6C Ten things you probably didn’t know about YouTube! Student A Ten things you probably didn’t know about YouTube! Read the information about YouTube. You have some details missing from your text. Ask your partner questions using the hints in brackets to find out the missing information and write this in the gaps. 1 YouTube is the world’s most popular video-sharing website, on which users can . (What do?) 2 YouTube was founded by Steve Chen, Jawed Karim and Chad Hurley, when they were in their twenties. 3 YouTube was launched on . (When?) 4 The first YouTube video was called Me at the zoo, and shows Jawed Karim at the San Diego Zoo. 5 YouTube’s slogan is . (What?) 6 YouTube is available in 34 languages. 7 In November 2006, Google Inc. bought YouTube for . (How much?) 8 YouTube is the third most visited website on the Internet, after Google and Facebook. 9 People watch videos a day on YouTube. (How many?) 10 Thirty-five hours of new video are uploaded to the YouTube site every minute. ✂ Student B Ten things you probably didn’t know about YouTube! Read the information about YouTube. You have some details missing from your text. Ask your partner questions using the hints in brackets to find out the missing information and write this in the gaps. 1 YouTube is the world’s most popular video-sharing website, on which users can upload, share, and view videos. 2 YouTube was founded by Steve Chen, Jawed Karim and Chad Hurley, when they were . (How old?) 3 YouTube was launched on 14th February 2005. 4 The first YouTube video was called and shows Jawed Karim at the San Diego Zoo. (Video name?) 5 YouTube’s slogan is ‘Broadcast yourself’. 6 YouTube is available in languages. (How many?) 7 In November 2006, Google Inc. bought YouTube for $1.65 billion. 8 YouTube is the third most visited website on the Internet, after and . (Which websites?) 9 People watch 2 billion videos a day on YouTube. 10 hours of new video are uploaded to the YouTube site every minute. (How many?) ✂ Discussion questions 1 Which information from above did you find most surprising or interesting? 2 How often do you view videos on YouTube? What types of videos do you usually watch? 3 Have you ever uploaded a video to YouTube? 4 For what different reasons do you think people might upload videos to YouTube? Solutions 2nd edition Pre-Intermediate © OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS • PHOTOCOPIABLE 6C YouTube! Aims To give practice in forming questions and exchanging information about a popular website. To give students the opportunity to voice their opinions and talk about experiences and habits. Time 15 minutes Materials Student A handout for half the class and Student B for the rest; discussion questions for pairs • As a warmer, in pairs, students discuss which websites they use the most and why, and which they think are the most visited. • Give Student A handout to half the class and Student B handout to the rest. Explain that they are going to read some information about the popular site YouTube and ask a partner questions to find out missing details. • The text contains some lexis which may be new, e.g. to share something on a website, a user, to view a video, to found a company, to launch a website, a slogan, to broadcast, and to visit a website. You may like to get students to work together with someone who has the same text version, to prepare the questions, using the hints to help. SUGGESTED QUESTIONS 1 What can users do on YouTube? 2 How old were Steve Chen, Jawed Karim, and Chad Hurley when they founded YouTube? 3 When was YouTube launched? 4 What was the name of the first YouTube video? 5 What’s YouTube’s slogan? 6 How many languages is YouTube available in? 7 How much did Google Inc. buy YouTube for? 8 Which two websites are more visited that YouTube? 9 How many videos a day do people watch on YouTube? 10 How many hours of new video are uploaded to the YouTube site every minute? • Put the class into A/B pairs and tell them to ask and answer their prepared questions and fill the gaps in their text. Remind them not to show their partner their text. • Working in pairs, students answer the discussion questions. Solutions 2nd edition Pre-Intermediate © OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS.