The Reading / Listening - AI Fashion Models - Level 3

An AI model has appeared in a top fashion magazine for the first time. In the August edition of the best-selling "Vogue" magazine, a "perfect-looking" blonde model has been used to show off summer clothes from the lifestyle brand Guess. Vogue says it is the first time an AI-generated "person" has featured in its pages. It said its editors did not decide to include a computer-generated model, and that the model was part of an advertising campaign. The model was created by a company called Seraphinne Vallora. It said it used AI because it saw a "gap in the market". The company added that it wanted to "harness the incredible power of AI to revolutionize marketing images".

The Guess ad has created a lot of controversy in the fashion industry. Sinead Bovell, a former model, wrote an article for Vogue five years ago about how AI might replace human models. Many people in the fashion world are now worried this could come true. Another model, Felicity Hayward, said the Guess ad was "very disheartening and quite scary". She called it a "kick in the teeth" for diversity in the industry because AI models will replace real models. The CEO of the eating disorder charity Beat is also worried. She thinks perfect AI models will make people worry that their own body is not perfect. She said: "Poor body image increases the risk of developing an eating disorder."

Try the same news story at these easier levels:

    AI Fashion Models - Level 0,  AI Fashion Models - Level 1   or  AI Fashion Models - Level 2

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 :-)

Warm-ups

1. FASHION MODELS: Students walk around the class and talk to other students about fashion models. 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?
       AI / models / fashion / fashion magazine / summer clothes / lifestyle / marketing /
       controversy / article / scary / a kick in the teeth / eating disorder / perfect / risk
Have a chat about the topics you liked. Change topics and partners frequently.
3. BEAUTY: Students A strongly believe AI models are more beautiful than human models; Students B strongly believe the opposite. Change partners again and talk about your conversations.
4. FASHION: What do you think of these fashion items? What are the best brands and why? Complete this table with your partner(s). Change partners often and share what you wrote.

 

My Thoughts

Best Brands (Why?)

Jeans

 

 

Sneakers

 

 

Hat/Cap

 

 

Shirt

 

 

Bag

 

 

Sunglasses

 

 
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5. MAGAZINE: Spend one minute writing down all of the different words you associate with the word "magazine". Share your words with your partner(s) and talk about them. Together, put the words into different categories.
6. AI: Rank these with your partner. Put the jobs AI could best replace at the top. Change partners often and share your rankings.

  • Fashion models
  • English teachers
  • Accountants
  • Customer service
  • Lawyers
  • Scriptwriters
  • Singers
  • Artists

 

Vocabulary

    Paragraph 1

      1. appeared a. Use something to do work or help you.
      2. top b. A thin book with pictures and articles, usually sold every week or month.
      3. magazine c. Shown or included as an important part.
      4. brand d. Was shown or was put somewhere for people to see.
      5. featured e. A space or hole between two things; something that is missing.
      6. gap f. Best or most important.
      7. harness g. The name of a company that makes or sells something.

    Paragraph 2

      8. controversy h. Making you feel sad or not hopeful.
      9. former i. Something or someone from the past, not now.
      10. replace j. A serious problem with the way a person eats, often to be very thin.
      11. disheartening k. A strong disagreement about something.
      12. a kick in the teeth l. Something very unfair or upsetting someone does to you.
      13. diversity m. Put something new in the place of something old.
      14. eating disorder n. Having many different kinds of people or things.

 

Before reading / listening

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

  1. An AI model is in a leading fashion magazine for the second time.     T / F
  2. The model was modelling clothes for an autumn collection of clothes.     T / F
  3. It wasn't the magazine's editors' decision to put the AI model in its mag. T / F
  4. The model was created because a company saw a gap in the market.     T / F
  5. Five years ago, a model predicted AI models would replace real ones.     T / F
  6. Another model said a photographer kicked her in the teeth.     T / F
  7. The boss of an eating disorder charity said AI models could help people.  T / F
  8. The boss of the charity said AI models could lead to eating disorders.     T / F

