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ChatGPT-4 may be useful for medical diagnoses (10th April 2023)

The Reading / Listening - ChatGPT-4 - Level 6

For the past few decades, many of us have relied on "Doctor Google" to self-diagnose aches, pains and complaints. The advent of AI has brought a much more powerful tool to assist with medical diagnoses – ChatGPT-4. This is the next-generation version of the chatbot ChatGPT, which was unveiled only four months ago. Doctors believe the new AI will revolutionize their work and improve the lives of their patients. Three artificial intelligence experts have written an e-book titled: "The AI Revolution in Medicine". In it, they say ChatGPT-4 will provide surgeons with critical, life-saving advice and information in real time. The authors say: "We need to start understanding and discussing AI's potential."

The new e-book says ChatGPT-4 will become invaluable to medical practitioners. It suggests the chatbot will be the equivalent of having "a benevolent mentor-servant with access to nearly all the world's medical knowledge" at your disposal. The authors said that: "In almost any way you can name, from diagnosis to medical records to clinical trials, its impact will be broad and deep." However, they also acknowledge that AI is not yet a panacea for all medical complications. The authors said ChatGPT-4 can make "subtle inaccuracies in otherwise sound medical advice". They added that AI still gives "wrong answers that almost always look right". Therefore, they cautioned against using AI without human supervision.

Try the same news story at these easier levels:

ChatGPT-4 - Level 4 or ChatGPT-4 - Level 5

Sources

https://www.insider.com/chat-gpt-successor-gpt-4-can-help-doctors-save-lives-2023-4
https://futurism.com/neoscope/chatgpt-medical-advice-dubious
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2023/04/01/chatgpt-medical-advice-can-chatbots-trusted-what-know/11564379002/

Make sure you try all of the online activities for this reading and listening - There are dictations, multiple choice activities, drag and drop activities, sentence jumbles, which word activities, text reconstructions, spelling, gap fills and a whole lot more. Please enjoy :-)

Warm-ups

1. CHATBOTS: Students walk around the class and talk to other students about chatbots. Change partners often and share your findings.
2. CHAT: In pairs / groups, talk about these topics or words from the article. What will the article say about them? What can you say about these words and your life?
the past / decades / aches / complaints / chatbot / patients / artificial intelligence /
e-book / medical / mentor / knowledge / clinical trials / advice / wring answers
Have a chat about the topics you liked. Change topics and partners frequently.
3. DOCTORS: Students A strongly believe that advice from doctors will always be better than advice from AI; Students B strongly believe the opposite. Change partners again and talk about your conversations.
4. AI: What are the potential benefits and the potential dangers of AI in these things? Complete this table with your partner(s). Change partners often and share what you wrote.

	Potential Benefits	Potential Dangers
Medicine
Banking
Social media
Global security
Education
Climate change

MY e-BOOK

ESL resource book with copiable worksheets and handouts - 1,000 Ideas and Activities for Language Teachers / English teachers

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5. MEDICAL: Spend one minute writing down all of the different words you associate with the word "medical". Share your words with your partner(s) and talk about them. Together, put the words into different categories.
6. DIAGNOSES: Rank these with your partner. Put the best sources for medical diagnoses at the top. Change partners often and share your rankings.

ChatGPT-4
Doctors
Google
Nurses
Your grandmother
Medical books
Alternative medicine
Your own feelings

Vocabulary

Paragraph 1

1.	relied on	a.	A statement that something is unsatisfactory or unacceptable.
2.	complaint	b.	The arrival of an important person or thing.
3.	diagnose	c.	Depended on with full trust or confidence.
4.	advent	d.	A doctor who is qualified to operate on people.
5.	unveiled	e.	Showed or announced publicly for the first time.
6.	surgeon	f.	Having a decisive or key importance in the success, failure, or existence of something.
7.	critical	g.	Identify the nature of an illness or other problem by examination of the symptoms.

Paragraph 2

8.	invaluable	h.	Especially of a change or distinction - so delicate or precise as to be difficult to analyze or describe.
9.	practitioner	i.	An experienced and trusted adviser.
10.	benevolent	j.	Available for one to use whenever or however one wishes.
11.	mentor	k.	Extremely useful; indispensable.
12.	at your disposal	l.	A person actively engaged in an art, discipline, or profession, especially medicine.
13.	panacea	m.	A solution or remedy for all difficulties or diseases.
14.	subtle	n.	Well meaning and kind.

