New Media
Reading: New Media
Digital Habits Across Generations
https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/sites/podcasts/files/LearnEnglish-Reading- B1-Digital-habits-across-generations.pdf
Source:
Pre-reading discussion:
Do your grandparents use digital media? How?
- Miss out:
- Constantly:
- Addiction:
Vocabulary for Reading:
To leave out.
Without variation, deviation, or change.
A compulsive, chronic, physiological or psychological need for a habit-forming substance, behavior, or activity having harmful physical, psychological, or social effects and typically causing well-defined symptoms (such as anxiety, irritability, tremors, or nausea) upon withdrawal or abstinence.
- Ironically:
- Emergency:
- Adopter:
Vocabulary for Reading:
Relating to, containing, or constituting irony.
To take by choice into a relationship.
An unforeseen combination of circumstances or the resulting state that calls for immediate action.
- Cut off:
To bring to an untimely end.
Reading: New Media
A Brief History of Social Media
https://www.thoughtco.com/social-networking-sites-reading-comprehension-12 11999
Source:
Pre-reading discussion:
Do you have social media accounts?
Is social media «social» ?
- Social network:
- Ring a bell:
- Interact:
A network of individuals (such as friends, acquaintances, and coworkers) connected by interpersonal relationships.
To sound familiar.
To act upon one another.
Using, involving, or encompassing several media.
- Multimedia:
Vocabulary for Reading:
- Contribute:
- Browse:
- Coding:
To give or supply in common with others.
To access (a network) by means of a browser.
Instructions for a computer (as within a piece of software).
Vocabulary for Reading:
- Blog:
A website that contains online personal reflections, comments, and often hyperlinks, videos, and photographs provided by the writer.
- Platform:
- Comment on:
- Content:
The computer architecture and equipment using a particular operating system.
A note explaining, illustrating, or criticizing the meaning of a writing.
The principal substance (such as written matter, illustrations, or music) offered by a website.
Vocabulary for Reading:
- App:
An application designed for a mobile device (such as a smartphone).
Listening: New Media
Source: «Why Social Media is Reimagining Our Future?”
https://www.ted.com/talks/bryan_kramer_why_social_media_is_reimagining_our_future
Discussion about the listening:
What is the main point of the speech?
Do you agree or disagree with the speaker? Why?
Speaking: New Media
Subject: Is it socializing or isolating?
Support your ideas by using examples.
In Class Exercise: Class Debate on Social Media (with two groups)
You have 20 minutes to develop ideas as a group.