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

  1. edition
  2. campaign
  3. harness
  4. gap
  5. revolutionize
  6. controversy
  7. replace
  8. scary
  9. worried
  10. risk
  1. concerned
  2. transform
  3. take over from
  4. frightening
  5. drive
  6. issue
  7. make use of
  8. chance
  9. space
  10. disagreement

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

  1. appeared in a top fashion magazine
  2. In the August edition of the best-
  3. used to show
  4. the model was part of
  5. it wanted to "harness the
  6. The Guess ad has created a lot of
  7. worried this could come
  8. She called it a kick
  9. eating
  10. poor body
  1. incredible power of AI
  2. image
  3. true
  4. selling "Vogue" magazine
  5. in the teeth
  6. an advertising campaign
  7. for the first time
  8. disorder
  9. off summer clothes
  10. controversy

Gap fill

Put these words into the spaces in the paragraph below.
pages
gap
blonde
decide
harness
appeared
brand
part

An AI model has (1) ______________________________________________ in a top fashion magazine for the first time. In the August edition of the best-selling "Vogue" magazine, a "perfect-looking" (2) ______________________________________________ model has been used to show off summer clothes from the lifestyle (3) ______________________________________________ Guess. Vogue says it is the first time an AI-generated "person" has featured in its (4) ______________________________________________. It said its editors did not (5) ______________________________________________ to include a computer-generated model, and that the model was (6) ______________________________________________ of an advertising campaign. The model was created by a company called Seraphinne Vallora. It said it used AI because it saw a "(7) ______________________________________________ in the market". The company added that it wanted to "(8) ______________________________________________ the incredible power of AI to revolutionize marketing images".

Put these words into the spaces in the paragraph below.
true
diversity
controversy
body
scary
risk
former
real

The Guess ad has created a lot of (9) ______________________________________________ in the fashion industry. Sinead Bovell, a (10) ______________________________________________ model, wrote an article for Vogue five years ago about how AI might replace human models. Many people in the fashion world are now worried this could come (11) ______________________________________________. Another model, Felicity Hayward, said the Guess ad was "very disheartening and quite (12) ______________________________________________". She called it a "kick in the teeth" for (13) ______________________________________________ in the industry because AI models will replace (14) ______________________________________________ models. The CEO of the eating disorder charity Beat is also worried. She thinks perfect AI models will make people worry that their own (15) ______________________________________________ is not perfect. She said: "Poor body image increases the (16) ______________________________________________ of developing an eating disorder."

Listening — Guess the answers. Listen to check.

1) An AI model has appeared in a top fashion magazine for ______
     a.  the first times
     b.  the first timing
     c.  the first thyme
     d.  the first time
2)  a "perfect-looking" blonde model has been used to show ______
     a.  off summer clothes
     b.  off summer cloth
     c.  off summers clothes
     d.  off summer cloths
3)  Vogue says it is the first time an AI-generated ______
     a.  "person" have featured
     b.  "person" has feature
     c.  "person" has featured
     d.  "person" has future
4)  It said its editors did not decide to include a ______
     a.  computer-generate model
     b.  computer-generate it model
     c.  computer-generated modal
     d.  computer-generated model
5)  The company added that it wanted to harness ______
     a.  the incredible power
     b.  the incredibly power
     c.  the inedible power
     d.  the ink edible power

6)  The Guess ad has created a lot of controversy in ______
     a.  the fashion industrial
     b.  them fashion industry
     c.  the fashion industry
     d.  the fashion industry
7)  wrote an article for Vogue five years ago about how AI might ______
     a.  replace human models
     b.  replaced human models
     c.  replaces human models
     d.  replacing human models
8)  Many people in the fashion world are now worried this ______
     a.  could come truly
     b.  could come true
     c.  could come truth
     d.  could come truths
9)  a "kick in the teeth" for diversity in the industry because AI models will ______
     a.  replace reel models
     b.  replace real model
     c.  replaced real models
     d.  replace real models
10)  Poor body image increases the risk of developing ______
     a.  an eat thing disorder
     b.  an eat-in disorder
     c.  an eating disorder
     d.  an eaten disorder

Listening — Listen and fill in the gaps

An AI model (1) __________________________________________________ a top fashion magazine for the first time. In the August (2) __________________________________________________ best-selling "Vogue" magazine, a (3) __________________________________________________ model has been used to show off summer clothes from the lifestyle brand Guess. Vogue says it is the first time an AI-generated "person" has (4) __________________________________________________ pages. It said its editors did not decide to include a computer-generated model, and that the model was (5) __________________________________________________ advertising campaign. The model was created by a company called Seraphinne Vallora. It said it used AI because it saw a "gap in the market". The company added that it wanted to "harness the (6) __________________________________________________ AI to revolutionize marketing images".

