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Background information
Background information
Students' level: Intermediate
Students' age: 16-17 years old
Topic: Social media
Time alloted: 80 minutes
Number of students: 20
Activation (5')
Activation (5')
Focus: to activate students' prior knowledge and to connect the lexical items with their personal experiences.
Pattern of interaction: Whole-class discussion
Brief description: The teacher will ask students to mention the Apps they use daily. They will have to mention how frequent they use the social media app, what for, and its main purpose. The teacher will write on the Bb 5 apps students use the most.
Comprehension and Clarification (25')
Comprehension and Clarification (25')
The students will be presented with this text (a) in which they will read about the dos and don'ts when using social media. After that, they will have to complete some personal questions, some of which were discussed during the activation.
The teacher will then present some advantages and disadvantages of using social platforms and students will have to discuss and decide the answers: https://www.liveworksheets.com/w/en/english-second-language-esl/187742
Image of the text a.
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What social media do you use?
2. What do you use social media for?
3. On a given day, how many hours do you spend on social media?
4. Do you think you are addicted to social media?
Application (40')
Application (40')
Focus: Writing, Reading.
Pattern of interaction: Groups of 4 students.
Brief description: Students will have to create their a mind map using Cacoo, choose 1 app they like, and summarize its main characteristics and the dos and don'ts of that social network.
End of the lesson (10')
End of the lesson (10')
Students will share their mind maps among the groups and find differences and similarities between the different apps.
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