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Social issues: cyber-bullying
Vocabulary
A. Complete the sentences below using the words in the box. Use a dictionary ifnecessary.
1. We have taken a zero ____________________ approach to the use of drugs. We want
to banish them from our city forever!
2. We need to concentrate on creating a safe ____________________ for learning.
3. ____________________usually involves children using their strength or position to hurt or
frighten smaller or weaker children.
4. I don’t know what to do about this problem – I think I need some ____________________
from an expert.
5. We have presented a set of ____________________ in this report to help teachers to
deal with problem students.
6. Children with special ____________________ needs are given special attention by
teachers who are trained to understand their problems.
7. ____________________is a medical condition in which a person feels very sad or
anxious.
8. ____________________ is caused by pressure or worry in everyday life.
9. These days it is very difficult to monitor the ____________________ between school
children as much of it is done via new technologies.
10. There are students with ____________________ who cannot enter the new building
because of architectural barriers like steps and narrow doorways.
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guidance guidelines bullying interaction
stress depression educational environment
tolerance disabilities
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Reading
A. Match words from column A and column B to make common collocations. Thenread the article to check your answers.
New guidance to meet school cyber-bullying worries
The Welsh government has issued new guidelines on how to deal with cyber-bullying inschools. More and more youngsters are using smartphones and social networks. This adviceis aimed at protecting both teachers and pupils.Anna Brychan, director of head teachers’ union NAHT Cymru said: “It is getting harder andharder to monitor children’s interaction with each other because of the dizzying speed of
developments in new technologies and social networking sites. Children are almost alwaysquicker to catch on than the adults around them. Parents as well as schools need to developbetter antennae in dealing with this. We hope this new guidance will help.”Published on Monday, the guidelines document; ‘Respecting Others’ focuses on five formsof bullying where discrimination against others is involved.These are:
• Bullying related to race, religion and culture• Bullying related to special educational needs and disabilities• Homophobic bullying• Sexist bullying
• Cyber-bullyingThe guidance offers practical advice on preventing and responding to incidents of bullyingin schools so teachers can develop strategies for dealing with it. It focuses on the risks andbenefits of chat rooms and gaming.
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2. new
3. zero
4. safe
5. building
6. smart
a. blocks
b. environment
c. technologies
d. networks
e. phones
f. tolerance
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Director of children’s charity Kidscape, Claude Knights, said cyber-bullying was affectingmore young people every day. She said: “This guidance is truly comprehensive as it exploresthe major forms of bullying in a practical manner.” She believes that a zero toleranceapproach to bullying in any form is important if we are serious about creating a safeenvironment for both pupils and staff. According to Knights, “Learning is most effective ina bully-free environment, and this new guidance provides sound building blocks for bully-proofing schools and other organisations.”
Case study of bullying from a head teacher
One of my staff members was recently the victim of cyber-bullying - some of the learnerscreated a website about them which contained nasty comments and accusations. As a directresult the member of staff suffered from depression and stress, and was actively planning toleave the school. I can honestly say that the episode nearly destroyed this man.
According to the Education Minister, Leighton Andrews, the new guidance should take intoaccount the advance in new technologies and the important role they play in the lives ofmost young people. He says that schools should understand how devices like smart phonesand accounts on digital media sites like Facebook and Twitter can be abused to bullyboth teachers and pupils. He also reminds us that we are living in the 21st Century wheretechnology is an important and ever-present part of our lives. And this is precisely why theguidelines are being published.
B. Decide whether these statements are true or false.
1. The new guidelines are also designed to protect teachers.2. The speed with which new technologies are developing makes it more difficult to
monitor interaction between children.3. Adults are quicker at learning about new technologies than children.4. The new guidelines only address cyber-bullying.5. The new guidelines offer information about the positive side of chat rooms and online
gaming as well as the negative side.6. People learn better when they feel safe.
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C. Write the adjectives. Use a dictionary if necessary.
B. Write the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the rst.
1. Some of the students left the course because of the bullying.
As a result…
2. They say that there is no bullying in the office, but I have evidence to show that this
is not true.
Even though…3. The reason that we want to learn about social networking sites is to monitor the
children’s interaction.
We want to learn about social networking sites in…
4. The meeting was suspended because of the low attendance.
Owing…
5. In spite of the fact that we have a zero tolerance approach to drugs, there is still a
problem. Although…
6. There is a lack of control in the classroom. Consequently there are incidents involving
bullying.
Due…
7. Some bullies use physical strength to intimidate their victims, but others use their
positions of power.
While…8. He suffered from stress because of pressure at work.
As a….
