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Technology - Lesson Notes IELTS
Technology - Lesson Notes IELTS
Technology
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Useful Links
Warm up questions
Technology-related Topics
Essential Vocabulary
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Useful Links
https://connectedworld.com/ranking-influential-emerging-technologies-
for-2020
https://www.analyticsvidhya.com/blog/2016/08/10-youtube-videos-
explaining-the-real-world-applications-of-internet-of-things-iot/
https://robots.ieee.org/learn/types-of-robots/
https://takeielts.net/the-path-to-success-in-the-ielts-test/
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Introduction
In this free IELTS Speaking lesson on the topic of Technology, you will
learn how to talk about different kinds of technology and how they
impact our lives
Watch the complete video about this topic of Technology here; Part
1 and Part 2.
Skills
Education
Children
School subjects
Workplace
Business
Generation Gap
Modern homes
Buildings
Cities
Communication
Phones
Social Media
Computers
Video Games
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Tips for IELTS Speaking Part 3 Questions
A common question in IELTS Speaking Part 3 is
For this kind of Part 3 questions, don’t just give a list like the one above,
but rather choose one topic and develop it. You could use some
phrases like the following:
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Essential vocabulary
Here is some essential language to talk about the IELTS Speaking topic
of Technology
What is ‘technology’?
Collocations
All of the following more or less mean ‘new’
New technologies
Latest technologies
Emerging technologies
Modern technologies
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The following are also common collocations with ‘technology’
Disruptive________
State-of-the-art ________
Upcoming ________
Old-fashioned________
Out of date_________
Verbs + technology
Introduce / adopt / develop / exploit / use new technologies
Word Family
Technology (n.)
Technical (adj.)Difficult,
hard to do - professional
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Emerging technologies
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Voice Demand to machine, algorithm, like YT recommend ads
Machine Learning
5G
Biometrics
Robotics
Technology is great but we might lose our pricy and get unsolicited advertisements, but
maybe that's the price we pay!
save time
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IELTS Speaking Tip
If you don’t know much about technology, you can also use these
phrases to still show off your English!
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Is technology a good or a bad thing?
On the positive side……
It allows us to _______
side effects
unexpected outcomes
unwanted by-products
undesirable consequences
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The role of A.I. in our lives today
Alexa
Siri
Amazon
Google Maps
Face recognition
Driverless cars
Chat bots
You’ve hit the nail on the head (= you are exactly right)
I’ve no more ideas, I have run out of steam (= lost all energy and
enthusiasm)
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MODEL ANSWER
Describe a time when you were not familiar with a new technology product/
- What it is
I'm not a digital native, didn't grow up with mobile phone,...
Discover
I remember it vividly, because it was a gift
In the very beginning, my sister show me some of the basic features of how it work. But the one thing I
find it was difficult and challenging is learning how to use a keyboard.
Do you think parents should give their children full access to the internet?
A controversial question
Im in 2 mind of it
Bad and good aspects
Positive side
- Enable children to take control of their learning and experiences, learn from mistakes
Self monitor things should they should be watching and should not watching
I do recognize they need children to have a high level of responsibility to do that.
Negative side
- The Internet is all sorts of bad/ negative stuff (sexual, violence, )=> all sort of stuff that you may not
what your children to come across or be exposed to.