TEEN LIFESTYLE

ACTIVITY IDEA

Create a mind map about things, apart from technology, that are shaping and changing teenagers' lifestyle. You can, for example, focus on:
- transport and travelling (bikes, motorbikes, cars, buses, trains, planes...),
- music (singing, listening to music, playing music, concerts...),
- fashion (clothes, accessories...),
- places to spend free time (cinemas, playgrounds, bars...),
- hobbies (sports, extreme sports, reading...)
- etc.

Compare teenagers today with teenagers at the time when your parents were young. You can ask them how these things influenced their teenage lifestyle. Find at least three differences and make your mind map in a poster form or even using an online tool or app for making mind maps if you like.

After that describe your mind map in your notebook. Follow the given example and try to use some linkers. Show your mind map to the teacher who will check your language. Finally, present your mind map to the class and post it on the bulletin board.

AUDIO SCRIPT

Modern day teens are not so different when compared with teenagers in the past. They still do the same things that young people did in the past: they go to school, do homework, spend time with their family, help with the housework, play sports and so on. However, one thing is definitely different: today most teenagers use technology for schoolwork, communication and spare time activities. While in the past teenagers did homework in a notebook, modern teens often type it on a computer. Instead of looking for information in the library, they search the internet to find it. Today teenagers also communicate differently. For example in the past, they met live to talk, wrote letters or used the phone, whereas nowadays meeting online, texting or skyping is popular. Similarly, teenage spare time activities include new technologies. While teens of the past used to hang out and play games with friends, ‘hanging out' virtually on Facebook and playing video games is popular today.