The Guess ad has created a (7) __________________________________________________ in the fashion industry. Sinead Bovell, a former model, wrote an article for Vogue five years ago about how AI (8) __________________________________________________ models. Many people in the fashion world are now worried this (9) __________________________________________________. Another model, Felicity Hayward, said the Guess ad was "very disheartening and quite scary". She called it (10) __________________________________________________ the teeth" for diversity in the industry because AI models will replace real models. The CEO of (11) __________________________________________________ charity Beat is also worried. She thinks perfect AI models will make people worry that their own body is not perfect. She said: "Poor body image increases the (12) __________________________________________________ an eating disorder."

Comprehension questions

  1. How many times has an AI model appeared in a top fashion magazine?
  2. What colour is the hair of the AI model?
  3. What does the article say the model was part of?
  4. What did the company that created the model see a gap in?
  5. What did the company want to harness?
  6. What has the ad created a lot of in the fashion industry?
  7. What did a model warn that AI models might replace?
  8. What did a model say the AI model was for diversity?
  9. What is Beat?
  10. What might a poor body image increase the risk of?

Multiple choice quiz

1)  How many times has an AI model appeared in a top fashion magazine?
a) twice
b) once
c) three times
d) 11 times
2)  What colour is the hair of the AI model?
a) black
b) pink
c) blonde
d) grey
3)  What does the article say the model was part of?
a) an experiment
b) digital code
c) a group of AI models
d) an advertising campaign
4)  What did the company that created the model see a gap in?
a) her teeth
b) the market
c) the code
d) a window
5)  What did the company want to harness?
a) the incredible power of AI
b) the power of the wind
c) the power of beauty
d) the power of advertising

6)  What has the ad created a lot of in the fashion industry?
a) controversy
b) clothes
c) followers
d) AI models
7)  What did a model warn that AI models might replace?
a) human models
b) magazines
c) editors
d) human models
8)  What did a model say the AI model was for diversity?
a) a clip round the ear
b) a slap round the face
c) a kick in the teeth
d) a punch on the nose
9)  What is Beat?
a) a model agency
b) a coding company
c) a music company
d) an eating disorder charity
10)  What might a poor body image increase the risk of?
a) exercise
b) eating disorders
c) being overweight
d) sleeplessness

Role play

Role  A – Fashion Models
You think fashion models can never be replaced by AI. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them why their jobs can be replaced. Also, tell the others which is the most replaceable of these (and why): English teachers, singers or actors.

Role  B – English Teachers
You think English teachers can never be replaced by AI. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them why their jobs can be replaced. Also, tell the others which is the most replaceable of these (and why): fashion models, singers or actors.

Role  C – Singers
You think singers can never be replaced by AI. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them why their jobs can be replaced. Also, tell the others which is the most replaceable of these (and why): English teachers, fashion models or actors.

Role  D – Actors
You think actors can never be replaced by AI. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them why their jobs can be replaced. Also, tell the others which is the most replaceable of these (and why): English teachers, singers or fashion models.

After reading / listening

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

'AI'

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    • and 'model'.

  • ________________
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    • • 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:

    • top
    • looking
    • first
    • part
    • created
    • power
    • controversy
    • article
    • replace
    • teeth
    • eating
    • image

    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 - AI Fashion Models

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

    1. What did you think when you read the headline?
    2. What images are in your mind when you hear the word 'AI'?
    3. What do you think of creating AI fashion models?
    4. What do you think the life of a model is like?
    5. In what ways might AI models be better than human models?
    6. Should models in fashion magazines be all different sizes and colors?
    7. How dangerous is AI for models, musicians and singers?
    8. What do you think of fashion magazines?
    9. What "incredible power" does AI have?
    10. What advice do you have for human fashion models?