Before reading / listening

1. TRUE / FALSE: Read the headline. Guess if 1-8 below are true (T) or false (F).

The article says Doctor Google is most reliable for medical diagnoses. T / F
The article says ChatGPT-4 is the most powerful tool ever created. T / F
Three experts wrote a book about AI revolutionizing medicine. T / F
The experts said we need to start talking about the potential of AI. T / F
The article suggests ChatGPT-4 will replace doctors and nurses. T / F
The experts said AI cannot find the answer to every medical problem. T / F
The experts said AI has yet to give a wrong diagnosis. T / F
The experts said it's OK for AI to make diagnoses without humans. T / F

2. SYNONYM MATCH: Match the following synonyms from the article.

relied
complaints
advent
unveiled
potential
invaluable
benevolent
panacea
subtle
supervision

indispensable
promise
cure-all
regulation
illnesses
fine
launched
depended
kind
appearance

3. PHRASE MATCH: (Sometimes more than one choice is possible.)

The advent
This is the next-generation
unveiled only
provide surgeons with critical, life- saving
We need to start understanding and
ChatGPT-4 will become invaluable
all the world's medical knowledge at
AI is not yet a panacea for
sound
they cautioned against using AI without

to medical practitioners
advice and information
medical advice
human supervision
version of the chatbot
all medical complications
of AI
discussing AI's potential
your disposal
four months ago

Gap fill

Put these words into the spaces in the paragraph below.

complaints
potential
decades
titled
unveiled
advice
artificial
tool

For the past few (1) _____________________, many of us have relied on "Doctor Google" to self-diagnose aches, pains and (2) _____________________. The advent of AI has brought a much more powerful (3) _____________________ to assist with medical diagnoses - ChatGPT-4. This is the next-generation version of the chatbot ChatGPT, which was (4) _____________________ only four months ago. Doctors believe the new AI will revolutionize their work and improve the lives of their patients. Three (5) _____________________ intelligence experts have written an e-book (6) _____________________: "The AI Revolution in Medicine". In it, they say ChatGPT-4 will provide surgeons with critical, life-saving (7) _____________________ and information in real time. The authors say: "We need to start understanding and discussing AI's (8) _____________________."

Put these words into the spaces in the paragraph below.

panacea
benevolent
clinical
supervision
invaluable
subtle
broad
disposal

The new e-book says ChatGPT-4 will become (9) _____________________ to medical practitioners. It suggests the chatbot will be the equivalent of having "a (10) _____________________ mentor-servant with access to nearly all the world's medical knowledge" at your (11) _____________________. The authors said that: "In almost any way you can name, from diagnosis to medical records to (12) _____________________ trials, its impact will be (13) _____________________ and deep." However, they also acknowledge that AI is not yet a (14) _____________________ for all medical complications. The authors said ChatGPT-4 can make "(15) _____________________ inaccuracies in otherwise sound medical advice". They added that AI still gives "wrong answers that almost always look right". Therefore, they cautioned against using AI without human (16) _____________________.

Listening — Guess the answers. Listen to check.

1) For the past few decades, many of us have relied on "Doctor Google" to ______
     a. self-diagnose aches
     b. self-diagnose itches
     c. self-diagnose arcs
     d. self-diagnose arches
2) The advent of AI has brought a much more powerful tool to assist ______
     a. with medically diagnoses
     b. with medic all diagnoses
     c. with medical diagnoses
     d. with medi-call diagnoses
3) Doctors believe the new AI will revolutionize their work and improve the lives ______
     a. of their patience
     b. of their patients
     c. of their patient
     d. of their pay shunts
4) ChatGPT-4 will provide surgeons with critical, life-saving advice and information ______
     a. in real time
     b. on real time
     c. on really time
   d. unreal time
5) The authors say: "We need to start understanding and ______."
     a. discussing AI's potent shall
     b. discussing AI's potentiate
     c. discussing AI's pow tent shall
     d. discussing AI's potential

