Slow Down and Be Sceptical

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 4

Slow Down and Be Sceptical

Where do you get your news?

Look up the difference between “misinformation” and “disinformation.”

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Read the text. For each definition, find the word or expression it describes in the text and write it down in the next slide

1. doubting that something is true……..
2. stories that are passed from person to person but have not been proven to be true……..
3. without believing that something is true or real……..
4. widely accepted, conventional companies that report information……..
5. secretly planning……..
6. very fast……..
7. to express or describe in a particular way to suggest a specific meaning……..
8. complete and total……..
9. planned, on purpose……..
10. the ability to read or write……..
11. to become slower……..
12. to say or mean the opposite……..
13. invented and untrue……..

word & expressions previous slide

Choose the best summary

1. Most young people don’t bother to check if news is true or fake, but that is not a problem
2. Students can visit a website called the Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus to check if news stories are real or fake
3. Teenagers dressed like clowns are posting information and evidence on social media sites like Instagram and Facebook
4. There is a lot of fake news on the internet, which is a problem for readers who don’t know the news is fake.

True

False

In 2016, a group of scary clowns were threatening to hurt students

It is actually really easy to see the difference between real and fake stories

More than half of younger people find it difficult to see if a story is real or fake 

What do you know about Facebook's fake news problem in relation to the US elections (at least 50 words)

The lesson, Garcia-Fuller tells her students, is to “double-check the information you’re seeing” and “question everything — including things that I say.

Question the article (at least 50 words)

Keys; misinformation, disinformation

The difference is the reason why the information is being spread. Misinformation is wrong information that is given by accident, disinformation is wrong information that is made up and spread with a specific purpose, to influence people, achieve a specific outcome, etc.

Keys words & expressions

1. sceptical
   
2. rumours
   
3. in disbelief
   
4. mainstream news outlets
   
5. plotting
   
6. lightning-fast
   
7. to frame
   
8. outright
   
9. intentionally
   
10. Literacy/literacy
    
11. to slow down
    
12. contradict
13. made-up