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1 Warm up

Look at the pictures and answer the questions.

1. What’s happening in the image at the top of the page?

2. Look at the images below. What do YouTubers do? Match the vocabulary to the images.

1. 2. 3.

4. 5. 6.

review games do stunts

review toys give beauty tips

do experiments give fashion tips

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2 Focus on vocabulary

Part A: Match each word or phrase to its correct definition.

1. view (n) a. someone who has chosen, or paid money, to receive content from a
service
2. found (v) b. an occasion of something being watched online

3. humour (n) c. to organise an event and make all the arrangements

4. revenue (n) d. the money that a company receives from selling things

5. conduct (v) e. to start to own something because you have bought it or have been
given it
6. host (v) f. to do or organise things such as experiments or surveys

7. acquire (v) g. to start something such as a business or organisation

8. subscriber (n) h. the quality of being funny or enjoying funny things

Language tip

Sometimes words look the same but are pronounced differently. Let’s look
at two sentences that use the word conduct:
• You need to think about safety before you conduct science experiments.
• The football player was given a red card for his bad conduct on the pitch.

Part B: Write the correct word or phrase from Part A in each sentence.

1. Paris will the Olympic Games in 2024.

2. She’s got a great sense of . She makes me laugh a lot.

3. Their went up by 20% in the last financial year.

4. Facebook was in 2003 but was originally called FaceMash.

5. Facebook has lots of other companies over the years.

6. The video has had over a million on YouTube in only 24 hours.

7. Universities a survey and found out that playing video games can be good for you.

8. T-Series, an Indian entertainment company, has the most on YouTube.

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3 Listen and watch

You are going to listen to part of a radio programme called YouTube Teenagers: The world’s highest
paid YouTubers!
Audio

1. Listen and write down how many subscribers each YouTuber has and how much revenue they
made last year.
2. Listen again and write notes about what each YouTuber does.

1.100000

2
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Video

Work in pairs and answer these questions.

• Watch the video and check your answers.
• Which YouTuber would you like to watch? Why?
• Can you think of someone who would like to watch the other YouTubers?

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4 Focus on vocabulary: jobs in tech

Part 1: Look at the vocabulary and put each item in the correct category.

broadcaster animation web developer broadcasting

artificial intelligence coding web development coder

software engineer software engineering AI programmer animator

job industry

Part 2: Now, look at these job descriptions and match them to the correct job title.

1. You create special effects for cartoons or video games. You a. coder
should be very good at drawing, art and design.
2. You enjoy solving problems and are very good at maths and b. broadcaster
computer science. You will have good knowledge of lots of
different areas in computer science.
3. As well as computer science, you will understand human c. AI programmer
psychology as you will need to programme machines to act
like humans.
4. Your job is to create websites. You will be good at design as d. software engineer
well as computer science.
5. Your job is to report stories for television, radio or websites. e. animator
You may have studied media.
6. You write computer programmes. You might write apps, f. web developer
video games or websites. You might need to know
programmes such as Python, HTML or Swift.

Would you be interested in doing any of these jobs or working in these industries?

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5 Reading part A
You are going to read the first part of a magazine article called Do you want to be a YouTuber?

Why do you think parents prefer their children to get jobs in more traditional industries?
1. because parents think there are more traditional jobs available
2. because parents aren’t comfortable with technology
3. because parents know that not every child can become famous

Now, read the article and check your predictions.

Do you want to be a YouTuber?

Young people want jobs in the tech industry, but parents are not so sure.

1. Think about the average 10-year-old. If you asked
one 50 years ago what they wanted to be when they
grew up, they might have said they wanted to be a
doctor or a teacher. If you had asked them 30 years
ago, they might have wanted to be an astronaut or a
musician. What do you think most kids want to be
4.
today?
2. Well, the answer depends on where you live, but
a survey conducted by the toy maker, LEGO, has
announced the most popular future profession for
kids in the US and the UK is a YouTuber! This is
supported by the British communications company,
O2, who asked teenagers the same question. Both
age groups dream of future careers in technology
including in areas such as: animation, artificial
intelligence, and, of course, video.
3. Young people today are comfortable with different
types of tech and gadgets and want to use this
technology in their future jobs as video game
designers, software engineers, web developers, or
even broadcasters. This may cause some battles with
parents who see their sons and daughters as future
lawyers, teachers, and doctors.
According to the NSPCC (a UK-based children’s
charity founded over a hundred years ago), one
problem is that parents don’t know how to develop
their child’s digital skills. This is often due to a lack
of knowledge, or fears that the internet is not a
safe place to be. However, with more and more
jobs requiring candidates to be familiar with digital
products, some parents are starting to encourage
their children to focus more on tech, and this includes
allowing them to become famous on YouTube.
Sources: The Independent, BBC

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6 Reading comprehension

Look at the statements below. Read the article again and decide if the statements are true (T), false
(F) or not given (NG). Find and discuss the answers with a classmate.

1. Many children in the 1990s wanted to work in the space industry.

2. Most teenagers today want to grow up to be famous.

3. Parents would prefer their children to follow more traditional career paths.

4. Parents think that the internet is safe.

5. Parents are comfortable with technology and how to use it.

6. Teenagers need to have knowledge of technology to get a good job.

7 Job related vocabulary: skills and qualities

Match each word or phrase to its correct definition.

1. edit (v) a. the ability to use time well

2. patience (n) b. keep someone’s attention or interest

3. creativity (n) c. arrange and make changes to data, text, or media

4. engage (v) d. help sell something by making it more popular or

attractive
5. unique (adj.) e. the ability to stay calm and wait a long time for something
to happen
6. tough (adj.) f. very difficult

7. time management (noun) g. the ability to use your imagination or a skill to produce
something new or artistic
8. promote (v) h. very special or unusual

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Now, ask a classmate the following questions.

1. What do you want to do in the future? Why?

2. What kind of knowledge or skills will you need? Where will you get them?
3. What qualifications will you need? Where and what will you study?

8 Talking point - advice

Do you want to be a YouTuber? We spoke to the famous YouTuber Jamie D who gave us some advice.

1. What type of advice do you think Jamie D will give to the magazine’s readers?
2. What skills or qualities will he say you need?

Now, look at this piece of advice from Jamie D. about becoming a YouTuber.

1: "Becoming a YouTuber is not simply a matter of turning on a camera and

talking to the world. You’ll need to get good at editing video and how to use
current software and then you should know how to promote your content on
social media."

Using a maximum of five words write down what you need to do to become a YouTuber.

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You will be given one piece of advice. Read the advice and remember it. Share the advice in groups.

Write notes in the table below with all the advice that Jamie D gives to become a YouTuber.

advice ranking

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2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

9 Project/optional extension

Look at options 1 and 2 about a YouTuber’s life.

Option 1: Imagine you have a world-famous YouTube channel. Write an article (150 words) about
your channel. Include:

• the name of your channel

• the type of videos you make
• the topics you speak about
• what you love about having your own YouTube channel
• six tips for teenagers who want to create a similar channel

Option 2: Look at the topics below and discuss which you would like to do, or talk about, on your
own YouTube channel.

cooking product reviews

beauty gaming

fashion stunts

experiments music

dance sports

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