Are you addicted to your smartphone? 6 Minute English

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Are you a phubber? Do you suffer from FOMO? These are words associated with smartphone addiction. 6 Minute English describes these words and discusses what can be done to help you put your phone down.
See the transcript and download the programme here: www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/...
𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝟔 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐭𝐞 𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐞𝐩𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐬:
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𝐕𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐛𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐲
𝐅𝐎𝐌𝐎
(acronym) Fear of Missing Out
𝐩𝐡𝐮𝐛𝐛𝐞𝐫
person who ignores the real people around them because they are concentrating on their phones
𝐚𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 (𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠)
having a physical or mental need to keep on doing something
𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐮𝐥𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐲
unable to stop doing something again and again
𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐨𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡
stay in contact with
𝐢𝐧 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧
actually meeting someone face-to-face
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[@louisapham7267]

- FOMO: Fear Of Missing Out - a phubber: a person who ignore real people around because of their concentration on their phone. - compulsively: do sth in a way that you cannot control because you’re addicted to it. - keep in touch: to contact someone - do sth yourself: to do sth in person This video is really helpful for me. I can learn English everyday by listening to this kind of video and write down new words I’ve learnt. Hope my English is not too bad =))

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I am addicted to BBC learning English channel, I am an BBC fanatic :)

[@gilbertho5940]

same here :3

[@omarlashin1252]

did it helped you to improve your english?

[@nafise1614]

I couldn't agree any more

[@thanhtrucnguyen8521]

Exactly what I want to say~

[@miguelmelo8735]

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[@Gouthami2190]

A newbie and for an hour was totally involved in BBC LE.I got confidence that I will get desired band if I keep effort and also use this app in proper way in my daily practice session.

[@joshua8345]

Seriously,..... BBC Learning English is helping me a lot to improve myself... Here after I'm not gonna be a Phubber in front of others😇

[@softy250]

Positive: The use of the Smartphone brings many negative things, however it also brings good aspects such as: greater learning, saving time, tools in the workplace, applications to measure and improve the physical and mental state of people and even their use is greater by the pandemic suffers by using it as a means of work and student communication. Positive Opinion: It is good that some of the applications have a usage time timer, even some applications make them unusable so that they cannot be accessed with the excuse of doing maintenance on their applications, to prevent their users from having problems with physical and mental health and greater connection with their environment (friends or family), since they know how much time each user spends in an application and this is very alarming.

[@abdirahmanmohamedaidiid2427]

i sold my expensive iphone and bought small smartphone which has limited features and i installed only whatsapp thats really helped me to focus on my study and fitness my sleep routine is fixed , world with move with you or without you so you better keep focusing on something will give you permament satisfaction in you future

[@pedroesm8006]

I am addicted to listening music almost all day and to watch on youtube the videos from bbc learning english.

[@jayamohan9988]

I am really addicted to BBC learning English and l am happy to know from Catherine that this addiction is good.

[@LakhwinderSingh-zw2kb]

My search for videos on youtube ends here...so informative..Thx BBC .. 👍

[@thoduyen2010]

Kudos to BBC as always.

[@anfisaignatova]

So interesting topic! And a really nice video! Thx! ❤

[@srgreg2294]

Thanks for subtitles

[@user-sb8il5kl9w]

It's cool to learn English with important knowledge about our actual lives. Thanks!

[@summaiyaansari]

Amazing...Thanks guys!!

[@romanroman367]

Guays thanks to all who create such beautiful short video material. It very helpful for me to develop my listening skills. God bless you

[@paulagoncalves9251]

Very good video! Thanks!!!

[@softy250]

My Opinion: I agree that many of the people are addicted to the smartphone since they cannot live without it, although smartphones help many people with daily life or solve human needs, it can also cause some diseases for that reason. recommends not to use the cell phone before sleeping as it prevents falling asleep, in the same way not to use the cell phone from the time they get up as it distracts from the things that have to be done at the beginning of the day. (In my case I am not addicted to the mobile phone; however I spend too much time with the cell phone for tasks, messages and entertainment).

[@buraktrkn10]

what a amazing video. it has been determined which is my new healthy problem

[@dramatv937]

Thanks for amazing video , because I learn a lot of new things by watching this video

[@Swerchok]

I’m particularly addicted to my phone, KZbin is the reason. The most of the videos whith I usually look just for fun. But some programs are really helpfull and interesting like this. Thanks❤

[@larissadzudie4735]

Best English program ever

[@user-ok2yx2tq4j]

You are wonderful people

[@user-qc2rx4lk9e]

I'm a fan of watching BBC learning English channel and I'm really addicted to it. I think it's just coming handy for me!

[@giangta2542]

Thanks to this video.

[@thanhpham-kx4se]

Excellent !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@akritibk5605]

thank you so much bbc learning english .

[@tuongngoc8234]

I am using my smartphone to listen to this video 😀😀😀

[@LakhwinderSingh-zw2kb]

She said we are getting so involved in our mobile phone that we don't realise the time passing..and when we finally look up..we realise that may be an hour has gone..I must say that ..I find that to be true to me.. especially when I watch online videos..they pull you in with more and more videos..and I have spend ages in watching video after video 👍

[@sweettsweett1388]

Thank you.

[@saibaba1334]

Loved❤❤❤❤❤❤ it

[@med6389]

That's why i started to changing and reading books. I really was damaging my health especially my eyes but now I'm okay, I can spend my day without SMRT phone.

[@amalmohammad2244]

I wish i can do that also👍

[@hangiuquy5879]

good job man!

[@Hey_atta]

I am addicted to learning English.

[@janetvarghese759]

My Fav always..❤️

[@albinsopaj]

When Catherine gave her first quiz question answer she said b)2000, but later she changed it to c)2005 and Neil didn't notice it.

[@bbclearningenglish]

Hi Albin! That's very well noticed! Well done! However, in Catherine's defence, she does say 'I think I said 2005' - so clearly she thought wrong. She must have been too busy paying attention to her phone. Thanks for your comment.

[@user-qn6of9nw4e]

But it wasn't Neil,it was Rob)

[@WajidKhanSir]

Very informative video

[@azamatkarimov1361]

Admitedly,I absessed with watching this program.Thanks very much:)

[@muhammadayubmashrabov7177]

There's everything that I need in BBC..

[@iurypham]

New words: 1. FOMO ( fear of missing out) 2. Phubber 3. Compulsively

[@bahodirgapparov1088]

You're best of the best 🙌

[@pintuadhikary1261]

I have just heard BBC learning english . So interesting

[@khurshidagaybullaeva1317]

Well, I am not so addicted to my phone, but I can not stop myself watching you tube videos especially BBC videos

[@martinkawaii7992]

smartphones and internet give us a lot of opportunities. it helps us to learn something, talk to our friends and find out important news. I spend a lot of time on my iphone too, but I try to do something useful in it. we should try to spend our time properly.

[@dipikakakati6988]

I'm an BBC Learning English Channel's lover all time

[@funnyclub3677]

I'm so exciting to learn english throught the best chaine on youtube bbc learning english. I like it so much, it makes me happy , because I don't study english in high school, I speak tree languages , I have one question ? What can I do for improving my english quickly like native speaker ?

[@julioabbadie9828]

Interesting video and content with updated vocab and usage good work ! Julio teacher

[@bbclearningenglish]

Thank you! 😃

[@shirazsh6519]

Very important ..vedeo

[@muhammadalameen8247]

Thank you BBC ....😊 go ahead ...so beneficial ✌ . By the way ...I'm addicted to my phone 😁

[@Wtronixful]

Watching this in my smartphone...😂

[@biagiapo18]

Hahaha.....you are such a great team,, you are so naturally amusing and entertaining that you often make us even forget how professional you are and how much of a hard work you are doing there for our huge benefit! Way to go! Wanna be "addicted to" bbc learning English and I d love to congratulate with you..."in person"! :) THANK YOU!! sincerely

[@bbclearningenglish]

Thanks so much for your comments. It has made our day!

[@pretender_423]

You are amazing! I have a suggestion: "This vs that" and "talking about holiday/vacation". Thanks and have a nice day :)

[@bbclearningenglish]

Thanks for your ideas. We'll certainly pass them on to the guys who make the English in a Minute videos.

