Why do people quit social media Warm-up - How much time do spend a day, browsing social media? - What social networks do you have accounts in? - Whats your favorite social network? Why? - Do you consider yourself to be Internet-addicted? Why?/Why not? 1. Read the arguments and agree or disagree with them. #? You should quit social media because, 1. ... you waste a lot of time that you could spend effectively. .. you focus on somebody's life, but not on yours. you are targeted by the marketers. you don’t pay enough attention to your beloved. you try to copy somebody's lifestyle. you are constantly bragging about something. 2aARWN . Read the sentences, guess the meaning of the words in bold. The factory is shedding a large number of jobs. He showed a propensity for violence. They interviewed employees to gauge their reaction to the changes The dog was frothing at the mouth: She didn't like her job because everything she dealt with was a litany of complaints. His age impaired his chances of finding a new job. The problem had been alluded to briefly in earlier discussions This book was a book written for professionals and laymen alike PNAARWON>AH 3. Match the words with their definitions. . to shed . propensity . to gauge . to froth at the mouth litany . to impair . to allude to » a layman PNAARWNa to damage something or make something worse to produce a lot of saliva . to mention something in an indirect way need that makes you tend to behave in a particular way . a person who does not have expert knowledge of a particular subject to get rid of something that is no longer wanted . to make a judgement about something, especially people's feelings or attitudes enrmooaornh. a long boring account of a series of events, reasons, etc 4. Read the article and answer the following questions. hi materi: m/media/why-you-shi |-quit-social-m What is the connection between social media and eating disorders? How does it influence your abilities to process information? How can social media apps track you? Does social media help strengthen relationships with your beloved? Why do people, spending much time on social media, become self-oriented? How does social media affect your psychological state and working abilities? What is peer pressure and how is it evolved due to social media? NOOMBWNS Speaking Do you agree or disagree with arguments for logging off? Are you a layman about apps or are you quite good at them? Are you ready to shed your social media apps? Do you agree that social media provokes narcissism? Do you notice that social media impair your working abilities? QPONaa 6. Watch the video and answer the questions. https://www. youtube.com/watch?v=yceVW-OuLsg 1.How did she feel after quitting social media? 2,What is social media compared with and why? 3.What are her expectations after quitting social media? 4,How did she feel after quitting social media? 5,How did quitting social media change her life? 6.What advice does she give the viewers? 7. Discuss the questions: 1. Have the facts in the video surprised you? 2. How do you feel after hours of scrolling through social media apps? 3. What social media app are you ready to delete? 4. How much time are you ready to live without social media? 5. Do you agree that quitting social media can improve your life? In which way?# For additional information watch the following videos: https: ibs m/watch?v=ij_xXZAhJP: https:/ m/watch?v=69111AHsT- And read the following articles: http://www. goliath.com/tech/10-r ns-to-quit-social-m: https://pallvi-sharma.medium.com/why-i-quit-social-media-4252bac131ff Task 3 1f, 2d, 39, 4b, 5h, 6a, 7c, 86 Task 4 Possible answers: 1.People who relied most on social media were also more than two times as likely to have eating disorders or body image concerns. 2.Social media in no way prepare people for more intuitive thinking or reasoning. 3.There are a whole litany of apps that use your GPS coordinates while you're not aware, and each one of them ensures that you're “on the grid” at all times. 4.Simply having a cell phone in the room with is enough to impair a couple's ability to make an intimate, emotional connection 5.People’s social behavior on social networks acts of self-promotion and entitlement. 6.It can cause depression. 7. more people feel a certain way about one thing or another, then those people are correct in their feelings—regardless of context. It's basic peer pressure. Task 6 Possible answers: 1.She felt like she was going crazy and constantly glanced at her smartphone to see if she had got any notification. 2.It's just like going to the casino. 3.She hopes her brain will recalibrate and she will get back to a normal social life. Besides she hopes she will become more effective and productive. 4.She felt too bored. 5.She felt much better and had more spare time, she became more concentrated. 6.She advices to delete one social media app to see how it will change your life