6) The new e-book says ChatGPT-4 will become invaluable ______
     a. to medical partitions
     b. to medical practitioner
     c. to medical practitioners
     d. to medical practice knows
7) It suggests the chatbot will be the equivalent of having a ______
     a. benevolence mentor-servant
     b. benevolent mental-servant
     c. benevolent mentor-servant
     d. benevolent mentor-savant
8) access to nearly all the world's medical knowledge ______
     a. at your dispose all
     b. at your dispersal
     c. at your dispose ail
     d. at your disposal
9) they also acknowledge that AI is not yet a panacea for ______
     a. all medical complication
     b. all medical complications
     c. all medical complicated
     d. all medical complicate shuns
10) Therefore, they cautioned against using AI ______
     a. without human's supervision
     b. without humanly supervision
     c. without humane supervision
     d. without human supervision

Listening — Listen and fill in the gaps

For the (1) ____________________, many of us have relied on "Doctor Google" to self-diagnose aches, pains and complaints. (2) ____________________ AI has brought a much more powerful tool to assist with medical diagnoses - ChatGPT-4. This is the next-generation version of the chatbot ChatGPT, which (3) ____________________ four months ago. Doctors believe the new AI will revolutionize their work and (4) ____________________ of their patients. Three artificial intelligence experts have written an e-book titled: "The AI Revolution in Medicine". In it, they say ChatGPT-4 will provide (5) ____________________, life-saving advice and information (6) ____________________. The authors say: "We need to start understanding and discussing AI's potential."

The new e-book says ChatGPT-4 will (7) ____________________ medical practitioners. It suggests the chatbot will be (8) ____________________ having "a benevolent mentor-servant with access to nearly all the world's medical knowledge" (9) ____________________. The authors said that: "In almost any way you can name, from diagnosis to medical records to clinical trials, its impact will be (10) ____________________." However, they also acknowledge that AI is not yet a panacea for all medical complications. The authors said ChatGPT-4 can make "(11) ____________________ otherwise sound medical advice". They added that AI still gives "wrong answers that almost always look right". Therefore, (12) ____________________ using AI without human supervision.

Comprehension questions

For how long does the article say we have relied on "Doctor Google"?
How long ago does the article say ChatGPT was released?
What do doctors believe ChatGPT-4 will improve?
What's the name of the e-Book that three AI experts wrote?
When do the experts say surgeons will get information from ChatGPT-4?
To whom might ChatGPT-4 become invaluable?
How far-reaching might ChatGPT-4's impact be?
What did the experts say ChatGPT-4 was not a panacea for?
What might creep into ChatGPT-4's medical advice?
What do the experts say ChatGPT-4 will need?

Multiple choice quiz

1) For how long does the article say we have relied on "Doctor Google"?
a) years and years
b) ages and ages
c) the past few decades
d) decades and decades
2) How long ago does the article say ChatGPT was released?
a) 4 months ago
b) a year ago
c) a few weeks ago
d) ages ago
3) What do doctors believe ChatGPT-4 will improve?
a) the lives of patients
b) the Internet
c) doctors' working conditions
d) medicine
4) What's the name of the e-Book that three AI experts wrote?
a) The Chatbot Revolution in Medicine
b) The AI Revolution in Medicine
c) The ChatGPT-4 Revolution in Medicine
d) The Revolution in AI Medicine
5) When do the experts say surgeons will get information from ChatGPT-4?
a) reasonably quickly
b) in the near future
c) soon
d) in real time

6) To whom might ChatGPT-4 become invaluable?
a) patients
b) medical practitioners
c) chatbots
d) medical blog writers
7) How far-reaching might ChatGPT-4's impact be?
a) broad and deep
b) far and wide
c) long and lasting
d) everlasting
8) What did the experts say ChatGPT-4 was not a panacea for?
a) chatbots
b) misdiagnoses
c) all medical complications
d) illnesses
9) What might creep into ChatGPT-4's medical advice?
a) incorrect advice
b) doubt
c) paranoia
d) subtle inaccuracies
10) What do the experts say ChatGPT-4 will need?
a) human supervision
b) lots of processing power
c) time
d) advertising

Role play

Role A – ChatGPT-4
You think ChatGPT-4 is the best source of medical diagnoses. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them what is wrong with their sources. Also, tell the others which is the worst of these (and why): Google, grandmothers or medical books.

