Has Social Media Changed the Way You Talk? (Conversation Club)

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This week the ‘Thinking in English’ Community is talking about how social media affects the way we talk and act!

Social media is everywhere and many people interact with it on a daily basis. So how does social media affect us? Does it change the way we talk, act, and treat others?

The effects of social media on the way people talk are not hard to see around the world, but is this influence problematic, or just part of the modern world?

Here are 10 conversation questions to get you talking about how social media affects the way we talk and act!

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Conversation Questions: Has Social Media Changed the Way You Talk?

1. Has social media changed the way you talk? Do you think it ever will?

2. Have you ever learnt a new word, phrase, or pronunciation through social media?

3. Have you ever censored your language when talking online?

4. How much does social media affect your behaviour or your decisions?

5. Do you think governments should ban certain social media apps?

6. Are you worried about the influence of social media on young people?

7. Give an example of something you do or say because you saw it on social media.

8. Is social media a good place to learn a new language?

9. Has social media affected your native language? Has it made English more common in your country?

10. “That’s the thing with social media. Nobody knows what they’re doing.”

Cameron Dallas

What do you think of this quote?

Vocabulary List:

• Phrase
  • a group of words that is part of, rather than the whole of, a sentence
• Pronunciation
  • the way in which a word or letter is said, or said correctly, or the way in which a language is spoken
• Censor (yourself)
  • to stop yourself from doing or saying things that you want to do or say, but that you know would be unsuitable
• Behaviour
  • the way that someone or something acts
• Ban
  • to forbid (= refuse to allow) something, especially officially
• Influence
  • the power to have an effect on people or things, or a person or thing that is able to do this
• Common
  • the same in a lot of places or for a lot of people

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