Aims • to explore ways of organizing words with related meanings • to understand language patterns for change over time
• to explore the meaning of two key general nouns for change and development
Chen has an assignment to write about the development of information and communications technology, so he wants to record and learn words for change. He decides to organize the words according to different types of change. He makes a spidergram like the one below.
Task 1 Organizing vocabulary
1.1 Look at the transcript of George Blackstone’s talk on pages 210 and 211. Find more words for Chen’s spidergram and write them below. Look for verbs and nouns.
Begin become be founded
End be demolished
Change
Become better develop
Change size expand
Change place move
1.2 Work in groups. Add as many more verbs and nouns to each box as you can.
