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LÍNGUA INGLESA

TEXT COMPREHENSION

Teenagers do their talking online

Jeff Palfini

Thursday, June 21, 2001

Today's teens communicate more using the Internet than they do face-to-face.

Their parents' generation fought to use the family phone. Today's teens fight over the keyboard.

A new study by the Pew Internet & American Life Project says teenagers have adopted the Internet - and instant messaging - so completely that it has even replaced face-to-face communication as the primary mode of interacting for some teens. The study concluded that of the approximately 13 million American teenagers who use the Net, 74 percent use instant messaging. Surprisingly, one-fifth of the teens using IM say it is their primary means of communicating with friends. The study extrapolated the results from a survey of 754 youngsters between the ages of 12 and 17 and their parents.

Glossary

Primary: principal, mais importante

Instructions: Write T (true) or F (false) next to the alternatives below.

1. (UFPR) What information is in the text?

( ) Data related to a study conducted by Pew Internet & American Life Project.

( ) The number of teenagers who use face-to-face communication as their primary mode of interacting.

( ) The names of the people responsible for the survey.

( ) The percentage of American teenage adopters of the Net who use instant messaging.

( ) The percentage of American teenagers who use the family phone.

( ) The estimated number of American teenagers who use the Net.

2. (UFPR) According to the text, it is correct to say:

( ) Teenagers' communication preferences nowadays are similar to those of their parents.

( ) The estimated number of American teens who use the Internet is 13 million.

( ) More than half of the youngsters who have adopted the Internet use IM.

( ) American teenagers do not use IM to communicate with their friends.

( ) Thirteen million American teenagers were surveyed by the project.

( ) Teenagers' parents' generation used the telephone as a form of communication.​

Answer 1

Resposta:

1-

T

F

F

T

F

T

2- (X ) The estimated number of American teens who use the Internet is 13 million.

(X) Teenagers' parents' generation used the telephone as a form of communication.​

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