social network 2

PART ONE:Reading(15pts)

A/ Comprehension

Read the text carefully then do the activities

Social networking  websites like Facebook have negative effects on learners, and those who frequently use such websites are more likely to get lower marks in school, says a new American study. Such students are also likely to have behavioural problems and 'narcissistic tendencies' from spending toomuch time logged on to such sites, according to the research by the California State University.

 Psychology professor Larry Rosensaid researchers watched as students spent 15 minutes studying something that was important to them. The research team was left astonished as the students' concentration failedbecause of the need to check their Facebook page. “The more media they consumed per day, the worsestudents they were. Ifthey checked Facebook just once during 15 minutes, they were worse students.”

 The negative effects of over-using social mediainclude making students unsuccessful, aggressive and anti-social. Children under 13 who overuse social sites on a daily basis are also more likely to be prone to periods of anxiety,depression, sleeping problems and stomach aches. Theycan become fat.

 Thestudy also found that social networks had some positive effects as well. They helped shy children interact more.

1- Are the following statements true(T) or false (F)

a-      Learners who use Facebook score well ate school.

b-Students rarely check their Facebook pages.

c-Researchers were satisfied with the results they found

d-Social media help children to interact.

2- Answer the following questions according to the text

a-  Does Facebook improve learners’ level?

b- How does the use of social media affect learners’ health?

c- What makes learners check their Facebook accounts so badly?

3- Fill in the following table with information from the text:

Social Networks
Positive Effect	Negative Effect
-……………………………..	-…………………………….

4-What or who do the underlined words refer to in the text?

 a.who(§1)       b.them(§2)  c.they(§4)  

B/ Text Exploration:

1- Find words in the text whose definitions follow:

a-      An institution of higher learning to grant academic degrees(§1)

b-      The act of giving attention to a single object or activity (§2)

2-Divide the following words into roots and affixes.

Frequently- behavioral – unsuccessful- unlikely

prefixes	roots	suffixes

3- Rewrite sentence B so that it means the same as sentence A:

1-a-An American study says: “Learners get lower marks”.

b-An American study says that………………………….

2-a-Researchers team was astonished by the study.

b-The study………………………………………………

3-a-Students failed because of the need to check their Facebook pages.

b-Since students……………………………………………….

4- Circle or write the silent letter in each of the following words:

psychology- neighbour- taught- knowledge.

PART TWO:WRITTEN EXPRESSION (05pts)

Choose only one of the following topics:

Topic1:

Using the notes below develop the following statement to write an opinion article:

Negatives

(Some researchers argue that social media networks are a cause to failure at school)

·         Lack of concentration.

·         Low markers.

·         Behavioural problems.

·        

Positives

Health problems.

·         Encourage interaction.

·         Cooperation.

·         Share activities.

Topic2:  

Suppose you were going to participate in the coming local elections, what would you do to fight nepotism                   .           ( The favouring of relatives or friends )?