Reading: Technology Addiction
Technology addiction is a B1–B2 reading text on one of the most personally relevant contemporary issues. The text covers how digital products are designed for engagement (intermittent rewards, infinite scroll, push notifications, social validation loops), the psychological effects (attention fragmentation, sleep disruption, comparison anxiety, dopamine-driven behaviour), and possible responses (digital detox, app-blocker tools, intentional use). Learners read for design-intent identification, harm-mechanism explanation, and self-protection strategy.
This worksheet builds B1–B2 reading comprehension through a digital-wellbeing text.
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What’s inside:
- A B1–B2 reading text (~500 words) on technology addiction
- Pre-reading vocabulary box with addiction-design and wellbeing terms
- Comprehension items: design-intent finding, harm-mechanism explanation, strategy-identification
- Vocabulary-in-context: behaviour and addiction lexis
- Writing follow-up: describe your own relationship with technology and how it could be healthier
- Full Answer Key plus Teacher Notes
Common challenges: Design-intent reading is the central B2 skill — recognising that platform features are deliberately engineered for engagement, not user wellbeing. Behavioural vocabulary: compulsive, habitual, automatic, reward-driven, dopamine, attention, focus, distraction. Self-protection: digital detox, app limits, screen time, mindful use, intentional consumption.
For: Adult and teenage learners (14+) at CEFR B1 to B2, in intermediate and upper-intermediate classes, 1:1 lessons, or self-study. Maps onto Cambridge B2 First (FCE) Reading. Part of the Technology & Society Readings collection — the natural next step is Artificial Intelligence: Friend or Foe, which extends technology reading into the AI-specific dimension.
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