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    Everyday English B1 Unit

    HBD to you LEARNING OUTCOME learn how to use social networking language

    Everyday life Everyday vocabulary


    1 Look at the photo and answer the questions. 2 How could you explain the words and expressions
    Where are the people and what are they doing?
    in italics?
    What do people usually use social media for? Do you ever chat online?
    Do you use emojis?
    What’s trending at the moment?
    Have you opened an Instagram account?
    I’m going to log in to my Twitter homepage.
    A vlogger is a video blogger.

    3 Add any more language related to social


    networking you know to the list in 2.

    Dialogue
    4 05 Listen to the dialogue. What does Ingrid decide to do?
    Ingrid is staying with a host family in the UK. Rosie, their daughter, is the same age as Ingrid.
    Rosie: Do you ever chat online, Ingrid? Ingrid: Who is that?
    Ingrid: Yes, but not so much with my English friends. Rosie: Just a football team. Not very interesting.
    I don’t understand some of the language. Ooh, video awards – that’s better!
    Rosie: (1) Most words are Ingrid: Zoella? Who is that?
    abbreviations, like ‘A-B-T’ means ‘about’. The Rosie: She’s a vlogger. A vlogger is
    others often take the first letter of each word in a (5) . A blogger writes
    small phrase, like ‘H-A-N-D’ means ‘Have a nice opinions and posts them on a website and a
    day’. And you use ‘F-2-F’ when you want to meet vlogger appears in front of a camera.
    someone (2) . Oh, it’s a message from Katie. Let’s see if you can
    Ingrid: What is ‘B-F’? understand it.
    Rosie: (3) It’s the first letters of Ingrid: U-C prog a-b-t Liam? F2F later? Did you see the
    ‘best friend’. You use it to talk about a very special programme about Liam? Do you want to meet
    friend. face to face later?
    Ingrid: And what does ‘trending’ mean? Rosie: Wow! (6) You’re good!
    Rosie: It means ‘what’s popular right now’. I’ll show you. Do you want to open a Twitter account?
    I’m going to log in to my Twitter account. Ingrid: Come on, then. Let’s do it!
    Look, this is a list (4) .

    5 Read and complete the dialogue with the phrases (a–f). Over to you!
    Then listen again and check.
    6 Work in pairs. You are going to text
    a … someone who posts short d Exactly right!
    your friend. Follow the steps below
    films on video-sharing sites. e ‘face to face’. and send each other written texts.
    b It’s easier than you think. f We use this one a lot. Use the expressions in the Everyday
    c … of what’s trending at the English Toolkit.
    moment. Step 1: Think about a TV show, a blog,
    a piece of music, a film, an artist, or a writer
    EVERYDAY ENGLISH TOOLKIT: USING LANGUAGE FOR SOCIAL
    that you both know.
    NETWORKING
    Step 2: Send a message to your friend
    Write the social networking language next to the meanings. asking for an opinion about your choice
    from Step 1.
    ABT • BF • B/C • B4 • HAND • HBD • IC • IDK • KK • TMB
    Step 3: Write a reply expressing your
    a) tweet me back TMB f) because opinion and then keep the ‘conversation’
    going.
    b) have a nice day g) happy birthday
    Exchange several short messages.
    c) a very special friend h) I see
    d) I don’t know i) cool cool
    e) before j) about

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