Lesson 6

Social Hermits

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Warm up

What do you think of a hermit?

A hermit is a person who lives in seclusion from

society.

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Warm Up

What is seclusion?
It is the act of secluding, i.e. shutting out or keeping apart
from society, or the state of being secluded, or a place that
facilitates it .

When do people tend to seclude themselves?

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Warm up

Do you agree or disagree?

Why?
1. My schedule is busier than ever these
days.
2. I couldn't live without email.
3. I couldn't live without social
networking sites like Facebook and
Twitter.
4. Friendships are less important these
days.
5. Friendships are not very deep these
days.

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Picture Description
Social Hermits: Describe and Discuss
What do you think of the following?

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Picture Description
Social Hermits: Describe and Discuss
What do you think of the following?

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Vocabulary Exercise
Matching Type

1. instant A. a person who refuses to leave the house and has only seen
daylight on nature programs
messages B. a person who prefers not to associate with others.
2. superficial C. to stay close by making a call or writing
3. rare D. s an online platform that allows users to create a public
4. colleague profile and interact with other users on the website.
5. proximity E. a message sent via the Internet that appears on the
6. offer recipient's screen as soon as it is transmitted.
7. stay in contact F. nearness in space, time, or relationship.
8. loner G. existing or occurring at or on the surface.
H. a person with whom one works, especially in a profession
9. social network or business.
sites I. present or proffer (something) for (someone) to accept or
10. social hermits reject as so desired.
J. not occurring very often.

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Reading

Do social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter make people

more social? Or do these sites make people become loners? Of course, social
networking sites let people stay in contact, which is especially helpful in the busy
world of today.
Social networking offers positives. For example, the various sites and
apps help people keep in contact with "proximity friends." These are people who
are or were physically close but not personally close, such as former classmates
and colleagues, parents of the children your kids play with in the neighborhood,
and friends of friends. We might send these people holiday or birthday cards, or
call with congratulations of a wedding or a newborn.
However, face-to-face contact is quite rare. There is the feeling of
contact, but it may be superficial and achieved through emails and instant
messages. The contact might not be deep and rich, even if many people know
more small details about one another.
People "talk" with one another more frequently, but they meet in
person less frequently. So let's return to the original question: Are people
becoming social hermits?

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Comprehension

TRUE or FALSE

1. Proximity friends are close both on social media and personally.

2. Social network sites are beneficial in the business world.
3. Sending invitations is not possible in social media.
4. People nowadays meet in person less frequently.
5. Social networking sites let people stay in contact.

Post Comprehension
1. Have you (or do you) use social networking sites? If yes, talk about the
pluses.
2. Have you (or do you) use social networking sites? If yes, talk about the
minuses.
3. Are people better or worse communicators because of social network sites?
4. What is a social hermit? What images or ideas does this phrase raise?
5. How might social networking sites be used for business or education?
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Speaking Activity

Remember how the fragments were used, and

complete the sentence from the article.
Do social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter make...
For example, the various sites and apps help people...
The contact might not be deep and rich, even if...
So let's return to the original question…

1. What kind of information are you comfortable

displaying to the public?
2. What kind of information are you uncomfortable
displaying to the public?

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Idioms and Collocations

Idioms we might use related to socializing

Matching Exercise
1. move in the same
circles
2. make friends
3. speak the same
language
4. at odds with someone
5. build bridges
A. to socialize with others who have a similar
background, interests or lifestyle.
B. to help opposing parties to cooperate and
understand each other better.
C. form a friendship, foster cordial feelings
D. to have similar opinions or ideas and
understand each other very well.
E. in a state of disagreement

1. What kind of circle do you move in?

2. How do you usually start making friends?
3. Is there anyone whom you are at odds with?
4. Do you always speak the same language with your parents?
5. Have you built bridges for your friends before?
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Speaking Activity

There are many different reasons why people use social networks.
Can you think of any examples of websites which specialize in each
of these areas?

1. Getting in touch with old classmates.

2. Friendship and dating.
3. Professional networking, job hunting and headhunting.
4. Learning foreign languages.
5. Photo sharing and commenting.
6. Self expression.
7. Organizing and sharing things on an online pin board.
8. Connecting with travelers and local communities

Relate each number to your personal experience.

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Phrasal Verbs
scroll down type in boot up pop up
zoom in plug in log out print out

1. I have to wait for my computer to ......... up. It usually takes a couple of

minutes to get it started.
2. I hate it when advertisements just ......... up on my screen when I'm
trying to work.
3. Can you ......... out a receipt for me? I need a hardcopy for my records.
4. Wow! The picture is really big on the screen! Can you zoom ......... a
bit?
5. Don't worry. If you forget to log ........., the online banking system will
do it for you after 15 minutes of inactivity.
6. You have to scroll ......... in order to see the "Next" button that is at
the bottom of the screen.
7. I have to ......... in a lot of information in order to open this account.
My fingers are starting to get tired!
8. I forgot to plug ......... my laptop so it shut down when the battery
pack died.
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Speaking Activity
1. What springs to mind when you hear the term ‘social networking’?
2. Hasn’t social networking been a part of human society for tens of thousands
of years?
3. Are social networking sites for people who aren’t good at meeting people
face to face?
4. Should companies ban their employees from using social networking sites at
work?
5. Have you ever tried to find friends on a social networking site?
6. Do you think your country’s leader has a page on a social networking site?
What do you think it might contain?
7. Should children be allowed to use social networking sites?
8. Would you prefer to meet new people at a party or online?
9. How are social networking sites changing our daily behavior?
10. In what ways are social networking sites dangerous?
11. Are you good at networking face to face?

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Pronunciation
Common Mispronounced Words
1. Don't say: libary | Do say: library
However, weAs mentioned before, English speakers dislike two [r]s in the same
word. have to buck up and pronounce them all
2. Don't say: mawv | Do say: mauve
This word has not moved far enough away from French to assume an English
pronunciation, [mawv], and should still be pronounced [mowv].
3. Don't say: ostensively | Do say: ostensibly
Be sure to keep your suffixes straight on this one.
4. Don't say: pottable | Do say: potable
The adjective meaning "drinkable" rhymes with "floatable" and is not to be confused
with the one that means "capable of being potted.“
5. Don't say: perscription | Do say: prescription
Same as above. It is possible that we simply confuse "pre-" and "per-" since both are
legitimate prefixes.
6. Don't say: prostrate | Do say: prostate
Though a pain in the prostate may leave a man prostrate, the gland contains no [r].
7. Don't say: supposably | Do say: supposedly
Adding -ly to participles is rarely possible, so some people try to avoid it altogether. You
can't avoid it here.
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