This document discusses issues related to roommates and privacy. It asks questions about the reader's living situation, annoying habits of themselves or others, and habits they find most annoying in roommates. It then provides information on surveillance and privacy in South Korea, including rankings on internet freedom and press freedom. It notes the large number of government CCTV cameras and asks how this information makes the reader feel and why. Finally, it provides discussion questions and listening exercises related to surveillance technology and opinions on the topic.

1. Unit 2 (1) - issues

2. Roommates (from the Unit 1 podcast)
1. Do you live in the dorm now? If so, which one?
If not, where do you live? Do you live by yourself, or
with friends or family, or in a boarding house?
2. Do you have any annoying habits? What are they?
- Do you think your roommates/housemates are
annoyed by them? (If you don’t live in the dorm or a
boarding house, talk about your family.)
3. What habits or qualities in a roommate would you find
the most annoying (generally speaking)? Why?
- What about your roommates/housemates? Do they
have any of these annoying habits? (If you don’t live
in the dorm or a boarding house, talk about your family.)

3. Surveillance & Privacy
1. True (Articles 17 & 18), but Article 37 allows for curtailing
rights “when necessary for national security, the maintenance
of law and order or for public welfare.”
2. All three – KT (Olleh), SKT & LG Uplus
3. Freedom House ranked Korea’s internet and press freedoms
as ‘partly free’ (scores 36 & 34/100 – 0 is the best; 100 the worst; 30 or
above is ‘free’) – only 13% of the world’s population enjoys a
‘free’ press;
- Internet freedom: Most free: Estonia & Iceland (6); Least free: China (88)
- Press freedom: Most free: Norway (8); Least free: North Korea &
Turkmenistan (98)
4. More than 1,030,000 government CCTV cameras in 2018
5. True
How does this information make you feel? Why?

4.  p. 23, 1A – discuss [number plate = (car) license plate]
 1B – match the meanings with the phrases in the photo
 1C – discuss
 2A – Listen to two people discussing surveillance
technology - do they like it or dislike it?
 2B – Listen again and fill in the chart
Giving opinions, agreeing and disagreeing
 Look at p. 130, #2.3 – which agreeing & disagreeing
expressions are the strongest? The weakest?
 P. 23, 2D – discuss the opinions in 2B– do you agree or
disagree? Why? Use the phrases from the Language
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