[@nureddingamernrceferov8399]

Cool

[@nurdawwletaaa3254]

thanks from Moinak, Aral sea

[@esingerenli892]

Why Catherine never knows the answers to the questions :)

[@lyuyen7256]

Bbc learning english is my drug :))

[@ThuyNguyen-rl8rp]

Talk about addicted to the smartphone, which has begun 1997. And today, many people addicted its. The survey intended people- 18 years old who spend more time for smartphone so that they watched video, played games,... This increased mental and physical health which was dangerous. To keep from your phone, people must spend more time to community in person. In conversation, there are many vocabulary as: Fomo, phubber, addicted,.. Which you note to help you put your phone down.

[@ThuyNguyen-rl8rp]

I am studying English, so please people can help me to fix mistakes in my summary. Thank you very much.

[@me-fm4lt]

That's a really nice video to learn English 😃👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@bbclearningenglish]

Thank you! 😃

[@me-fm4lt]

My pleasure 🤗

[@datpham1995]

that's exactly mentions my problem, i meant i sticked with my phone all the time especially in this covid-time, i kept scolling facebook or instagram conpulsively.

[@mileycassandra8743]

What does is mean " logging off"?.Please answer my qyuestion.BTW, Your channel is awesome and very handy for m english.Thanks so much!!!

[@bbclearningenglish]

Thanks for your comments. 'Logging off' often refers to switching off your internet or email connection - but sometimes we use it informally to say we're switching off from work - time to have fun. Hope that helps!

[@user-dm1du2sq1i]

I guess that smartphones are good for education or getting some interesting really important information or news. We should use this invention mindfully and don’t waste our precious time sitting on the phone the whole day. Sure, smartphones make addictive, maybe not themselves, but social media we installed on it;) anyway we should be careful and consume it with moderate portions.

[@miranmajidov8097]

Smart phones are very cool,and interesting!!!

[@user-sf4ko2qk5l]

I’m 64years old and addicted to this program.*\(^o^)/* Love❤️from🇯🇵

[@emansamir1890]

If I want to be a fluent English speaker , how many hours should I listen to English materials per the day?

[@blasnavarretearaujo-pv2vu]

YES, informatics Is what lead us WW these days, but Is up to us not to forguive other aspects in LIFE AND YES avoid compulsivity please.

[@PankajKumar-lc1nq]

At the end "you can also visit our social media pages ironically people will take too long time to absorb 😂

[@Gouthami2190]

hi everyone I was told by my local IELTS trainer to check BBC news, I dint give much importance to it and wrote my exam and got less bands as I am not good in English and in every session listening 5.5, reading 6.5,speaking 6,and writing 5 I got less marks and now am here finally as in two weeks I have exam and listening to this videos I am unable to catch few words, kindly anyone who are addicted in BBC learning English please write in comments the vocabulary they say it at the end as I am unaware of few words and I search it by typing a wrong spelling and can't find it! mention in comments please!!

[@brendamartinez6955]

👏🏻👏🏻💯

[@giovannadantas868]

It is a important topic to disscuss, but today the people need to use smartphone to work, to study and other things and not only for entreteriment

[@centaur8511]

Haha, I always keep watching you.

[@hieuquang4243]

Need transcript

[@rascalboy8899]

The smart phones are cool. 😊

[@omarnoor894]

please could show how we can get the BBC learning English app for android

[@bbclearningenglish]

Hi Omar, We do not currently have a BBC Learning English app. If this changes, we will let everyone know. Thank you for your comment.

[@breadiotic]