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

    1. Did you like reading this article? Why/not?
    2. What do you think of when you hear the word 'model'?
    3. What do you think about what you read?
    4. What do you think of fashion models?
    5. What do you think of fashion?
    6. How sad would it be if AI models replaced human models?
    7. Why is the AI model a 'kick in the teeth' for diversity?
    8. What can we do about models making people feel bad about their body?
    9. What are the bad things about AI?
    10. What questions would you like to ask a human fashion model?

    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)

    An AI model has appeared in a (1) ____ fashion magazine for the first time. In the August edition (2) ____ the best-selling "Vogue" magazine, a "perfect-looking" blonde model has been used to show (3) ____ summer clothes from the lifestyle brand Guess. Vogue says it is the first time an AI-generated "person" has featured in its pages. It said its editors did not decide (4) ____ include a computer-generated model, and that the model was part of an advertising campaign. The model was   (5) ____ by a company called Seraphinne Vallora. It said it used AI because it saw a "gap in the market". The company added that it wanted to "(6) ____ the incredible power of AI to revolutionize marketing images".

    The Guess ad has created a lot of controversy in the fashion industry. Sinead Bovell, a former model, wrote an (7) ____ for Vogue five years ago about how AI might replace human models. Many people in the fashion world are now worried this could come (8) ____. Another model, Felicity Hayward, said the Guess ad was "very disheartening and quite scary". She called it a "kick in the teeth" for diversity in the industry (9) ____ AI models will replace real models. The CEO of the (10) ____ disorder charity Beat is also worried. She thinks perfect AI models will (11) ____ people worry that their own body is not perfect. She said: "Poor body image (12) ____ the risk of developing an eating disorder."

    Which of these words go in the above text?

    1. (a)     top     (b)     stop     (c)     atop     (d)     topping    
    2. (a)     to     (b)     as     (c)     of     (d)     by    
    3. (a)     on     (b)     up     (c)     down     (d)     off    
    4. (a)     at     (b)     to     (c)     of     (d)     by    
    5. (a)     creator     (b)     creation     (c)     creative     (d)     created    
    6. (a)     harass     (b)     habitat     (c)     harness     (d)     haste    
    7. (a)     paragraph     (b)     article     (c)     letter     (d)     mail    
    8. (a)     true     (b)     truly     (c)     truth     (d)     truths    
    9. (a)     because     (b)     for      (c)     so     (d)     but    
    10. (a)     eats     (b)     eaten     (c)     eating     (d)     eat    
    11. (a)     that     (b)     do     (c)     be     (d)     make    
    12. (a)     increase     (b)     increases     (c)     increasing     (d)     increasingly

    Spelling

    Paragraph 1

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    Paragraph 2

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    Put the text back together

    (  1  )   An AI model has appeared in a top fashion magazine for the first time. In the August edition of the best-
    (    )     because it saw a "gap in the market". The company added that it wanted to "harness the incredible
    (    )     clothes from the lifestyle brand Guess. Vogue says it is the first time an AI-generated "person" has featured in its
    (    )     model, wrote an article for Vogue five years ago about how AI might replace human models. Many people in the fashion
    (    )     models will replace real models. The CEO of the eating disorder charity Beat is also
    (    )     of an advertising campaign. The model was created by a company called Seraphinne Vallora. It said it used AI
    (    )     pages. It said its editors did not decide to include a computer-generated model, and that the model was part
    (    )     perfect. She said: "Poor body image increases the risk of developing an eating disorder."
    (    )     power of AI to revolutionize marketing images".
    (    )     selling "Vogue" magazine, a "perfect-looking" blonde model has been used to show off summer
    (    )     The Guess ad has created a lot of controversy in the fashion industry. Sinead Bovell, a former
    (    )     was "very disheartening and quite scary". She called it a "kick in the teeth" for diversity in the industry because AI
    (    )     world are now worried this could come true. Another model, Felicity Hayward, said the Guess ad
    (    )     worried. She thinks perfect AI models will make people worry that their own body is not

