everyday_scene
Everyday Scene
A realistic scene for final speaking practice with useful thematic vocabulary.
20 minC1c1everyday_scenemass-surveillance-state-powersurveillanceprivacyautonomyoversight
Lesson objectives
- Practise spontaneous description from a realistic visual prompt.
- Use the unit vocabulary for natural, image-based speaking.
- Close the unit with a final communicative task linked to mass surveillance & state power.
The Silent Observer
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En esta imagen, vemos la tensión entre la vida cotidiana y la vigilancia constante en el espacio público. La expresión de la mujer sugiere una preocupación por la pérdida de privacidad, un tema central en nuestra unidad sobre el poder estatal.
Preguntas para hablar (Speaking practice)
- Describe what is happening in this scene and the atmosphere it conveys.
- How might the woman's expression reflect broader societal concerns regarding technology?
- Compare the feeling of being in a monitored city with your own experience of living in your hometown.
- Speculate on how the use of facial recognition technology might change the way people behave in public.
- To what extent do you believe that personal privacy is a thing of the past in the digital age?