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课件网) Unit 4 Information Technology Lead-in What is the list about 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Top 10 Hot apps this week 10 icons Unit 4 Lesson 2 Apps 北京市育才学校 叶琨毓 2021.12 Activate and Share What is an app application A software or a program designed to do a particular job Activate and Share What apps do you often use What do you use them for E.g. I often use the app … to … Activate and Share What apps do you often use What do you use them for E.g. I often use the app … to … to book tickets to book accommodation to order food to find directions to learn a language to check the weather to look for popular restaurants to subscribe to newspapers and magazines If you subscribe to a magazine or a newspaper, you pay to receive copies of it regularly. a place for someone to stay, live, or work Questions: Why are apps so popular What are the difficulties in developing an app What are the latest technologies used in apps Pre-listening to become powerful to be useful to make life easier to solve real-world problems to enjoy learning activities to find what people need to use the latest technology VR (Virtual Reality) AR (Augmented Reality) MR (Mixed Reality) An interview with an app developer Predict the answers to the questions. Skill Builder P12 Listening for Key Words Listening for key words helps you understand the conversation better and find the answers to questions more quickly. Before listening, read the questions carefully. While listening, pay attention to the words related to the questions. While-listening Questions: Why are apps so popular What are the difficulties in developing an app What are the latest technologies used in apps An interview with an app developer Listen to check our predictions and write down the answers. Answers: 1. Why are apps so popular 2. What are the difficulties in developing an app 3. What are the latest technologies used in apps While-listening Because apps are very useful, and they make our life much easier. Finding out what people need and solving real-world problems. VR, AR and MR. While-listening Listen again. Complete the information. While-listening call for taxis find directions to different places Check the answers. While-listening Some apps allow students to choose their online teachers and subjects according to their personal interests and needs. They also ensure that students can all enjoy the same learning materials, even when they’re not sitting in the same classroom together. Check the answers. While-listening finding out what people need solving real-world problems Check the answers. Post-listening Summarize the information of exercise 2&3. functions of apps difficulties in developing an app the latest technologies reasons for apps’ popularity uses of educational apps What have we learned about apps Post-listening Reorganize the information into three groups: app developers, apps, and users. Users App developers functions: difficulties: ... ...