Instructions
Do the preparation task first. Then watch the video and do the exercises. Remember you can read the transcript at any time.
Transcript
Courtney: In Year 7 I used to, like, love filters, like, all the time but now I don't use filters at all.
Leo: If you're posting a selfie of yourself and it's a nor... a normal selfie, a normal selfie, then that's fine.
Spencer: See, I'm not really a type of guy to use filters when it comes to my photos or ... My captions are the one.
Lucy: I feel like, you can always think about how you present yourself online, what you post, what you're posting about.
Dominique: I feel like society has, like, made us, like, think that this is what we're supposed to look like in a photo, and that this is, like, the pose that we have to put.
Courtney: Or the filters as well ...
Dominique: Yeah.
Courtney: … that make people, like, want to, like, take more photos because 'Oh, I like this filter because it's so good, it makes me look … covers all my spots.' Like, why can't you just be yourself and be natural?
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Which speaker(s) do you agree and disagree with? Do you think selfies are just harmless fun, or could they have a negative effect on society?
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