    Put the words in the right order

    1. An   model   AI   appeared   a   fashion   in   magazine   .
    2. A   perfect-looking   blonde   been   has   model   used   .
    3. Show   off   clothes   from   summer   lifestyle   the   brand   .
    4. The   model   an   of   advertising   was   campaign   part   .
    5. The   incredible   AI   of   power   to   marketing   revolutionize   .
    6. The   ad   created   a   lot   has   controversy   of   .
    7. A   model   former   an   for   Vogue   wrote   article   .
    8. People   in   the   world   fashion   worried   are   now   .
    9. It's   a   in   kick   teeth   the   for   diversity   .
    10. Increases   the   risk   an   of   developing   disorder   eating   .

    Circle the correct word (20 pairs)

    An AI model has appears / appeared in a top fashion magazine for the first time. In the August edition / edit of the best-selling "Vogue" magazine, a "perfect-looking" blonde model has been used to show on / off summer clothes from the lifestyle brand Guess. Vogue says it is the first time an AI-generated "person" has featured / feature in its pages. It said its editors did not decide to conclude / include a computer-generated model, and that the model was part of a / an advertising campaign. The model was creative / created by a company called Seraphinne Vallora. It said it used AI because it saw / seen a "gap in the market". The company added that it wanted to "harass / harness the incredible power of AI to revolutionize marketing images / image".

    The Guess ad has created a lot of controversial / controversy in the fashion industry. Sinead Bovell, a former modelling / model, wrote an article for Vogue five years ago about how AI might replace humane / human models. Many people in the fashion world are now worried / worry this could come true. Another / Other model, Felicity Hayward, said the Guess ad was "very disheartening and quite scary / scared". She called it a "kick in the teeth / tooth" for diversity in the industry because AI models will replace real models. The CEO of the eating / eaten disorder charity Beat is also worried. She thinks perfect AI models will make people worry / worrying that their own body is not perfect. She said: "Poor body image increases the risky / risk of developing an eating disorder."

    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)

    _n  __  m_d_l  h_s  _pp__r_d  _n  _  t_p  f_sh__n  m_g_z_n_  f_r  th_  f_rst  t_m_.  _n  th_  __g_st  _d_t__n  _f  th_  b_st-s_ll_ng  "V_g__"  m_g_z_n_,  _  "p_rf_ct-l__k_ng"  bl_nd_  m_d_l  h_s  b__n  _s_d  t_  sh_w  _ff  s_mm_r  cl_th_s  fr_m  th_  l_f_styl_  br_nd  G__ss.  V_g__  s_ys  _t  _s  th_  f_rst  t_m_  _n  __-g_n_r_t_d  "p_rs_n"  h_s  f__t_r_d  _n  _ts  p_g_s.  _t  s__d  _ts  _d_t_rs  d_d  n_t  d_c_d_  t_  _ncl_d_  _  c_mp_t_r-g_n_r_t_d  m_d_l,  _nd  th_t  th_  m_d_l  w_s  p_rt  _f  _n  _dv_rt_s_ng  c_mp__gn.  Th_  m_d_l  w_s  cr__t_d  by  _  c_mp_ny  c_ll_d  S_r_ph_nn_  V_ll_r_.  _t  s__d  _t  _s_d  __  b_c__s_  _t  s_w  _  "g_p  _n  th_  m_rk_t".  Th_  c_mp_ny  _dd_d  th_t  _t  w_nt_d  t_  "h_rn_ss  th_  _ncr_d_bl_  p_w_r  _f  __  t_  r_v_l_t__n_z_  m_rk_t_ng  _m_g_s".

