Language Skills for the Digital Age
Note: for lessons about artificial intelligence see the Artificial Intelligence Lessons page.
Cybersecurity language exercises
In today’s digital world, cybersecurity affects everyone from students to professionals. This worksheet explores essential cybersecurity concepts through engaging visuals and interactive exercises. By matching terms to images and completing sentences, students build critical vocabulary about digital threats, protection measures, and security best practices. The worksheet’s combination of visual learning and practical examples helps students understand complex cybersecurity concepts while developing language skills they’ll need in our increasingly connected world.
Find all the exercises on cybersecurity here. The exercises include brainstorming, visual vocabulary, listening and critical thinking.
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Semiconductors
Semiconductors are the foundation of modern technology, powering everything from smartphones to advanced computing systems. This comprehensive worksheet helps students understand the complex world of semiconductor technology through carefully designed visual exercises and real-world examples.
Gerunds and infinitives for gadgets and devices ( with audio and answers)
We all use different gadgets and apps – from earbuds for listening to music, to smart watches to track our exercise. This exercise focuses on gerunds and infinitives by getting students to describe how they use everyday technology. Through matching pictures with common devices and completing sentences about their own gadget use, students practice expressing purpose with both “for + -ing” and “to + verb” patterns. The worksheet moves from guided examples to personal responses about the technology students own, want, or dream about having.
Gerunds and infinitives listening/speaking exercise (PDF)
Expressing opinions about virtual reality
Students complete each opinion with the vocabulary at the bottom of the page and decide whether they agree or disagree with each opinion. Also, see the Virtual Reality post for more exercises.
What’s it used for? (with audio and answers)
This is a listening/speaking exercise introducing language and expressions for describing contemporary technological devices used in everyday life . Students match the vocabulary to the pictures. Then they can listen to the audio and match a use or several uses to each item. Finally, they can complete the questions at the bottom with their own ideas and ask and answer the questions with a partner.