Title:
Digital minimalism [literacy]
Author:
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Publication Date:
2021
Publication Information:
London : Penguin Books, 2021.
©2021
Physical Description:
124 pages ; 20 cm.
ISBN:
9780241520796
Abstract:
Penguin Readers is an ELT graded reading series, designed for teenagers and young adults learning English as a foreign language. With carefully adapted text, new illustrations, language practise activities and additional online resources, the Penguin Readers series introduces language learners to bestselling authors and compelling content. Titles include popular classics, exciting contemporary fiction, and thought-provoking non-fiction. Digital Minimalism, a Level 7 Reader, is B2 in the CEFR framework. The longer text is made up of sentences with up to four clauses, introducing future perfect simple, mixed conditionals, past perfect continuous, mixed conditionals, more complex passive forms and modals for deduction in the past. Cal Newport is a professor of Computer Science at Georgetown University in the USA. He has written a number of books on computers and technology. This book is useful for anyone who is worried about the amount of time they are spending online and shows them how to use less technology in their life.
General Note:
"Choosing a focused life in a noisy world"--Cover.
Includes questions, exercises and project work.
Contents:
Technology and the mind -- Digital minimalism -- The digital declutter -- Spend time alone -- Spend time alone: practices -- Don't click "like" -- Don't click "like": practices -- Use your leisure time better -- Use your leisure time better: practices -- Join the attention resistance -- Join the attention resistance: practices (1) -- Join the attention resistance: practices (2).
Language:
English
Audience:
13+ years old.
Lexile Number: 970L
Reader Level: 4 (Green)