Role B – Google
You think Google is the best source of medical diagnoses. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them what is wrong with their sources. Also, tell the others which is the worst of these (and why): ChatGPT-4, grandmothers or medical books.

Role C – Grandmothers
You think grandmothers are the best source of medical diagnoses. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them what is wrong with their sources. Also, tell the others which is the worst of these (and why): Google, ChatGPT-4 or medical books.

Role D – Medical Books
You think medical books are the best source of medical diagnoses. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them what is wrong with their sources. Also, tell the others which is the worst of these (and why): Google, grandmothers or ChatGPT-4.

After reading / listening

1. WORD SEARCH: Look in your dictionary / computer to find collocates, other meanings, information, synonyms … for the words...

'medical'

________________

________________

________________

________________

________________

________________

________________

________________

and 'diagnosis'.
________________

________________

________________

________________

________________

________________

________________

________________

• Share your findings with your partners.

• Make questions using the words you found.

• Ask your partner / group your questions.

2. ARTICLE QUESTIONS: Look back at the article and write down some questions you would like to ask the class about the text.

•Share your questions with other classmates / groups. •Ask your partner / group your questions.

3. GAP FILL: In pairs / groups, compare your answers to this exercise. Check your answers. Talk about the words from the activity. Were they new, interesting, worth learning…?

4. VOCABULARY: Circle any words you do not understand. In groups, pool unknown words and use dictionaries to find their meanings.

5. TEST EACH OTHER: Look at the words below. With your partner, try to recall how they were used in the text:

few

advent

four

titled

critical

start

become

having

access

impact

wrong

human

Student survey

Write five GOOD questions about this topic in the table. Do this in pairs. Each student must write the questions on his / her own paper. When you have finished, interview other students. Write down their answers.

(Please look at page 12 of the PDF to see a photocopiable example of this activity.)

Discussion - ChatGPT-4

STUDENT A’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)

What did you think when you read the headline?
What images are in your mind when you hear the word 'medicine'?
Where do you go for medical advice?
Do you ever use Google for medical information?
What aches and pains have you had?
What do you think of chatbots?
Have you used ChatGPT?
In what ways might ChatGPT help doctors?
What will the AI revolution in medicine look like?
How do you think AI might help you?

STUDENT B’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)

Did you like reading this article? Why/not?
What do you think of when you hear the word 'chatbot'?
What do you think about what you read?
Do you think AI will replace doctors?
Are there any dangers of AI?
Do you think chatbots will make people think less?
Would you prefer the advice of a doctor or ChatGPT-4?
Will AI change your career?
What do you think AI will be doing in ten years from now?
What questions would you like to ask the authors?

Discussion — Write your own questions

STUDENT A’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)

(a) ________________

(b) ________________

(c) ________________

(d) ________________

(e) ________________

STUDENT B’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)

(f) ________________

(g) ________________

(h) ________________

(i) ________________

(j) ________________

Language — Cloze (Gap-fill)

For the (1) ____ few decades, many of us have relied on "Doctor Google" to self-diagnose aches, pains and (2) ____. The advent of AI has brought a much more powerful tool to assist with medical diagnoses - ChatGPT-4. This is the next-generation version of the chatbot ChatGPT, which was (3) ____ only four months ago. Doctors believe the new AI will revolutionize their work and improve the lives of (4) ____ patients. Three artificial intelligence experts have written an e-book titled: "The AI Revolution in Medicine". In it, they say ChatGPT-4 will provide (5) ____ with critical, life-saving advice and information in real time. The authors say: "We need to start understanding and discussing AI's (6) ____."

The new e-book says ChatGPT-4 will become invaluable (7) ____ medical practitioners. It suggests the chatbot will be the equivalent (8) ____ having "a benevolent mentor-servant with access to nearly all the world's medical knowledge" at your disposal. The authors said that: "In almost any way you can (9) ____, from diagnosis to medical records to clinical trials, its impact will be (10) ____ and deep." However, they also acknowledge that AI is not yet a panacea for all medical complications. The authors said ChatGPT-4 can make "(11) ____ inaccuracies in otherwise sound medical advice". They added that AI still gives "wrong answers that almost always look right". Therefore, they cautioned (12) ____ using AI without human supervision.

