The Reading / Listening - Elections - Level 0

The year 2024 will be the biggest for elections. Two billion people in 64 countries will vote this year. That is half the global population. There will be big changes for many people. For much of 2024, eyes will be on the US. There will be a repeat of the 2020 election if Donald Trump runs again.

Journalists worry about free and fair elections. Bloomberg.com asked a commonly-asked question: "Will 2024 be the year fake news destroys democracy?" AI will be used to change the way people vote. Bloomberg said there will be "a storm of disinformation" and a lot of fake news stories.

Try the same news story at these levels:

    Elections - Level 1 Elections - Level 2   or  Elections - Level 3

Sources
  • https://time.com/6550920/world-elections-2024/
  • https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2023-12-28/elections-2024-fake-news-could-destroy-democracy
  • http://www.koreaherald.com/global_insite/view.php


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 :-)

Phrase Matching

Paragraph 1

  1. 2024 will be the
  2. Two billion people
  3. That is half the
  4. There will be big changes
  5. For much
  6. eyes will
  7. There will be a repeat of
  8. if Donald Trump
  1. for many people
  2. be on the US
  3. in 64 countries
  4. the 2020 election
  5. biggest for elections
  6. of 2024
  7. runs again
  8. global population

Paragraph 2

  1. Journalists
  2. free and
  3. commonly-asked
  4. the year fake news destroys
  5. AI will be
  6. change the way
  7. there will be a storm
  8. a lot of fake
  1. used
  2. of disinformation
  3. fair elections
  4. news stories
  5. democracy
  6. worry
  7. people vote
  8. question

Listening — Listen and fill in the gaps

The year 2024 will (1) ___________________ for elections. Two (2) ___________________ 64 countries will vote this year. That is (3) _________________ population. There will (4) _________________ for many people. For much of 2024, (5) ___________________ on the US. There will be a (6) ___________________ 2020 election if Donald Trump runs again.

Journalists worry about (7) ___________________ elections. Bloomberg.com (8) ___________________-asked question: "Will 2024 (9) ___________________ fake news destroys democracy?" AI will be (10) ___________________ the way people vote. Bloomberg said there will (11) ___________________ of disinformation" and a lot of (12) ___________________.

Put a slash (/) where the spaces are

Theyear2024willbethebiggestforelections.Twobillionpeoplein64cou
ntrieswillvotethisyear.Thatishalftheglobalpopulation.Therewillbebi
gchangesformanypeople.Formuchof2024,eyeswillbeontheUS.Ther
ewillbearepeatofthe2020electionifDonaldTrumprunsagain.Journali
stsworryaboutfreeandfairelections.Bloomberg.comaskedacommonl
y-askedquestion:"Will2024betheyearfakenewsdestroysdemocra
cy?"AIwillbeusedtochangethewaypeoplevote.Bloombergsaidthere
willbe"astormofdisinformation"andalotoffakenewsstories.

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 — Write your own questions

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

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

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Free writing

Write about this topic for 10 minutes. Comment on your partner’s paper.

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Answers

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