Meet Gen Alpha

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What you will learn

- Reading: find the main idea of a text about Gen Alpha's digital habits, and pull out details that answer comprehension questions. - Listening: identify the main topic of a podcast and decide whether statements about it are true or false. - Speaking: express an opinion about digital habits and online trends, and ask other people about theirs. - Language: use the present continuous for what is happening now, for temporary situations, and for arranged future plans. - Writing: write a blog post about a day in the life of a Gen Alpha teen, using the target vocabulary and grammar.

The Generation That Swiped First

Nobody taught Yassin to use a tablet. He was three, the tablet was on the table, and by the time his mother came back he had found the camera and taken forty photographs of the floor. That is the story people tell about Gen Alpha, and it is true as far as it goes. Children born from about 2010 onwards met touchscreens before they met printed words, so the machines feel less like tools and more like furniture. What the story leaves out is the second half. Yassin is thirteen now, and he is the one in his family who insists that phones stay off the table at dinner. He made the rule himself, after a week of counting his own screen time and not enjoying the total. Being a digital native does not mean being helpless in front of a screen. It means the argument about balance starts earlier, and you are old enough to be part of it.