Social networking/Social media 1 - reading, listening, vocabulary

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In this LessonUp:

• Reading comprehension ("Think before you act online")
• Listening comprehension
• Vocabulary building
  

Reading comprehension

On the next slide, read the text "Think before you act online."

Be ready to answer true/false questions about the text.

True or False?
1. James Miller did not think before he wrote
a post and so he lost his job.

1. True
2. False

True or False?
2. His boss apologised for giving James work
that wasn't very interesting.

1. True
2. False

True or False?
3. Cathy's birthday party ended in disaster because her parents went out that evening.

1. True
2. False

True or False?
4. A study from last year shows a lot of teens had problems because of their behaviour on the web.

1. True
2. False

True or False?
5. The writer of the article thinks that you can't make everybody happy with your posts.

1. True
2. False

True or False?
6. He says that before writing a post you should think of reactions you might get.

1. True
2. False

True or False?
7. He thinks that we need to be as friendly
online as we are in real life.

1. True
2. False

True or False?
8. He says that posting things when you're
unhappy is a good way to feel better.

1. True
2. False

Vocabulary building

Social networking / Social media

Do the drag and drop exercises on the next two slides.

Match the phrases with the definitions.

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Answer the questions on

the following slides with

full sentences.

Which social media platforms
do you use the most?

What kinds of things do you usually post
on those social media platforms?
How often do you post something?

Which social media platform do you think will disappear in the next few years? Why?

Listening practice

We are going to listen to an audio fragment.

For the first exercise, answer the following questions:

1.  What’s Hannah’s dad trying to do?

2.  What mistake has he made?

For the second exercise, decide whether the

sentences are correct or incorrect, based on what you heard.

1. What’s Hannah’s dad trying to do?
2. What mistake has he made?

On the next slide, decide whether
the sentences are correct or incorrect, based on what you heard in the audio fragment.

Use a check if the sentence is correct.

Use a cross if the sentence is incorrect.

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