What unites all the words?

What unites all the words?

C O M P U T E R A D D I C T I O N

Task1. Are you dependent on the computer? Complete the table and show what you wrote to your partner(s).

To make a list of symptoms of computer addiction

To learn topic vocabulary

To practice giving opinions

To practice reading and listening

To find the facts of computer addiction

To work in a team

I want to…

Task 2. Draw your hand and write down on each finger what you want to do at the lesson.

Computer Addiction ServicesMaressa Hecht Orzack, Ph.D.

Task 3. p. 134, Ex. 2A. Learn new words. Which of the words means “people” and which “state”?

FOR OVER 15 YEARS Dr. Orzack, a licensed clinical psychologist, has treated addictive behaviors at McLean Hospital, where she is founder and coordinator of the Computer Addiction Service and a member of the Harvard Medical School faculty. She is also a faculty member of the Cognitive Therapy Program, and in private practice in Newton Centre, Massachusetts.

Email: Orzack@ComputerAddiction.com

List of computer symptoms (Maressa Orzak)

• Strange behavior• Spending large sums of money on computers• Mental health problems• Denying the problem

Homework

• Workbook, p. 81-82or

• Using your notes in the Lesson program check if somebody in your family has computer or TV addiction. Prepare a short letter about it.