can be found in a book, a magazine, or a newspaper

Vocabulary Quiz

Now, you can do the quiz on the website below to test you vocabulary on mobile phones!

http://www.oup.com/elt/global/products/naturalenglish/elem/b_vocabulary/unit12/ne_elem_vocabulary12_exp/

Reading 1http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/newsenglish/britain/mobile.shtml

IGCSE Reading Activity Answer the questions below based on the reading on mobile phones.

1. Give three ways in which we can use mobile phones. (2) 2. What is a 3G phone? (1) 3. What do people talk about when they are on the phone? (1)

4. In what situation can you not USE your mobile phone in Britain? (1)

5. What is the punishment you get when caught talking on the phone while driving? (give 2 details) (2)

6. How many people have been caught using their mobile while driving in Suffolk? (1)

Cell phone comic

Speaking tips!

How to give instructionsHow to disagree

How to suggest/adviseHow to discuss

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/language/howto/index.shtml

QUIZ: Are you a master of cell phones?

Go to the website below and do the quiz on cell phones!

You can choose the:Easy levelMedium levelHard levelVery hard levelExpert level

http://cellphones.about.com/library/quiz/knowledge/bl_cellphoneknowledge_quiz.htm

QUIZ: What’s your cell phones personality?

Go the website below and do the fun ringtone personality quiz!

http://cellphones.about.com/od/ringtonesmelodies/qt/ringtone_test.htm