University of El Hadj-Lakhder -Batna-

Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

Department :COMMON CORE (TRON COMMUN )

First Year Classes

Text:
Social media is a tool that is becoming quite popular these days because of its user-
friendly features. Its platforms like Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and more are giving people
a chance to connect with each other across distances. In other words, the whole world is at our
fingertips all thanks to social media. All this makes you wonder that something so powerful
and with such a massive reach cannot be all good. Like how there are always two sides to a
coin, the same goes for social media.

When we look at the positive aspect of social media, we find numerous advantages. The
most important being a great device for education. All the information one requires is just a
click away. Students can educate themselves on various topics using social media. Moreover,
live lectures are now possible because of social media. You can attend a lecture happening in
America while sitting in India

Despite having such unique advantages, social media is considered to be one of the
most harmful elements of society. If the use of social media is not monitored, it can lead to
grave consequences. It is harmful because it invades your privacy like never before. The
oversharing happening on social media makes children a target for predators and hackers. It
also leads to cyberbullying which affects any person significantly.

In short, surely social media has both advantages and disadvantages. But, it all
depends on the user at the end. The youth must particularly create a balance between their
academic performances, physical activities, and social media.

Adapted from: https://www.toppr.com/guides/essays/essay-on-social-media/

Questions:

1. Circle the letter which corresponds to the right answer.

 The text is: a. descriptive b. Expository c. Prescriptive

2. Say whether the following sentences are true or false.

a. Social media give people the opportunity to communicate with each other even
from distant countries.
b. According to the strength and spread of social media, it is always positive and
does not contain negative aspects.
c. Social media and its platforms are detrimental because they violate people
privacy.
d. Children in particular should not balance their personal lives with other activities
and use social media in an unbalanced manner.

3. Answer the following questions according to the passage.

a. What do social media allow for people?
b. From the positive side, how do social mediahelp the student in education?
c. Why is social media harmful for children?
4. Fill in the blanks with the following words (each word has to be used once).
Worldwide, Aware, Effects, Enjoyable, Social media, Changes.
The modern way of keeping in touch with people we know and being …………..of
current is through …………….. The demand for social media has grown ……….
……, and it has brought some significant …………. in our lives. Even though the
…….…… of social media are debatable, but one thing that everyone would agree that
social media is certainly …………... .

5. Suggest an adequate title to the text other than “social media”.