Facebook and social

networking
Objectives
Speak about Facebook and social networking
Read for main ideas and for details
Learn new vocabulary
Practice writing a blog
 Do you know the woman’s name?

How old do you think she is?

What do you think she is doing?

Look at this numbers and try to guess how they refer to the woman’s life?

102 4, 962 56,000

Were you right?
Ivy Bean from Bradford in the north of England became
Facebook’s oldest known user at the age of 102 in 2008. She
quickly started making friends and became an online celebrity.
When she maxed out her 5000 friend count on Facebook Ms.
Bean joined the Twitter website and continued her social
networking. At the time of her death in July 2010, she had
4,962 friends on Facebook and more than 56,000 followers
(including the Prime Minister’s wife) on Twitter. Ms. Bean’s
last tweet was July 6 2010. It read, “Going to have my lunch
now, will be back later.’’
Let’s discuss
Are you an active social networks user?

How many social media accounts do you have?

Which social network is your favourite? Why?

  
 

How often do you check your social media accounts?

Quiz “Are you a social media
addict?”
Key:

0<Not an addict<10

11<Moderate user<50

51<Obsessed user<100

101<Addicted user<200
Reading
“ The popularity of Social Networks”
What do you think the article will say about why social networking websites are popular?
Check (✓ ) your answer.

❑ because people like to connect with each other

❑ the websites are free to use

❑ because people enjoy using computers

After reading
1. Which social networking sites are popular with your friends? Are
they popular because of any of the reasons mentioned in Reading ?

2. Do you think that social networking sites are a good way

to communicate with friends? Why? Why not?

3. Think of a popular trend in technology. What is it?

Are you a part of that trend? Why or why not?
 Social networking game
1. Write a short blog post about your experiences of social 3. Go around and read other people’s blog posts. Add a short
networking: what you’ve used, what you’ve learned, and what comment at the bottom. Try to be positive, but at the same
you’d recommend. If you have never tried social networking, time try to bring in some new ideas if you can. Make sure you
you could explain why. If you have had a bad experience, you include your name.
could describe that. Be quick – you’ve only got five minutes.
But make sure other people will be able to read your
handwriting.

2. Make sure you’ve included a name for your blog (e.g. Kim’s 4. Monitor your own blog, so you can respond to other
Blog) and a title for the blog post (e.g. What I learned through people’s comments, as well as the Social Network site,
social networking). Display your blog post somewhere in the to thank people for their recommendations, and other
classroom, for example on a wall or a desk. blogs you have commented on.
Reflection

What did you learn in this lesson?

Have you understood what was discussed in the

lesson? If not, which parts do you need to be
explained further?
Homework
Write a paragraph about the advantages and disadvantages of using social
media. Your paragraph must contain the following elements:
 
• a topic sentence to introduce both aspects (advantages and disadvantages)
 
• arguments to support each aspect
 
• examples to illustrate your arguments
 
• a concluding sentence or restatement to end your paragraph