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LESSON PLAN FOR ENGLISH TEACHERS

CHINA GAMES CRACKDOWN

LinguaHouse
Sep. 2, 2021

Level: Intermediate (B1-B2)
Type of English: General English
Tags: Breaking News; Society and Change; Information Technology (IT); Behavior, Feelings and Emotions; Ethics and Conduct; Entertainment; Article Based
Publication date: 09/02/2021

Students share their own experiences of gaming and define some vocabulary before listening to a short news report describing a recent rule about playing computer games in China. They review and extend vocabulary while reading an article on the same subject and answer some comprehension questions. There is a choice of three final activities to finish the lesson: discussion questions, a roleplay, and a who said it activity. An optional extension task to activate vocabulary from the lesson is also included. (by Stephanie Hirschman)

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AUDIO TRANSCRIPT

Newsreader: China has introduced new rules to limit the time that under-eighteen-year-olds spend playing online games. Under the new rules, young people will only be allowed to play online games for one hour a day, up to a maximum of three hours per week.
In addition, they can only play from eight to nine pm on Fridays, weekends, and holidays. The new rules are a response to concerns about gaming and Internet addiction among young people.
These rules replace an earlier policy, introduced in 2019, when young gamers were allowed to play ninety minutes per day and up to three hours on holidays.
There was also a total ban on under-eighteens playing between ten pm and eight am. In July, Chinese gaming company Tencent started to use face recognition software to prevent children from using adult IDs to play all night.
The new rules also say that gaming companies must make sure that players sign in using their real names rather than online identities.
Companies will be checked to make sure they are following the new rules; if they break the rules, they will be punished. In the future, companies will also have to connect all their games to an anti-addiction system that is under development.

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