Instagram – Sample Reading Practice | War Against Cyber-Bullying
Instagram – Sample Reading Practice | War Against Cyber-Bullying
Reading Comprehensions…
I find that reading comprehensions contain an absolute wealth of information that students could use to great effect. If reading comprehensions were really used to their absolute potential, they would provide a very rich training ground for our students. I know that in the Leaving cert exam, students must read a text for understanding, but I also believe the material offered in reading comprehensions could be used to teach so much more.
Reading about Instagram…
- The following is an extract from a reading about Instagram, and their fight against cyber-bullying. We have given you section 2 to give you an idea of what the method entails. In this reading practice, you will be given verbs in their infinitive form from the text.
- There are 3 sections in the comprehension, and your task is to put the verbs into either the present, past or future tenses. In this, the second section, you are required to put the verbs into the past tense.
- All the answers are given at the end of the text, but try your best to do them on your own, before looking at the answers. You might like to use some of these strategies to make reading so much more than just understanding the gist of the text.
INSTAGRAM DIT STOP AU CYBER HARCÈLEMENT !
Section 2.
Instagram a décidé d’agir contre le harcèlement en ligne sur son réseau social. Le CEO, Kevin Systom, vient d’annoncer la mise en place de filtres qui masquent les commentaires attaquant le physique ou la personnalité de l’utilisateur.
Le réseau social avait déjà mis en place un système de filtres l’année dernière. Il s’agissait de remplir une liste de mots-clés dans les paramètres de l’application. Si un de ces mots était cité en commentaire, il était alors masqué.
Instagram va donc encore plus loin. Kevin Systom veut bannir les propos intimidants et offensants.
« Nous ne tolérons pas l’intimidation sur Instagram ». Ces mesures visent surtout à protéger les plus jeunes membres de la communauté. « La protection des jeunes membres de notre communauté est primordiale pour qu’ils se sentent à l’aise d’exprimer qui ils sont, ainsi que leurs préoccupations ».
| VERB | ENGLISH | PASSÉ COMPOSÉ |
| Dire | J’ | |
| Décider | Tu | |
| Agir | Il | |
| Venir | Elle | |
| Annoncer | On | |
| Masquer | Nous | |
| Attaquer | Vous | |
| Mettre | Ils | |
| Remplir | Elles | |
| Être | J’ | |
| Citer | Tu | |
| Aller | Il | |
| Vouloir | Elle | |
| Bannir | On | |
| Tolérer | Nous | |
| Viser | Vous | |
| Protéger | Ils | |
| Se sentir | Elles | |
| Exprimer | J’ |
ANSWERS / RÉPONSES…
SECTION 2
| VERB | ENGLISH | PASSÉ COMPOSÉ |
| Dire | To say/To tell | J’ai dit |
| Décider | To decide | Tu as décidé |
| Agir | To act | Il a agi |
| Venir | To come (Irregular) | Elle est venue |
| Annoncer | To announce | On a annoncé |
| Masquer | To hide | Nous avons masqué |
| Attaquer | To attack | Vous avez attaqué |
| Mettre | To put (Irregular) | Ils ont mis |
| Remplir | To fill | Elles ont rempli |
| Être | To be (irregular) | J’ai été |
| Citer | To quote/mention/name | Tu as cite |
| Aller | To go (Irregular) | Il est allé |
| Vouloir | To wish/want (Irregular) | Elle a voulu |
| Bannir | To ban/prohibit | On a banni |
| Tolérer | To tolerate/put up with | Nous avons toléré |
| Viser | To aim | Vous avez visé |
| Protéger | To protect | Ils ont protégé |
| Se sentir | To feel (Reflexive) | Elles se sont senties |
| Exprimer | To express | J’ai exprimé |
Could this topic of Cyber Bullying make an appearance in the Leaving Cert French Exam? Well yes is the answer to that. The topics which apprear on the leaving cert french exam are very broad. If you think that it would be impossible to write about this, let us here at French Notes take the problem and give you the solution. You will receive a sample opinion question with a key to the grammatical constructions used, and also a list of vocabulary to help you in creating your own masterpiece.