Which of these words go in the above text?

(a) passed (b) parsed (c) past (d) pasts
(a) complaints (b) compliant (c) complains (d) complements
(a) unveiled (b) shrouded (c) defrocked (d) upstaged
(a) their (b) them (c) these (d) they
(a) sturgeons (b) surgeons (c) surgeries (d) surgery
(a) potentate (b) portent (c) potent (d) potential
(a) of (b) at (c) to (d) on
(a) at (b) by (c) in (d) of
(a) name (b) call (c) spell (d) define
(a) broad (b) broaden (c) breadth (d) broadly
(a) amble (b) subtle (c) fable (d) hobble
(a) for (b) from (c) against (d) of

Spelling

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Paragraph 2

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Put the text back together

(...) right". Therefore, they cautioned against using AI without human supervision.
(...) to medical records to clinical trials, its impact will be broad and deep." However, they also acknowledge that AI is not
(...) inaccuracies in otherwise sound medical advice". They added that AI still gives "wrong answers that almost always look
( 1 ) For the past few decades, many of us have relied on "Doctor Google" to self-diagnose aches, pains
(...) be the equivalent of having "a benevolent mentor-servant with access to nearly all the world's medical
(...) The new e-book says ChatGPT-4 will become invaluable to medical practitioners. It suggests the chatbot will
(...) and complaints. The advent of AI has brought a much more powerful tool to assist
(...) advice and information in real time. The authors say: "We need to start understanding and discussing AI's potential."
(...) only four months ago. Doctors believe the new AI will revolutionize their work and improve the
(...) titled: "The AI Revolution in Medicine". In it, they say ChatGPT-4 will provide surgeons with critical, life-saving
(...) lives of their patients. Three artificial intelligence experts have written an e-book
(...) yet a panacea for all medical complications. The authors said ChatGPT-4 can make "subtle
(...) knowledge" at your disposal. The authors said that: "In almost any way you can name, from diagnosis
(...) with medical diagnoses - ChatGPT-4. This is the next-generation version of the chatbot ChatGPT, which was unveiled

Put the words in the right order

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revolutionize believe their AI Doctors will the work .
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Circle the correct word (20 pairs)

For the past / passed few decades, many of us have relied on / in "Doctor Google" to self-diagnose aches, pains and compliments / complaints. The advent of AI has brought a much more powerful tool to assist with / on medical diagnoses - ChatGPT-4. This is the next-generation version / vision of the chatbot ChatGPT, which was unveiled only four months ago. Doctors believe the new AI will revolutionize their work and improve the lives of their patience / patients. Three artificial intelligence expertise / experts have written an e-book titled: "The AI Revolution in Medicine". In it, they say ChatGPT-4 will provide surgeons with critical / critically, life-saving advice and information in really / real time. The authors say: "We need to start understanding and discussing AI's potent / potential."

The new e-book says ChatGPT-4 will become invaluable to medical practitioners / practicalities. It suggests the chatbot will be the equally / equivalent of having "a benevolent mentor-servant with excess / access to nearly all the world's medical knowledge" at your dispersal / disposal. The authors said that: "In almost any way you can call / name, from diagnosis to medical records to clinical trials, its impact will be braid / broad and deep." However, they also acknowledge that AI is not yet a panic / panacea for all medical complications. The authors said ChatGPT-4 can make "stubble / subtle inaccuracies in otherwise sound / heard medical advice". They added that AI still gives "wrong answers that almost always look right". Therefore, they cautioned against / for using AI without human supervision.

Talk about the connection between each pair of words in italics, and why the correct word is correct. Look up the definition of new words.