    Th_  G__ss  _d  h_s  cr__t_d  _  l_t  _f  c_ntr_v_rsy  _n  th_  f_sh__n  _nd_stry.  S_n__d  B_v_ll,  _  f_rm_r  m_d_l,  wr_t_  _n  _rt_cl_  f_r  V_g__  f_v_  y__rs  _g_  _b__t  h_w  __  m_ght  r_pl_c_  h_m_n  m_d_ls.  M_ny  p__pl_  _n  th_  f_sh__n  w_rld  _r_  n_w  w_rr__d  th_s  c__ld  c_m_  tr__.  _n_th_r  m_d_l,  F_l_c_ty  H_yw_rd,  s__d  th_  G__ss  _d  w_s  "v_ry  d_sh__rt_n_ng  _nd  q__t_  sc_ry".  Sh_  c_ll_d  _t  _  "k_ck  _n  th_  t__th"  f_r  d_v_rs_ty  _n  th_  _nd_stry  b_c__s_  __  m_d_ls  w_ll  r_pl_c_  r__l  m_d_ls.  Th_  C__  _f  th_  __t_ng  d_s_rd_r  ch_r_ty  B__t  _s  _ls_  w_rr__d.  Sh_  th_nks  p_rf_ct  __  m_d_ls  w_ll  m_k_  p__pl_  w_rry  th_t  th__r  _wn  b_dy  _s  n_t  p_rf_ct.  Sh_  s__d:  "P__r  b_dy  _m_g_  _ncr__s_s  th_  r_sk  _f  d_v_l_p_ng  _n  __t_ng  d_s_rd_r."

    Punctuate the text and add capitals

    an ai model has appeared in a top fashion magazine for the first time in the august edition of the bestselling vogue magazine a perfectlooking blonde model has been used to show off summer clothes from the lifestyle brand guess vogue says it is the first time an aigenerated person has featured in its pages it said its editors did not decide to include a computergenerated model and that the model was part of an advertising campaign the model was created by a company called seraphinne vallora it said it used ai because it saw a gap in the market the company added that it wanted to harness the incredible power of ai to revolutionize marketing images

    the guess ad has created a lot of controversy in the fashion industry sinead bovell a former model wrote an article for vogue five years ago about how ai might replace human models many people in the fashion world are now worried this could come true another model felicity hayward said the guess ad was very disheartening and quite scary she called it a kick in the teeth for diversity in the industry because ai models will replace real models the ceo of the eating disorder charity beat is also worried she thinks perfect ai models will make people worry that their own body is not perfect she said poor body image increases the risk of developing an eating disorder

    Put a slash (/) where the spaces are

    AnAImodelhasappearedinatopfashionmagazineforthefirsttime.Inth
    eAugusteditionofthebest-selling"Vogue"magazine,a"perfect-lookin
    g"blondemodelhasbeenusedtoshowoffsummerclothesfromthelifest
    ylebrandGuess.VoguesaysitisthefirsttimeanAI-generated"person"h
    asfeaturedinitspages.Itsaiditseditorsdidnotdecidetoincludeacompu
    ter-generatedmodel,andthatthemodelwaspartofanadvertisingcam
    paign.ThemodelwascreatedbyacompanycalledSeraphinneVallora.It
    saiditusedAIbecauseitsawa"gapinthemarket".Thecompanyaddedth
    atitwantedto"harnesstheincrediblepowerofAItorevolutionizemarket
    ingimages".TheGuessadhascreatedalotofcontroversyinthefashionin
    dustry.SineadBovell,aformermodel,wroteanarticleforVoguefiveyea
    rsagoabouthowAImightreplacehumanmodels.Manypeopleinthefash
    ionworldarenowworriedthiscouldcometrue.Anothermodel,FelicityH
    ayward,saidtheGuessadwas"verydishearteningandquitescary".She
    calledita"kickintheteeth"fordiversityintheindustrybecauseAImodels
    willreplacerealmodels.TheCEOoftheeatingdisordercharityBeatisalso
    worried.ShethinksperfectAImodelswillmakepeopleworrythattheiro
    wnbodyisnotperfect.Shesaid:"Poorbodyimageincreasestheriskofde
    velopinganeatingdisorder."

    Free writing

    Write about AI fashion models for 10 minutes. Comment on your partner’s paper.

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    Academic writing

    AI images should never be used to replace real fashion models. 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. FASHION MODELS: Make a poster about fashion models. Show your work to your classmates in the next lesson. Did you all have similar things?
    4. AI OK: Write a magazine article about allowing the use of AI to replace fashion models, singers, and actors. 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 fashion models. Ask him/her three questions about them. Give him/her three of your opinions on AI replacing models. 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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