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THEME 4 COMING SOON

FUNCTIONS
F1 Making predictions
12 GRADE F2 Expressing degrees of certainty and uncertainty
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F3 Receiving instructions about cyber games
1 The Futurist

The aim of this activity is to have students make predictions on specific topics. It is a kind of group survey
activity in which students are asked to tell their predictions for the future giving supporting ideas. At the
end of the activity, students will be able to obtain the data related to future predictions.

Materials and Preparation
The survey sheet on page 83
The teacher hands out a copy of the survey sheet. Alternatively, the teacher could display it on the
interactive whiteboard.

Procedure
1 Put students into groups of four or five, depending on the size of the class.
2 Elicit the survey in which there are future prediction statements. Then, ask the groups to agree or
disagree with the statements given and negotiate them to reach a majority decision. Tell them that
they might jot down some notes to defend their predictions if they wish.
3 When the groups have finished their decision-making process, ask them to report the results of their
surveys.

E.g.
We think that traffic will be more crowded because the population of the world is increasing day by
day. This means that the world will be more crowded and there will be more traffic congestion in
the future.

4 Finally, the teacher presents the data results and reports the general tendency about future
predictions.

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