Insert the vowels (a, e, i, o, u)

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Punctuate the text and add capitals

for the past few decades many of us have relied on doctor google to selfdiagnose aches pains and complaints the advent of ai has brought a much more powerful tool to assist with medical diagnoses chatgpt4 this is the nextgeneration version of the chatbot chatgpt which was unveiled only four months ago doctors believe the new ai will revolutionize their work and improve the lives of their patients three artificial intelligence experts have written an ebook titled the ai revolution in medicine in it they say chatgpt4 will provide surgeons with critical lifesaving advice and information in real time the authors say we need to start understanding and discussing ais potential

the new ebook says chatgpt4 will become invaluable to medical practitioners it suggests the chatbot will be the equivalent of having a benevolent mentorservant with access to nearly all the worlds medical knowledge at your disposal the authors said that in almost any way you can name from diagnosis to medical records to clinical trials its impact will be broad and deep however they also acknowledge that ai is not yet a panacea for all medical complications the authors said chatgpt4 can make subtle inaccuracies in otherwise sound medical advice they added that ai still gives wrong answers that almost always look right therefore they cautioned against using ai without human supervision

Put a slash (/) where the spaces are

Forthepastfewdecades,manyofushavereliedon"DoctorGoogle"toself
-diagnoseaches,painsandcomplaints.TheadventofAIhasbroughtam
uchmorepowerfultooltoassistwithmedicaldiagnoses-ChatGPT-4.Thi
sisthenext-generationversionofthechatbotChatGPT,whichwasunve
iledonlyfourmonthsago.DoctorsbelievethenewAIwillrevolutionizeth
eirworkandimprovethelivesoftheirpatients.Threeartificialintelligenc
eexpertshavewrittenane-booktitled:"TheAIRevolutioninMedicine".I
nit,theysayChatGPT-4willprovidesurgeonswithcritical,life-savingad
viceandinformationinrealtime.Theauthorssay:"Weneedtostartunde
rstandinganddiscussingAI'spotential."Thenewe-booksaysChatGPT-
4willbecomeinvaluabletomedicalpractitioners.Itsuggeststhechatbo
twillbetheequivalentofhaving"abenevolentmentor-servantwithacce
sstonearlyalltheworld'smedicalknowledge"atyourdisposal.Theauth
orssaidthat:"Inalmostanywayyoucanname,fromdiagnosistomedical
recordstoclinicaltrials,itsimpactwillbebroadanddeep."However,they
alsoacknowledgethatAIisnotyetapanaceaforallmedicalcomplication
s.TheauthorssaidChatGPT-4canmake"subtleinaccuraciesinotherw
isesoundmedicaladvice".TheyaddedthatAIstillgives"wronganswerst
hatalmostalwayslookright".Therefore,theycautionedagainstusingAI
withouthumansupervision.

Free writing

Write about ChatGPT-4 for 10 minutes. Comment on your partner’s paper.

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Academic writing

It's dangerous for doctors to rely on chatbots in operating theatres. Discuss.

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Homework

1. VOCABULARY EXTENSION: Choose several of the words from the text. Use a dictionary or Google’s search field (or another search engine) to build up more associations / collocations of each word.
2. INTERNET: Search the Internet and find out more about this news story. Share what you discover with your partner(s) in the next lesson.
3. CHATBOTS: Make a poster about chatbots. Show your work to your classmates in the next lesson. Did you all have similar things?
4. MEDICAL DIAGNOSES: Write a magazine article about relying on chatbots for medical diagnoses. Include imaginary interviews with people who are for and against this.
Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Write down any new words and expressions you hear from your partner(s).
5. WHAT HAPPENED NEXT? Write a newspaper article about the next stage in this news story. Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Give each other feedback on your articles.
6. LETTER: Write a letter to an expert on chatbots. Ask him/her three questions about Chatbots. Give him/her three of your ideas. Read your letter to your partner(s) in your next lesson. Your partner(s) will answer your questions.

A Few Additional Activities for Students

Ask your students what they have read, seen or heard about this news in their own language. Students are likely to / may have have encountered this news in their L1 and therefore bring a background knowledge to the classroom.

Get students to role play different characters from this news story.

Ask students to keep track of this news and revisit it to discuss in your next class.

Ask students to male predictions of how this news might develop in the next few days or weeks, and then revisit and discuss in a future class.

Ask students to write a follow-up story to this news.

Students role play a journalist and someone who witnessed or was a part of this news. Perhaps they could make a video of the interview.

Ask students to keep a news journal in English and add this story to their thoughts.

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