Media and Technology
Aligned to the AQA 8652 specification
- Level
- Intermediate
- Reading time
- 6 min
- Published
- 11 July 2026
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Key takeaways
- Name the technology: le portable (mobile phone), l'ordinateur (computer), les réseaux sociaux (social networks), une appli (an app).
- Say what you can and must do with pouvoir and devoir + infinitive: je peux télécharger (I can download), on doit protéger ses données (one must protect one's data).
- Structure a for-and-against answer with un avantage, c'est que… and un inconvénient, c'est que…
- Use grâce à (thanks to) for benefits and par contre / cependant (however) to introduce the downside.
- Les réseaux sociaux is masculine plural; the phone is le portable or le téléphone portable.
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Key terms
- les réseaux sociaux
- Social media / social networks: a masculine plural noun, e.g. je passe trop de temps sur les réseaux sociaux.
- pouvoir + infinitif
- The modal verb meaning can / to be able to, followed by an infinitive, e.g. je peux télécharger une appli.
- un inconvénient
- A disadvantage or drawback, the opposite of un avantage, e.g. un inconvénient des portables, c'est le harcèlement en ligne.
Frequently asked questions
Name each side clearly: un avantage, c'est que… (an advantage is that…) and un inconvénient, c'est que… (a disadvantage is that…). Link them with cependant or par contre (however).
Use the modal verbs pouvoir and devoir plus an infinitive: je peux discuter en ligne (I can chat online) and on doit protéger ses données (one must protect one's data).
Social media / social networks is les réseaux sociaux, a masculine plural noun. A single app is une appli or une application, and to download is télécharger.
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