Episode 1: Fake news
聽力和口說練習:
聽力口說挑戰A: Critical Thinking: https://bit.ly/2P0wWrt
聽力口說挑戰B: http://bit.ly/2IQB7EV
Use language to acquire, analyze, and evaluate information! Grammar and pronunciation are important, but we must move beyond and use language as a catalyst for change!
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Extended reading (Advanced):
Opinion 1: https://www.theguardian.com/business-to-business/2018/feb/12/nice-threads-the-waste-based-fibres-cleaning-up-fashion
Opinion 2: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/18/fashion/fashion-second-biggest-polluter-fake-news.html
Opinion 3: https://www.economist.com/the-economist-explains/2017/04/11/the-environmental-costs-of-creating-clothes
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「心智圖詞彙攻略」課程連結: https://bit.ly/2teELDq
「心智圖詞彙攻略」Q&As: http://bit.ly/2NzNkyO
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Video Q&As
1. an MIT ("an" was said but "n" was left out in the captions)
2. further ("further" was said, but "farther" was typed)
https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/…/…/further-versus-farther
3. points of view ("points of views" was typed) https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dict…/english/point-of-view Discussion on usage: http://bit.ly/31LVnPq
4. social media can be both plural or uncountable:
https://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/social-media
https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/social-media
Media and data are often used as collective nouns, so you will see them them follow by both a singular or plural verb form. The term “social media” is both uncountable and plural in modern English usage. The word “media” is traditionally a plural because “medium” is the singular.
5. "disinformation" is used in our class video rather than "misinformation" to stress the next phrase (so-called FAKE news): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disinformation, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fake_news
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