Transcript Note: This is not a word for word transcript Rob Hello, welcome to 6 Minute English. I'm Rob. Catherine And I'm Catherine. Rob So, Catherine, how long do you spend on your smartphone? Catherine My smartphone? Not that long really, only about 18 or 19 hours. Rob No, sorry, I meant in a day, not in a week. Catherine Er, that's what I meant too, Rob - a day. Rob Oh wow, so you’ve even got it right here… Catherine …yep, got it now, Rob. Yes, I should tell you that I suffer from FOMO. Rob FOMO? Catherine FOMO - Fear of Missing Out. Something cool or interesting might be happening somewhere, Rob, and I want to be sure I catch it, so I have to keep checking my phone, to make sure, you know, I don’t miss out on anything. Rob So we could call you a phubber… Hello… I said, so you’re a phubber? Someone who ignores other people because you’d rather look at your phone. Catherine Oh, yeah, that's right. Rob It sounds like you have a bit of a problem there, Catherine. But you’re not the only one. According to one recent survey, half of teenagers in the USA feel like they are addicted to their mobile phones. If you are addicted to something, you have a physical or mental need to keep on doing it. You can’t stop doing it. You often hear about people being addicted to drugs or alcohol, but you can be addicted to other things too, like mobile phones. So, Catherine, do you think you’re addicted to your phone? How long could you go without it? Catherine? Catherine! Catherine Sorry, Rob, yes, well I think if I went more than a minute, I'd probably get sort of sweaty palms and I think I'd start feeling a bit panicky. Rob Oh dear! Well, if I can distract you for a few minutes, can we look at this topic in more detail please? Let's start with a quiz question first though. In what year did the term ‘smartphone’ first appear in print? Was it: a) 1995 b) 2000 c) 2005 What do you think? Catherine OK, you've got my full attention now, Rob, and I think it’s 2000, but actually can I just have a quick look on my phone to check the answer? Rob No, no, that would be cheating - for you - maybe not for the listeners. Catherine Spoilsport. Rob Right, Jean Twenge is a psychologist who has written about the damage she feels smartphones are doing to society. She has written that smartphones have probably led to an increase in mental health problems for teenagers. We’re going to hear from her now, speaking to the BBC. What does she say is one of the dangers of using our phones? Jean Twenge, psychologist and author I think everybody’s had that experience of reading their news feed too much, compulsively checking your phone if you’re waiting for a text or getting really into social media then kind of, looking up and realising that an hour has passed. Rob So what danger does she mention? Catherine Well, she said that we can get so involved in our phones that we don’t notice the time passing and when we finally look up, we realise that maybe an hour has gone. And I must say, I find that to be true for me, especially when I'm watching videos online. They pull you in with more and more videos and I’ve spent ages just getting lost in video after video. Rob Well that's not a problem if you're looking at our KZbin site, of course - there's lots to see there. Catherine Yes, BBC Learning English, no problem. You can watch as many as you like. Rob Well, she talks about checking our phones compulsively. If you do something compulsively you can’t really control it - it’s a feature of being addicted to something, you feel you have to do it again and again. Some tech companies, though, are now looking at building in timers to apps which will warn us when we have spent too long on them. Does Jean Twenge think this will be a good idea? Jean Twenge, psychologist and author It might mean that people look at social media less frequently and that they do what it really should be used for, which is to keep in touch with people but then put it away and go see some of those people in person or give them a phone call. Rob So, does she think it’s a good idea? Catherine Well, she doesn’t say so directly, but we can guess from her answer that she does, because she says these timers will make people spend more time in face-to-face interaction, which a lot of people think would be a good thing. Rob Yes, she said we should be using it for keeping in touch with people - which means contacting people, communicating with them and also encouraging us to do that communication in person. If you do something in person then you physically do it - you go somewhere yourself or see someone yourself, you don’t do it online or through your smartphone, which nicely brings us back to our quiz question. When was the term smartphone first used in print - 1995, 2000 or 2005? What did you say, Catherine? Catherine I think I said 2005, without looking it up on my phone, Rob! Rob That's good to know, but maybe looking at your phone would have helped because the answer was 1995. But well done to anybody who did know that. Catherine Or well done to anyone who looked it up on their phone and got the right answer. Rob Mmm, right, before logging off let’s review today’s vocabulary. Catherine OK, we had FOMO, an acronym that means 'Fear of Missing Out'. Something that I get quite a lot. Rob And that makes you also a phubber - people who ignore the real people around them because they are concentrating on their phones. Catherine Yes, I do think I’m probably addicted to my phone. I have a psychological and physical need to have it. My smartphone is my drug. Rob Wow, and you look at it compulsively. You can’t stop looking at it, you do it again and again, don't you? Catherine It's sadly true, Rob. To keep in touch with someone is to contact them and share your news regularly. Rob And if you do that yourself by actually meeting them, then you are doing it in person. And that brings us to the end of today’s programme. Don’t forget you can find us on the usual social media platforms - Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and KZbin - and on our website at bbclearningenglish.com. Bye for now. Catherine Bye!

[@ricardosanchez3174]

I think that I'm addicted to BBC Learning English.

