one(@D) english com Solutions for English Teaching Getting connected Bauick quiz Test your knowledge of the Internet. 1a) What is a social-networking site? 'b) Who uses social-networking sites? {¢)Can you think of three social-networking sites? WHAT DOES IT MEAN? Write the key words from the article next to the defi bd a 4 2 a 6 tJ a jons below. stayintouch interest groups strangers announced profile poll isolate personality 1. to separate someone from other people 2 adescrption ofa person, which may include 2 pholo, hobbies, kas and disikes, 3. to keep in contact with other people 4. people you do not know 5. when something was said publicly. 6. the aspect of a person that makes them behave in a periculer way, e.. friendly, unfiiendty, shy, etc . groups of people who are all interested in a particular subject 8. a.survey or occasion when people are asked to answer a particular question | (QWHAT ARE THE HEADINGS? ‘Skim-read the article and write the headings above the sections a4 that they relate to. How do | stay safe? Bebo mania What are they? In your face ‘Your space How do | use them? © Macmillan Pubusners Lit 2008 SPOT ON NEWS LESSON / Getting connected AdvancedPORE ents PPT mucu “Toons around the world are hanging ut there. More than haf of allteens on the Intemet belong to one and apo there everyday. Everybody's talking about social networking sites! MySpace, Facebook and Bebo are ‘some of te most popular wobsitas in the world — and they are changing the way we meet and stay in touch vith people. Soca networking sites let your fiends and {amily ~ your socal network linkto your onine profile Fans say these sites give them quicker end easior ‘contact, But other paople say too much online contact ‘can isolate you in real ife, So what’ really happening? a) ‘Social networking ses give you a web page thal yOu control. On most sites, ou can add photos and write ‘Shout yoursell. Stes have diferent features — ke ‘videos, music and blogs. Your page cen be connected to ‘other people's pages by adding them as fiends. You can ‘0 your frends pages, hey can see yours and YOu can wrt to each other maybe even in Enghsh! dome : . 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And milions of teens {© Macmilan Publishers Lid 2008 ‘SPOT ON NEWS LESSON | Geting connected /Advanced ®evo one i: Sori Solutions for English Teaching Getting connected ‘allover the word use MySpace to stay in touch with ‘fiends and fami. Hannah Freeney, 15, rom Skelton jn England, has had 2 MySpace prote for more than 1a year. Hannah told us why she uses MySpace. “tk tomy fends and meet new people. Ihave 261 pecple connected to me - fends, fends of fiends, and also bands, Meeting new people is my favour thing” 2) ene os ‘Some people say socihnetworking tes are dangerous if strangers can see too much personal ‘only people | choose as friends can see it. | don't want Strangers to see iand dont add people | don know” ‘hod Dara says, Facobook i great or staying in touch ‘th fends who ae for away— Ike my ster Emme, ‘aholvesin Germany Emme Bowe, 20, ves in Munich “Ihave Facebook, 8 my ends end family ‘can soe what is happening in my We” she says." send messages io my fiends and | upload photos as often 2s poset. | know my mum kes seing the photos in my profile!” 0, . in 17 March 2007, Bebo arnouroed that was the mst popuar webstin Kelend. More than one milion young fish people have proies on his socia-netwerking sito Brent Rouse, 18, fom Corkin Weland, uses tree soci-nelorking sts. Sho says, I use each st for ferent things: MySpace for music, Facebook s good {or uploading photos. But all my fiends use Bebo ~ 20 1 use that the most. Bebo is really easy to join ~ you justin afew dotaits about yourself and a webpage ts made for you, vtich you can change as much as {you want tit our personality” nani fo LELT Ve) ieone Qenssh lish Getting connected $n 2003 and now has mar than 200 millon ie a personal profie end MySpace music — where you cen add ergs to your page or el your own songs Many peop MySpace complicated use Facebook In 2004 Mark Zuckerberg, a 18-year-old Harvard stent, ‘darted whats now Fecabook. i was made or uriversty ‘students, but now anyone can use it Mare than 43 min embers use the se, and it’ sill roving ts the largest ‘website for photo sharing — with 8. min new photos ‘added everyday. Faosbock connects you wih fends ut ‘so els you ohn inrest runs ~ where you can neve ‘orlne discussions about everthing fom polos 0 your ‘avout sors. Tis geal vay Yomeet peace who ike he ame things you do ane ofcourse, to pracise you Engi @ FIND THE INFORMATION .com Papas ‘Bebo {ts the largest social-networking site in Britain, eland anc New 2elad ts th thr aestn he US Bato wes ‘started in 2005. Now ithas more than 34 rilion members ‘Rosbo pote has section about ou 2 stan hat shows Aer tends photographs, «wtb fr caving PES weteamp oad conmet ana ciar exras “quam. ols, Hogs end vies. On Bebo peopl can a> soe ho sir wing ler aero se ane dares ‘© Spt cn, November 2007, ww spoen de 41. What are the names ofthe three social networking websites in the article? 2. Which i the most popular in Ireland? 3. Which is said to be the most complicated to use? 4. Which was sot up by a US univorsty student? ‘5. Which started first? 66 What advice does the article give about online safety? @ TEEN TALK pooueapy Hanging out, Paragraph 1 tells us that teens around the world are hanging out on social networking sites. What about you? Complete the sentences. @) Al the weekend Thang out with ) In the summer holidays | hang out avin ©) Afterschool we usually hang out unt. (tne) (© Mactan Pubishers Lid 2008 ‘SPOT ON NEWS LESSON / Getting connectod /Advancod (where) (names of your friends)