Task 2. Discuss in small groups what tasks from the list below are better performed individually and within a group. Explain why. Compare your results with other groups.

 

1. Writing a magazine article.

2. Launching an ideological campaign.

3. Developing a new academic course.

4. Designing the world’s fastest car.

5. Preparing a public speech.

6. Keeping a blog.

7. Designing a governmental respond to foreign sanctions.

8. Working out an anti-pollution program for a region.

9. Advising a client.

10.Working out a national broadband plan.

11. Inventing a special device that allows blind people to “see” with their tongue.

Task 3. Discuss with your partner the answers to the following questions. Then present the results of your discussion to the rest of the group.

 

1. In what way does your group/university/colleagues influence you?

2. How is your commitment stimulated? How is your progress marked?

3. What happens if you resist meeting the group’s standards?

 

UNIT 8

MASS COMMUNICATION