This is a presentation about how social media affects our English vocabulary today

1. HOW SOCIAL MEDIA
AFFECTS OUR ENGLISH
VOCABULARY
Sara Haugen Arnesen
15GLU5-10
October 29th 2015

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.
 #
- 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

9. Sources
 http://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2014/06/social-media-changing-language/
 http://blog.lspr-education.com/socialmedia/the-effect-of-social-media-on-language/
 http://linguagreca.com/blog/2014/08/how-social-media-is-changing-language/
 http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-10971949
 http://www.learnenglish.de/improveenglish/socialnetworks.html
 http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/dictionary-words-from-internet/
 http://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2015/05/selfie-stick-concern-troll-bae-new-words-
oxforddictionaries-com/
 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/12/01/words-with-new-meanings-internet_n_5804736.html
 http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/social-media
 http://www.learnenglish.de/improveenglish/socialnetworks.html