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A new way to socialize

Many parents use computers every day for work, social, and entertainment purposes, and may have their own Facebook account. But many parents may have trouble understanding their children’s need to be constantly connected through social media.

Hanging out at the mall may still be a popular activity for teens, but hanging out on social networking websites has become a major way for teens to build social relationships. Through social media, teens are developing a sense of who they are and where they fit into their community and the world.

Benefits

Teens use social media to stay connected with their friends, meet new friends, share photos, play games, blog, do homework, and promote causes they believe in.

A study in 2011 revealed that teens use social media in a positive way to

· connect with people with shared interests

· learn about people with varied backgrounds

· enhance their creativity by sharing musical and artistic projects

· expand their ideas by creating blogs, videos, and podcasts

· collaborate on school projects outside of class

· raise money for charity

· volunteer for local charitable and political events

Negative effects

Despite the many benefits of social media use, parents may be more familiar with the negative effects, especially if one’s information source is media news reports. Some of the negative effects associated with teens’ social media use include

· cyberbullying and online harassment

· sexting

· “Facebook depression”

· lower school grades

Social Media Vocabulary: Facebook

Please listen to the audio files

http://www.highlevellistening.com/social-media-english-facebook-vocabulary-part-1/

And answer the questions to each of the five audio files.

Newsfeed	Does she think it a bad habit to grab your phone as soon as you wake up? Does she click on the links before to like them? Does he watch much video on FB? Does he reply to messages?
Get into a bad habit	У меня появилась плохая привычка проверять телефон, как только встаю утром.
Unlock (turn on) my phone	Утром я просыпаюсь и сразу включаю телефон.
Check FB notifications	Я проверяю уведомления в телефоне 10 раз в день.
Scroll down my news feed	Мне нравится просматривать ленту новостей в автобусе по пути в школу.
Grab my phone	Обычно я сразу хватаю телефон, когда слышу какой-нибудь сигнал.
Reply to messages	Я никогда не отвечаю на сообщения моей бывшей подруги.
Likes	Is she an avid liker? What pages does he usually like?
Page	Тебе нравится эта страница вконтакте?
followers	Сколько у тебя подписчиков?
Avid liker	Она ставит лайки на все подряд.
Click on the link	Кликни эту ссылку и прочитай новости.
Scroll down the page	Пролистай страничку вниз и увидишь новое видео Киркорова.
Click like button	Когда я вижу фото с тиграми, я всегда ставлю лайк.
Pop up first in the newsfeed	Интересные мне темы появляются вверху ленты новостей.
Pictures/ Tagging/ Selfies	Is he a selfie-taker? How many percent do pictures take on FB?
Hang out	На всех фото он отдыхает с друзьями.
awesome	Вконтакте классный сайт.
Selfie-taker	Я не очень люблю делать селфи.
Live streaming	What information do people usually stream live? Is it interesting to read other people’s comments?
New feature	Прямые трансляции — это новая фишка на FB.
Be on the up	Делать успехи, прогрессировать
broadcast
Stream content live	Музыканты делают прямую трансляцию своих концертов.
On the top	Прямая трансляция появляется вверху страницы
Comments underneath
Leave a comment	Вы можете оставить комментарии под видео.
Top stories
Add me/ Send me	Is FB useful for keeping up relations with people?
Stay in touch with somebody	Благодаря вконтакте я поддерживаю связь с одноклассниками.
Accept friend request	Я боюсь, она никогда не примет твой запрос в друзья.
Send a private message on FB	Отправь мне фото в личном сообщении на фейсбук.

Notes from the Audio Files

News Feed

· I’ve gotten into a bad habit: I’ve started doing something bad for me

· I get on Facebook: I look at Facebook

· Check my notifications: Look at any new likes, comments or birthday reminders

· Scroll down: Look down the page, using your finger or mouse

· Selfies: Pictures of yourself

· Links: URLs to other websites

· Videos automatically play: The video plays without you touching anything, or without pressing the ‘play button’

How to use it:
“The more I scroll through my news feed, the more I realize I need to get some actual work done.”

“Nowadays the most popular Facebook stories go the top of my news feed, it’s hard to miss the news.”

Likes

· Verb: I clicked the like button. “I liked it on Facebook” “I liked most of your posts on Facebook”

· Noun: “I have a lot of likes on Facebook.” “That picture got thousands of likes!”

· Opened up a page: Start a new page

· Followers: People who sign up to follow and see new posts from you instantly

· Avid likers: People who like every post they see

· Scrolling down the page: Looking down the page, using your finger on the screen or mouse

How to use it:
“Well, I had liked his page, but I stopped following it, because he posted about 15 times a day.”

“One guy I know posted a rant on Facebook and it ended up getting about 5,000 likes and got shared around quite a lot.”

Pictures: Tag, Post, Take a Selfie

· Hanging out: Spending time with your friends

· Check in: Post where you are on Facebook, (usually airports, landmarks, restaurants or stadiums)

· Take a selfie: Take a picture of yourself

· Tag your friend in it: Post on Facebook who you are with

· A selfie-taker: A person who enjoys taking selfies

· Open my facebook: Start or click on Facebook

· Auto-tag: Automatically tag someone using face-recognition technology

How to use it:
“Come take a selfie with me! No, I won’t post that one it looks awful. Don’t tag me in that!”

“Could you tag me in those pictures when you post them on Facebook? I want to show my family the view from the mountain.”

Live Streaming

· Features: Different functions and uses of Facebook

· On the app: On the application on your phone

· Film yourself: Record yourself

· Broadcast it: Share the video live to the world

· Streaming content live: Showing the video live

· The comments (section): At the bottom of the page, where you can write comments about the broadcast

· Leave a comment: Post or write a comment

· The cast: Short for ‘Broadcast’

· Shoot to the top: Go to the very top, very quickly

· Going live: Starting the broadcast (instead of just posting a recorded video)

· Top stories: A feature where Facebook chooses the highest trending and most popular posts, so you see them first.

How to use it:
“I don’t really live stream anything, my life doesn’t seem that interesting.”

“I was in the food court at a mall once and searched for people live streaming nearby. This lady was broadcasting herself eating her lunch. I looked up and she was sitting at the table across from me!”

Add Me On Facebook

· Stay in touch: keep in contact, talk often

· Accept that friend request: Allow someone to see your full social media profile

· Platform: social media website, or app

· Private message: a message only two of you can see and use

· Post it on my wall: Write a message on my front page or public profile page

· App: ‘Application’

How to use it:
“It was so good to see you! Are we friends on facebook? I’ll add you right now!”

“Yeah add me on Facebook! Search for my name, and I’m the one taking the selfie with a samurai. You’ll find me.”

MAKE A STORY USING THE PHRASES

You can start, then ask a question to the student, he answers and asks you a question. Go on in the same way.

To get on Facebook	To click LIKE button	To film yourself
To check my notifications	To like somebody’s page	To stream sth live (to live stream sth)
To scroll down my news feed	To follow somebody’s page	To leave comments
To click the link	To share sth on VK	To send private message to sb
To take a selfie	To tag sb in the picture	To post sth on my wall
To add sb on VK/ FB	To search for sb on VK/ FB	To accept friend’s request