C. Rewrite these sentences using the words in brackets.
A. We wanted to create a safe environment so we began a campaign. (because)B. The problem was so complicated that we didn’t know what to do about it. (such)C. It was such a comprehensive set of guidelines that everyone knew what to do. (so)D. We had a meeting about the student concerned in order to solve the behavior
problem. (so that)
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E. The bullying was not dealt with. Consequently, children suffered. (Due to the fact)F. We managed to get most of the students to follow the new guidelines, but some
students refused to cooperate. (Despite)G. Whereas some students are not affected by cyberbullying, others come across it
constantly. (however)H. We organized a day of events to raise money for the school’s special needs
department. (in order)
D. Correct the mistakes in these sentences.
1. In spite of he was frightened, he stood up to the bully.
2. I often use the internet. I don’t use chatlines, although.
3. Althought there are a few minor problems, the environment is quite safe.
4. It was a so complicated situation that we did nothing about it.
5. The bully was such strong that it was difficult to deal with him.
6. We launched a campaign for to raise people’s awareness of homophobia in our city.
7. As a consequently of the report we are going to implement a new set of guidelines.
8. However we are concerned about cyberbullying, it is not the main problem at the
moment.
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‘There is more violence in today’s society than there was in the past.’ Discuss thisstatement.
A
You only have to turn on the TV to hear about wars, terrorism or murders. Every year more men kill their wives or girl friends. On top of that we hear about bullying
in schools and in the workplace. And so it seems that this is new violence and thatthings are much worse now than they were in the past.
B
In recent years there have been wars constantly. What is (1) _________, the warfaretechnology we have now is much more efficient and able to kill more people.There have been recent wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and massacres in Africa. (2)_________ terrorism also seems to have increased, especially since the September
11th attacks on the Twin Towers.
C
In (3) _________ to this, there are cases of bullying and of people abusing theirposition of power. Sexist violence seems to be getting worse and not a day goes bywithout a news report of a man killing his partner. Child abuse seems to be on theincrease (4) _________ with disturbing cases being discovered at schools and athome. There are also more cases of children disappearing; sometimes never to be
heard of again.
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only Moreover actually Furthermore even
Although addition However more too
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(5) _________, there have always been wars. The first and second world wars killedmillions of people. Hitler killed six million people in gas chambers. Colonialismwiped out whole societies in parts of Africa, Asia and South America. If they had hadtoday’s technology then, they would probably have killed millions more.
E
It is also true that in the past, not (6) _________ were lots of cases of child abuse andsexist violence not reported, in some cases they were (7) _________ tolerated. Bullyingwas not given any attention; it was accepted as being part of life and we were told tostand up for ourselves or look out!
F
Another aspect to take into account is today’s media. Because of the internet and newsblogs we get to see wars and terrorism first hand. (8) _________, we hear about menkilling their wives, children disappearing and bombs going off almost as soon as ithappens. This information overload of bad news makes it seem as though there is moreof it than there was in the past.
G
(9) _________ there is a lot of violence in the world, there is (10) _________ probably
no more than there was in the past. There has always been war, terrorism and abuse.However, the effect of the media makes it seem as though there is more. The reality isthat there is probably no more, but there is certainly not less.
B. Read the essay again and complete the plan with the words in the box.
domestic media Disagree violence
Conclusion Agree Introduction mean
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‘Bullying existed in the past, exists today, and will continue to exist in the future.’Discuss this statement.
1. Make a plan similar to the one above. First decide how you are going to organize your information and how many paragraphs you need.
2. Make notes about the information you want to include in each paragraph.3. Write your essay. Use some of the linking words and expressions from exercise A.
Write 120 – 150 words.
Para A
Paras B & C
Paras D, E & F
Para G
(1) __________________
(3) ________ with statement.
(5) _______ with statement.
(7) ___________________
Explain why someone might make this statement –
what do they (2) ______?
Modern wars, terrorism, (4) ________ violence,
bullying.
Wars in the past, domestic violence in the past, the
role of the (6) _________.
There isn’t more (8) ______, but there isn’t less either.
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We might think that bullies are quite different from the victims of bullying. But those whobecome either a bully or a victim actually share similar outlooks and have similar difficultiesdealing with their environments. There is, however, one significant risk factor for bullying.
Researchers reviewed and analyzed 153 studies and found that both victims and bullieshave poor problem-solving skills within social situations. They also found that boys bully more
than girls but here’s a significant point: Those who do poorly in school are at a higher riskof becoming a bully. The research was published this week in the journal School PsychologyQuarterly.
Typical bullies have negative attitudes toward others, feel badly about themselves, andmost likely grew up in a home with conflict. Victims share much of same, negative attitude,conflict in the family. But the dividing characteristic: bullies disl ike school and tend to perform worse academicallythan those who later become victims.
Most current solutions try to enforce anti-bul lying rules or simply remove the bully from bullyingsituations. The authors note, however, that the most successful intervention is three-pronged.They suggest simultaneously targeting the areas that may be influencing the potential bullyor victim in the first place: the parents, the peers and the schools.