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=CAE Page 6= Here is a little quiz to see how much you know about the Use of English paper. Answer true or false for each question: Do this little quiz before you start his week's work:

Imagine how life would be different if you couldn't read. Make a note of some of the basic problems the illiterate face everyday.

Now think about how reading may change in the future: Watch this video and see what you think. Can you magine yourself reading in this way? media type="youtube" key="pv2wC9zU524" height="385" width="480"

**What about the history of reading? Look at the events below and put them into chronological order:**
a Literacy rates grew and grew b Printing was done by hand using woodblocks c Thousands of books were produced d Animal skins were used for writing e The ebook was invented f The machine called ‘the printing press’ was invented g People wrote on material called ‘papyrus’ h People used clay tablets to write on i Paper was invented

Here are some more links for those of you interested in this topic. You can add your ideas to the discussion thread for this page:

 * Ereaders:**

http://www.apple.com/ipad/ipad-video/ (video)

http://www.sony.co.uk/hub/reader-ebook

[] http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8036436.stm (video)


 * The development of reading:**

http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/topics/Papyrus http://en.citizendium.org/wiki/Printing_press http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/sacredtexts/podsusanwhitfield.html http://www.historyguide.org/intellect/press.html


 * Paper versus ebooks:**

[|http://hubpages.com/hub/Ebooks-vs-paperbacks-The-Pros]
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