The Reading / Listening - AI Fashion Models - Level 0

An AI model is in a top fashion magazine. The "perfect-looking" model is wearing clothes from the brand Guess. The editors of the magazine said the AI model was part of an advertising campaign. The company that created the model wants to use "the incredible power of AI to revolutionize marketing images".

Five years ago, a model wrote that AI might replace human models. This might come true. People in the fashion world are now worried. Another model said it was "scary". An eating disorder charity is also worried. It thinks AI models will make people worry about their body shape. This could increase the risk of eating disorders.

Try the same news story at these levels:

    AI Fashion Models - Level 1 AI Fashion Models - Level 2   or  AI Fashion Models - Level 3

Sources
  • https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgeqe084nn4o
  • https://www.buzzfeed.com/natashajokic1/vogue-guess-ai-models-explained
  • https://www.msn.com/en-za/news/other/vogue-has-started-using-ai-models/ar-AA1JiO1N


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. a top fashion
  2. The "perfect-
  3. wearing clothes from
  4. The editors
  5. the AI model was part of an
  6. The company that
  7. the incredible power
  8. revolutionize marketing
  1. created the model
  2. of the magazine
  3. images
  4. the brand Guess
  5. of AI
  6. advertising campaign
  7. magazine
  8. looking" model

Paragraph 2

  1. AI might replace
  2. This might come
  3. People in the fashion world
  4. Another model said it was
  5. An eating disorder
  6. make people worry
  7. This could
  8. eating
  1. about their body
  2. "scary"
  3. disorders
  4. human models
  5. increase the risk
  6. true
  7. charity
  8. are now worried

Listening — Listen and fill in the gaps

An AI model is (1) _________________________________________________ fashion magazine. The (2) _________________________________________________ is wearing clothes (3) _________________________________________________ Guess. The editors of the magazine said the AI model (4) _________________________________________________ an advertising campaign. The company (5) _________________________________________________ model wants to use "the (6) _________________________________________________ AI to revolutionize marketing images".

Five years ago, (7) _________________________________________________ that AI might replace human models. This (8) _________________________________________________. People in the fashion world (9) _________________________________________________. Another model said (10) _________________________________________________. An eating disorder charity is also worried. It thinks AI models will make people worry about (11) _________________________________________________. This could increase (12) _________________________________________________ eating disorders.

Put a slash (/) where the spaces are

AnAImodelisinatopfashionmagazine.The"perfect-looking"modeli
swearingclothesfromthebrandGuess.Theeditorsofthemagazinesaid
theAImodelwaspartofanadvertisingcampaign.Thecompanythatcrea
tedthemodelwantstouse"theincrediblepowerofAItorevolutionizema
rketingimages".Fiveyearsago,amodelwrotethatAImightreplacehum
anmodels.Thismightcometrue.Peopleinthefashionworldarenowworr
ied.Anothermodelsaiditwas"scary".Aneatingdisordercharityisalsow
orried.ItthinksAImodelswillmakepeopleworryabouttheirbodyshape
.Thiscouldincreasetheriskofeatingdisorders.

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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