Vocabulary
- social media – sotsiaalmeedia
- new media – uus meedia
- device – seade
- smartphone – nutitelefon
- tablet – tahvelarvuti
- computer – arvuti
- laptop – sülearvuti
- log in – sisse logima
- log out – välja logima
- password – salasõna, parool
- username – kasutajanimi
- account – konto
- channel – kanal
- status – staatus
- follower – jälgija
- hashtag – hashtag, teemaviide
- notification – teade, teavitus
- tag – märk; märkima, täägima
- avatar – avatar, profiilipilt
- news feed – uudisvoog
- feed – voog
- share – jagamine; jagama
- like – laik; laikima
- update – uuendus; uuendama
- post – postitus; postitama
- comment – kommentaar; kommenteerima
- emoji – emoji (piltmärk tunnete väljendamiseks)
- smiley – smaili
- IM, instant message – kiirsõnum
- chat – vestlus, tšätt; vestlema, tšättima
- tweet – säutsatus; säutsuma
- network – võrk, võrgustik
- social network – sotsiaalvõrgustik
Let’s Practise!
- Who is your most recent on Instagram?
- I didn’t want to be distracted, so I turned off all the on my phone.
- Do you like it when your friends you in their photos without asking you first?
- Olivia is definitely a fan of the Face with Tears of Joy – she uses it in almost every text!
- Benjamin updated his Facebook an hour ago – he mentioned he was on holiday.
- For safety reasons, never your personal information with strangers.
- If you want to have a strong , make sure it has uppercase letters, numbers and symbols.
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Note
Although table can be found within tablet, it is not part of the target vocabulary (Textbook p. 100) and, thus, does not count here.
- smle
- updt
- hastg
- serame
- smatpone
- nes fed
- soial ntwrk
- soial mda
- istnt mesae
Pairwork
Compare your answers in Exercise 5 with your partner. How many things do you have in common?
Mention the following:
- What do you use social media for?
- Which social media app do you use the most? Why?
- Do you passively scroll through your feed, or do you actively comment on different posts?
- How often do you update your status or post something?
- Have you ever done a digital detox[annotation: A digital detox is a period of time when you stop using your smartphone, computer, etc.]? If so, for how long?
Go Online
Find out about the following:
- Who is the world’s most-followed person on Instagram?
- Which emoji was named the word of the year by Oxford Dictionaries in 2015?
- When and where was the first hashtag used?
How Am I Doing?
I can name different words related to social media and electronic devices. | |
I can describe how I use social media. |
