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MULTITASKING X MONOTASKING



1. Are you a multitasker or a monotasker?

2. Does it affect your life? If yes, how?

3. Do you always finish what you start?

4. Could monotasking be more effective than multitasking? Why? Why not? 

5. What are the pros and cons of multitasking/monotasking?

6. What are the multitasking skills?

7. What are the monotasking skills?

8. What is a good example of multitasking?

9. What is a good example of monotasking?

10. Is multitasking a learned skill or you're born with it?

 Forget multitasking, try monotasking 

People don't just cook anymore — they're cooking, texting, talking on the phone, watching YouTube and uploading photos of the awesome meal they've just made. Designer Paolo Cardini questions the efficiency of our multitasking world and makes the case for — gasp — "monotasking."

Paolo Cardini is a product designer who asks serious questions about how we live — and answers them with whimsical and playful designs.  

Why you should listen

Paolo Cardini likes asking some important questions about the way we live, like: Does multitasking actually help us become more efficient? How far will social networking go? Who are the players in the myriad conflicts in the Arab world? What is the next frontier in product development?

Cardini is currently an MFA Design Assistant Professor at Virginia Commonwealth University in Qatar.


⮞  Vocabulary from the text above:

Myriad - a very large number of something

Eg.: We have a myriad of choices.

Gasp - to take a short, quick breath through the mouth, especially because of surprise, pain, or shock:

Eg.: When she saw the money hidden in the box she gasped in surprise.


A. Before listening to this TED Talk, choose the correct verbs to complete the audio transcript. The verb consider, push and downgrade can be used 2 times: 



0:11 I'm a designer and an educator. I'm a multitasking person, and I __________ my students to ____________ through a very creative, multitasking design process. But how efficient is, really, this multitasking?

0:28 Let's ____________________ for a while the option of monotasking. A couple of examples. ________ at that. This is my multitasking activity result. (Laughter) So ________________ to cook, _____________________ the phone, __________________ SMS, and maybe ____________ some pictures about this awesome barbecue.

0:51 So someone _____________ us the story about supertaskers, so this two percent of people who are able to _________________ multitasking environment. But what about ourselves, and what about our reality? When's the last time you really _______________ just the voice of your friend? So this is a project I'm ________________ on, and this is a series of front covers to ______________ our super, hyper — (Laughter) (Applause) to _________________ our super, hyper-mobile phones into the essence of their function.

1:36 Another example: _____________ you ever ______ to Venice? How beautiful it is to __________ ourselves in these little streets on the island. But our multitasking reality is pretty different, and full of tons of information. So what about something like that to __________________ our sense of adventure?

2:00 I ____________ that it ____________ sound pretty weird to ______________ about mono when the number of possibilities is so huge, but I ____________ you to ____________ the option of _________________ on just one task, or maybe ________________ your digital senses totally off.

2:22 So nowadays, everyone could produce his mono product. Why not? So _____________ your monotask spot within the multitasking world. Thank you. (Applause)




B. Write the past simple and past participle of the verbs above:

Eg.:

consider – considered – considered

fly – flew – flown

find – found – found

 

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