INGLÊS - ACTIVITY 2 (SEMANA 3 / 4º BIM 2020)

 

Hello!

 

Este roteiro refere-se a ACTIVITY 2 do Caderno do Aluno vol. 4.

 

Após você ter lido o texto “Video Games Are Good For You!” na 1ª semana e ter assistido o filme “Are Video Games BAD?” na segunda semana, em um 1º momento pediremos para que você responda umas perguntinhas de sondagem sobre a sua proximidade com as plataformas de videogames e, depois, no 2º momento, pediremos para que você preencha um quadro anotando as vantagens e desvantagens (que vocês aprenderam nos textos já estudados) sobre os “games”.

Vamos então para as perguntinhas de sondagem?

É importante que você interprete as perguntas e tente responder em inglês. Faça o registro das respostas nos espaços em branco do seu Caderno do Aluno Vol. 4, no seu Caderno de Inglês ou no seu Portfólio.

• Where do you usually play video games? On the console, PC or cell phone?
• What is your favorite game?
• Who plays video game in your house?
• Which is your favorite game: Role-playing game (RPG), Action-adventure, Platform games or Shooter games? 

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Agora que você já respondeu a sondagem vamos para o quadro de vantagens e desvantagens.

Antes, vou colocar o texto que você já leu no primeiro roteiro do 4º bimestre e que você usará como base para preencher o quadro...se preferir pode acompanhar a leitura pelo Caderno do Aluno Vol. 4 (p. 145)

Video games are good for you!

 

For years video games have been criticized for making people more antisocial, overweight or depressed. But now researchers are finding that games can actually change us for the better and improve both our body and mind.

Games can help to develop physical skills. Pre-school children who played interactive games such as the ones available on Wii have been shown to have improved motor skills, for example, they can kick, catch and throw a ball better than children who don’t play video games. A study of surgeons who do microsurgery in Boston found that those who played video games were 27 per cent faster and made 37 per cent fewer errors than those who didn’t. Vision is also improved, particularly telling the difference between shades of grey. This is useful for driving at night, piloting a plane or reading X-rays.

Games also benefit a variety of brain functions, including decision making. People who play action-based games make decisions 25 per cent faster than others and are no less accurate, according to one study. In another study by researchers from the University of Rochester in New York, experienced gamers were shown to be able to pay attention to more than six things at once without getting confused, compared with the four that most people can normally keep in mind. Additionally, video games can also reduce gender differences. Scientists have found that women who play games are better able to mentally manipulate 3D objects.

There is also evidence that gaming can help with psychological problems. At the University of Auckland in New Zealand, researchers asked 94 young people diagnosed with depression to play a 3D fantasy game called SPARX and in many cases, the game reduced symptoms of depression more than conventional treatment. Another research team at Oxford University found that playing Tetris shortly after exposure to something very upsetting – in the experiment, a film of traumatic scenes of injury and death was used – can actually prevent people from having disturbing flashbacks.

The effects are not always so positive, however. Indiana University researchers carried out brain scans on young men and found evidence that violent games can alter brain function after as little as a week of play, affecting regions in the brain associated with emotional control and causing more aggressive behavior in the player. But Daphne Bavelier, one of the most experienced researcher in the field, says that the violent action games that often worry parents the most, may actually have the strongest beneficial effect on the brain. In the future, we may see many treatments for physical and neurological problems which incorporate the playing of video games.

Adapted from:

http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/skills/reading/upperintermediate-b2-reading/video-games-are-good-you

Preencha o quadro a seguir (em português) com as vantagens e desvantagens que aparecem no texto. As respostas podem ser registradas no Caderno do Aluno, Caderno de inglês ou Portfólio. Não precisa enviar para nós!

As atividades que planejamos para essa semana são essas!!!

Caso você tenha dúvidas, só nos chamar.

Until next time, guys!