Spotting fake from facts is a skill that everyone can learn.
Warming Up
a List five or more words related to online false information.
Your Reading Text: Is it AI?
Read the article about Canadian teens fact-checking online information.
Words
a Read the text. Find (and mark) the following words in the text:
to feature – footage – indication – suspicious – life-threatening – to verify – to distrust – reliable – to determine – to claim – to gain traction – prevalent
b Match the above words with their correct definitions. Use the context of the reading text to help you.
1 to become more popular and widely shared
2 to check that something is true
3 common; widespread
4 deadly
5 to doubt; to not believe
6 giving you a feeling that something cannot be trusted
7 to officially decide something based on evidence or facts
8 to say that something is true without having any evidence
9 scenes or images recorded on film
10 to show; to highlight
11 sign; clue
12 trustworthy; able to be trusted
Questions About the Text
a What did Avneet Dhillon do to check a suspicious video of a red-lipped batfish? Choose all correct answers.
1 She checked if the video was trending online.
2 She checked the source of the suspicious video.
3 She got in touch with the biologist behind the video.
4 She looked up other videos of red-lipped batfish.
5 She tried to find out who made the video.
b True or false?
1 Misinformation and disinformation can both be dangerous.
2 Misinformation is always about medical things.
3 Disinformation is generated by AI.
4 Misinformation is spread by people who believe it is true.
5 Disinformation is spread on purpose to trick people.
c What does “fishy” mean? Find it in the text to check its meaning.
1 official
2 reliable
3 suspicious
4 trending
Follow-up Task
Choose one or both of the following extra reading/listening assignments.
a 1 Read and/or watch the information about the people who start or spread false stories.
2 Try to find examples of real people who do these things. Do you know of any joker, scammer, misleading politician, conspiracy theorist, or insider?
b Can you see if images are real or AI? Or if news stories are fake or fact? Test yourself and take one or more quizzes here.
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