Activity 8. Briefly characterize each stage of globalization.
POST-READING
Activity 9. Explain why they are called like computer programs (1.0, 2.0, 3.0).
Activity 10. Summarize the text using the table in Activity 5 and completing the sentence: The text highlights … in terms of their…
Activity 11. What do you think of the author’s approach to globalization? Do you agree with it? Why/not?
Activity 12. Do you think there will be Globalization 4.0 stage? Why/not? If yes, how do you picture it? Characterize it in terms of time, scale, etc. filling in the table below.
Globalization stage
Time
Scale
Geogr. spread
Agent of change
Factors
Globalization 4.0
TEXT 3. DIGITAL DIVIDE Compiled by B.Jolamanova (http://vecam.org/article549.html; http://www.lyakhov.kz/iguide/06/stats_kz.shtml; http://gsf.inesnet.ru/?p=248)
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PRE-READING
Activity 1. What are the threats of IT development? Make a list and present it to the class. Then read the text and add to your list.
The term "digital divide" is relatively new. It came into the regular usage in the mid-1990s. The term was first used by the UN ICT Task Force, created after the 2003 Summit in Geneva (Camacho, 2006). Digital divide means the difference in access to ICTs between developed and developing countries as well as difference in access inside each country between different groups according to social status, education, age, race, language and gender (Wikipedia, 2008). This term implies disparity in access to technology, in resources and skills needed to use the latest achievements in IT.