Practice activity 7.2: Choosing relevant ideas

Here are some ideas that a candidate has brainstormed in order to answer the question. Which of them are not relevant to the topic? Write R next to the ideas you think are relevant and I next to the ideas you think are irrelevant.

• MP3 players and mobile phones can cause health problems
• Being rude or polite depends on upbringing, not technology
• Personal devices are getting smaller and more portable
• People don't listen to each other, use devices during conversations
• There have always been rude people in the world
• Devices used in 'quiet' places like cinemas and classrooms
• Parents shouldn't allow young children to have mobile phones