The evolution of global communication

• English
• Secondary Education

Digital Communication

What is digital communication?
Give examples.

Digital Communication

What topics do you expect to learn in this unit?

Lesson 1

The evolution of global communication

What is "evolution"?

How do you think people communicated in the past?

Create a timeline

Read the definitions and choose the correct word.

the change from analogue electronic and mechanical technology to digital electronics

1. digital revolution
2. telecommunications
3. a printing press
4. satellite communications

pictures or symbols used as language, for example,
in ancient Egypt

1. a telegraph
2. telecommunications
3. a printing press
4. hieroglyphs

a way that stories and information about a culture are
passed down through families by speaking about them

1. a telegraph
2. telecommunications
3. a printing press
4. oral tradition

an old-fashioned way of sending messages using radio
or electric signals

1. a telegraph
2. telecommunications
3. a printing press
4. oral tradition

a method of communication using equipment that
moves around the Earth to receive and send television,
radio and telephone signals

1. a telegraph
2. satellite communications
3. telecommunications
4. oral tradition

communication over a distance, especially by phone,
radio and television

1. a telegraph
2. satellite communications
3. telecommunications
4. oral tradition

a machine that makes copies of books, magazines,
newspapers, etc.

1. a printing press
2. satellite communications
3. telecommunications
4. oral tradition

What words did you learn?

Complete the sentences with the correct word or phrase.

Publishers still use a-------- so they can produce large numbers of newspapers, books and magazines.

1. telegraph
2. hieroglyphs
3. printing press
4. telecommunication

Ancient Egyptians used -------- in their writing for the representation of words.

1. telegraph
2. hieroglyphs
3. printing press
4. telecommunication

Information used to be passed down through an ---------.It was not written down but transferred by word of mouth.

1. telegraph
2. oral tradition
3. satellite communications
4. telecommunication

We are currently experiencing a --------- and it’s not
over yet.

1. telegraph
2. oral tradition
3. satellite communications
4. digital revolution

When we talk about -------- , we’re usually referring to communication through radio, phone and television.

1. telegraph
2. oral tradition
3. telecommunication
4. digital revolution

Listening