[@bbclearningenglish]

That's great to hear!

[@applekim4373]

I am using to

[@joyyyy777]

I also was addicted to my smartphone but I can say that I'm not addicted now. I read books or study or learn a foreign language or go jogging instead using my smartphone too much.

[@miguelalonsogranja-to4bx]

"Turn it off. It's hard for young people now, because they're hooked. They're addicted. If you don't think you're addicted, from the highest to the lowest and I'm talking about anyone... see if you can turn it off for a week." Denzel Washington. 🤣🤣

[@marryakhaleel5966]

Every thing got two sides positive and negagive like evil and good, one has to pick what he needs not what he wants!

[@GRIEVOUSDEVIL943]

only motivation

[@maimagdi4489]

I believe that using smartphones is a disaster as it causes one to be isolated from society, moreover, it lessens the attention span and makes the user easily distracted, I have been addicted to using smartphones for a long time that's why it's recommended to define specific periods To use mobiles at and stay away from social media apps.

[@sscakashvani]

hey i have a suggestion u should show the words on slide so that we could become familier to the spelling

[@bbclearningenglish]

Hi Akash Malik. Thank you for your comment. You'll find the key words and phrases and the transcript here: www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/6-minute-english/ep-180712

[@hoathoang5052]

A phubber. Phubbing is ruining our ability to hold a full conversation / compromising our ability to be attentive , either to our environment or to each other

[@tunghoang2869]

Someone can explain this sentence "That will take away some of the pleasure of driving" in this video. Thanks a lot. And "pleasure of driving " mean ?

[@navjotsingh7297]

We use phone to keep in touch with friends and family because we have FOMO due to which we compulsively use phone which make us phubber.

[@user-qs2fx7yl1u]

I'm was addicted to phone,and stopped it yesterday

[@gavharbekyolbarsov5281]

I am addicted to playing video games

[@user-um3nh5mu5n]

You are gorgeous!

[@sandunthilina4978]

I'm addicted to English language since I got a smart phone

[@fer_bar.76]

Yes I addict to Smartphone, I'll leave right now 😢!

[@dolmena]

What does the BBC abbreviation mean?

[@corinaijac4381]

What's the difference beetwen smartphone and i'phone? A smartphone can have abo to satelite and so you can be found in the desert...

[@adrienpoinot761]

Really good video

[@dunghuynhtien7153]

Excuse me, Is the word that is a synonym with repeatedly "composedly'"? I didn't really get that 😨

[@dunghuynhtien7153]

Oh compulsively!!

[@bbclearningenglish]

That's right!

[@quynhanhlee1010]

I use smartphone almost the day

[@aalsvoice6801]

I am also addicted to bbc channel

[@jakkrapatk]

It's not a good thing to spend that long hours on your smartphones; checking your phones compulsively, getting distracted by super-engaging contents. That means you're addicted to your smartphone so called smartphone addiction. You suffer from FOMO - you don't want to miss out anything going on such as on social media. You just keep checking your phone a lot more. You should kick the habit of a phubber - you ignore other people because you'd rather look at your phone. We're tribal animal, so face-to-face interaction is very important, please keep in touch with other people, especially your family, your friends. As we all know smartphones have the pros and cons, I'd call the smartphone is one of the great inventions, cool inventions in the 21st century. Thank you!

[@bbclearningenglish]

Hello Jakkrapat - you have understood the discussion well. Your summary is great and you have a good grasp of English. Smartphones are an amazing invention, we just have to be careful how we use them.

[@jakkrapatk]

BBC Learning English BBC is a big helping hand. I follow 6 minute English program every week. This is the main method of learning English. Thank you for real English, authentic listening practice!

[@amanchahal874]

Can you do speaking pratice with me coz I want to improve my English as well as remove habit of hesitation

[@quynhanhlee1010]

Do sth in person : do it yourself

[@amanielawad6446]

Hi Thank you for your great job but ihave comment . Please try to write down the vocab to know the spelling of wards.

[@madusenanayaka1115]

Im also addicted BBC 6min

[@BilanQorane]

I addicted my mobile phone like Catherine whole the day I scrolling down Facebook and Instagram Is my sentence construction right??

[@mr.frankenstein1549]

My eyesight is being lost because of my mobile.