Esm Unit 1 Introduction To Social Media

Unit1:IntroductiontoSocialMedia
SocialmediaisaverycommonphraseusedtodescribeakindofactivityinEnglish.Whatdoesitmean?Whatissocial
media?Takeamomentandwritedownadefinitioninyourownwords.Yourdefinitionshouldbe23sentences.
Nowthatyouhaveadefinitionforwhatyouthinksocialmediameans,worktogetherwithapartnertocompare
ideas.Spendafewminutesanddiscussthesimilaritiesanddifferencesofyourdefinitions.
Staywithyourpartnerandworktogethertomakealistofallthesocialmediasitesyouhaveused.Thinkaboutanysites
youhaveusedinCanadaorinyourowncountry.Listthembelow:
OverviewofSocialMediaSites
Duringthisclasswewillbelookingataspecificgroupofsocialmediasites.ThesearethemostpopularsitesinCanada
sotheymaybethesameordifferentfromsitesinyourcountry.Weusethesesitesallthetime,butwemaynotknow
verymuchabouttheirhistory.

1.1ResearchAssignment
Eachgroupisresponsibleforresearchingandteachingtheclassaboutadifferentsocialmediasite.Yourteacherwill
assignthegrouptheirsitesfromthefollowinglist:
Facebook
Tumblr
Twitter
Instagram
LinkedIn
Blogger
Inyourgroupsyoumusttrytofindinterestinginformationaboutyoursocialmediasiteandpresentittotheclass.You
maywanttodivideyourgroupmembersuptoeachresearchtheanswerforonequestion.Youdontneedtotellthe
classeverydetailaboutyoursite,buttrytoanswerimportantquestionsaboutit.Forexample:
Whocreatedthissite?Whoare/werethey?
Whatwasthesiteoriginallydesignedtodo?Hasitchangeditspurpose?
Wheredidthecompanyoriginate?Isitstillthere?
Whenwasthesitecreated?Howfastdiditgrow?
Arethereanyotherinterestingfactsaboutthehistoryofthissite?
Fillintheinformationforyoursiteonthenextsetofpagesasyouareresearching.

Arethereanyotherinterestingfactsaboutthehistoryofthissite?

Post
UpdateInformation
Are there any other interesting facts about the history of this site?

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Publish Close

Whatsgoingon?
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Shareyourinformation
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Title:
Nowaseachgrouppresentstheirsocialmediasiteinformation,fillintheinformationonthechart.
Aftereachgrouphaspresented,takeafewminuteswithanewgrouptodiscusswhatyoufoundinterestingaboutthis
activity:
Whatdidyoulearnaboutthesesites?
Whatnewlanguagedidyoulearnduringyourresearch?
Haveyouusedallofthesesitesbefore?Whichones?
1.2VocabularyExercise
TheInternethaschangedourlivesinmanywaysandoneofthemostnotablechangesislanguage.Somepeoplesay
thatEnglishfortheinternetisawholenewlanguageandinmanywaysthisistruebecausethelanguageisspecificto
certainsituations,sitesandpurposes.Infutureunitswewilllearnvocabularythatisspecifictoeachsite,butfornow
letslookatsomelanguagethatisgenerallyusedontheInternet.
Trytomatchthevocabularyontheleftwiththecorrectdefinitionontheright:
Answer Vocabulary Definitions
1. Noob A.Apersonwhospendsalotoftimepostingnegativecommentsonline
2. Leetspeak B.Apageorgroupofpagesthatcanbeeditedincollaborationwithothers
3. Post C.Anaudioorvideorecordingthatcanbedownloadedtouseonlineoroffline
4. Alert D.Asubscriptionservicethatnotifiesyouwhenablogorsitehasbeenupdated
5. RSS E.Usingpeoplefromoutsidetheorganizationtocreateorimprovecontent
6. Avatar F.Sitesthatallowyoutoconnectwithnewpeopletosocialize
7. Troll G.Asavedsearchthatwillinformyouwhenkeywordsappearonline
8. Cyberspace H.Anewcomer,someoneinexperienced
9. Crowdsourcing I.Adiscussionareathatallowsaconversationtocontinuewithatimelimit
10. Forum J.Anotherwordfortheinternetorworldwideweb
11. Podcast K.Agraphicimagethatrepresentsapersononline
12. Socialnetworking L.Apieceofwritingonasocialmediasite
13. Thread M.Astrandofconversationwithinasocialmediasite
14. Wiki N.AnalternativelanguageforonlineEnglish
1.3Leetspeak
LeetspeakwastheoriginalInternetlanguage.Itwasusedbygamersandhackerstocommunicateincodesonoobs
wouldntbeabletounderstandtheirconversations.Thelanguageusesnumbersandsymbolstorepresentlettersin
Englishbecausetheyhaveasimilarshapetotheletters.Nowthatweknowwhatleetspeakmeans,letstrytofigureit
outinpractice.Herearethreewordswritteninleetspeak;worktogetherwithapartnertotryandfigureouttheir
meaninginEnglish.Writeyouranswerintheboxbesidetheword.
1. /\/\0/\/3';'
2. /=\_//\/
3. 3/\/(,1]5//
Ihopeyouhadfuntryingtofigurethatout,nowhereisthedictionary.Lookthroughitandcheckyouranswers!
LeetspeakDictionary
A=4 B=8 C=( D=/) E=3
F=/= G=(, H=// I=] J=_/
K=/< L=1 M=/\/\ N=/\/ O=0
P=/> Q=0_ R=/2 S=5 T=7
U=\_/ V=\/ W=\/\/ X=>< Y=';'
Z=2
DoyouseehoweachsymbolornumberlookslikeanEnglishletter?Nowitsyourturntotryandwriteamessagein
leetspeak.Usethespacebelowtowriteathreewordphrasetoyourpartnerinleetspeak,thenswitchplacesandtryto
decipherthemessageandwriteyouranswerbelowtheleetmessage.
LeetspeakMessage:
PartnersTranslation:

1.4SummarizingSocialMedia
Inasmallgroup,discussthedifferenttopicsyouhavelearnedinthischapter.Askandanswerthefollowingquestions:
1. Whichofthesocialmediasiteswehavediscusseddoyoualreadyuse?Whichsiteswouldyouliketouseinthe
future?
2. Whatdoyouthinkaboutleetspeak?Howisitinterestingoruseful?DoesitmakeyoulookatEnglishinanew
way?How?
3. Whichvocabularywordsdoyouthinkaremostuseful?Why?
Nowthatyouhavetakensometimetothinkaboutsocialmediaingeneralandunderstandtheopinionsofyour
classmates,trytosummarizeyourfeelings.
Writeasummaryintotheboxbelowofwhatyouhavelearnedfromthisfirstunit.Thinkaboutthedifferentsocial
mediasites,vocabularyandleetspeakwehavediscussedandsummarizewhatyougainedfromstudyingthisunit.Your
summarymustbeexactly65wordslong.Thisisachancetoseehowwellyoucanwritewithastrictlimitwhichwillbe
importantinfutureactivities.

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