2. Contet list
What is social media
How does social media affect our English
vocabulary
How social media can improve our English learning
Resources
3. What is social media?
Websites and applications that
enable users to create and share
content or to participate in social
networking.
(Oxford dictionary)
Facebook, Skype, Twitter, Instagram,
Youtube, Snapchat etc.
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- Our everyday speech
More personal information, but larger
audiences
140 characters
4. How does social media affect the English vocabulary
New words
New meaning to old words
A shorter language
5. NEW WORDS
Selfie (2013): (noun) a photograph that one has taken of oneself, typically one taken
with a smartphone or webcam and uploaded to a social media website
Status (noun) – a posting on a social networking website that indicates a user’s
current situation, state of mind, or opinion about something
Twerk (2013): (verb) dance to popular music in a sexually
provocative manner involving thrusting hip movements and
a low, squatting stance
Hashtag (2009): (noun) a word or phrase preceded by a
hash sign (#), used on social media sites such as Twitter to
identify messages on a specific topic
6. NEW MEANING FOR OLD WORDS
Viral
(before) A negative condition when an infectious disease can travel from one host to
another. Often the cause of outbreaks and/or death.
(now) A positive condition when a video, story, meme, or gif travels from one person on
a computer to another. Often the cause of the writer's pay raise and those featured
appearing on daytime talk shows.
wall
(before) Material—usually stone or wood—that encloses a space and keeps the neighbors
out of your business.
(now) Public space on Facebook to which your friends (and you) can post text, videos,
birthday wishes, photos, greetings etc.
check-in
(before) Arrive at a hotel; request the status of someone via telephone, generally a parent
to a teenager; to look in on someone to ensure their wellbeing.
(now) Let everyone in your social media circle know where you are, who you're with, and
what exactly you're doing there, most often to evoke jealousy from reading your updates.
Feed
(before) To give someone food, or the food that you give another person or animal. Can
also be used when referencing putting money into a machine or meter.
(now) A place where everyone you've ever met posts pictures of their lunches, their
babies, and their engagement rings etc.
7. A SHORTER LANGUAGE
OMG (2011):
Oh My God, (exclamation) used to express surprise, excitement, etc.
LOL (2011):
laughing out loud; laugh out loud
SRSLY (2013):
(adverb) short for seriously
tl;dr (2013):
(acronym) short for "Too long; Didn’t read“
Bae was on the shortlist for 2014’s Word of the Year, and is now in the Oxford
Dictionary. Bae is used as an informal term of endearment for one’s romantic
partner, especially among young people in North America. It originated as an
abbreviation of baby or babe.
8. How can social media improve our English learning
Closer to the world
- Easier to communicate
The only way
- Video games
- Culture
Publishing
- Internet
Correcting each other
Observing others
How social media affect the English vocabulary
Sara Haugen Arnesen
15GLU5-10 October 29th 2015
From unfriend to selfie, social media is clearly having an impact on language.
Since so much of the written language we see is now on the screens of our computers, tablets, and smartphones, language now evolves partly through our interaction with technology.
From the introduction of new words to new meanings for old words to changes in the way we communicate, social media is making its presence felt.
An important element of Twitter is the hashtag – a clickable keyword used to categorize tweets.
Hashtags have also spread to other social media platforms – and they’ve even reached everyday speech
social media has also made a revolution in the way we communicate. We share more personal information, but also communicate with larger audiences. Our communication styles consequently become more informal and more open.When writing on social media, we operate within the creative constraints of 140 characters on Twitter and Facebook, so we need to stick to the point and we get to the case quicker.
Social media is making it easier than ever to contribute to the evolution of language. You no longer have to be published to bring word trends to the attention of the masses.
Facebook, and similar social medias, have entered our everyday vocabulary.
Phrases such as “rolling on the floor laughing” or “talk to you later” are quickly changed to “ROFL” or “TTYL.” These short acronyms creep up in everyday language, proving that sometimes words, when put together, can make you “LOL” or “laugh out loud.”
As technology and social media continues to advance, there will surely be more language-altering shifts occurring.
Facebook has also done more than most platforms to offer up new meanings for common words such as friend, like, status, wall, page, and profile. Both like and wall are in the top 1000 frequently used words.
Phrases such as “rolling on the floor laughing” or “talk to you later” are quickly changed to “ROFL” or “TTYL.” These short acronyms creep up in everyday language, proving that sometimes words, when put together, can make you “LOL” or “laugh out loud.”
Phrases such as “rolling on the floor laughing” or “talk to you later” are quickly changed to “ROFL” or “TTYL.” These short acronyms creep up in everyday language, proving that sometimes words, when put together, can make you “LOL” or “laugh out loud.”
We get closer to the world. English is getting known for «the world language» since it has 380 million native speakers. Third largest language in the world after Mandarin Chinese and Spanish.
In interactive video games where English is the only language that is written, you are forced to write it to communicate with other gamers. In my own experience, where I had two german and one mexican roommate, the only language that we have in common is English. We were communicating through our cultures and our differences.
Social Media Language Learning (SMLL) links interactive social media channels to language learning. This enables students to develop communication and language skills. Social media consist og interactive forms of media that allows useres to interact with and publish to each other, generally means over the internet.