Communication through history

2 Read and listen to the article. Choose the best paragraph heading for each paragraph. Note that there are two headings you don’t need.

Communication through history

3  SPEAKING  Work in pairs. Discuss the questions.

1  How important are books for you? Give reasons.
2  What book(s) have you read recently? How did you like them?
3  Do you prefer books or e-books? Give reasons.

4  VOCABULARY  Read the article again. Find words or phrases with the following meaning.

1 Read this information and decide who it would be important for. Then answer the questions.

2 Put the words in brackets in the right position in the sentences.

3 Are the sentences on the left used to give advice or to give an opinion? Match each of them with one of the situations on the right.

4 Match the content with the five sections of the text.

5 What would be important advice for good online behaviour? Make notes.

Here are some ideas:

• what (not) to share on social networks
• creating secure passwords and how to keep them safe
• what to do when you receive offensive comments on social websites
• what you should know about uploading photos on social networks

6 Write the text for a web page giving advice on good online behaviour (about 200 words).

• Use an introduction and bullet points to structure your text.
• Use language from Exercises 2 and 3 to give advice, and make sure your readers understand what situations your advice refers to.