Lesson Overview

Social media is a hot topic and shows no signs of slowing down, so we believe this topic will be of interest to 99.9% of students! Especially because this ESL lesson plan on social media explores many different angles; from why people are choosing to quit using it to the benefits of using it. 

There are fun, engaging activities that will enable students to think about social media from different perspectives. Through vocabulary, reading, listening and discussion exercises students will be able to broaden their English knowledge through the lens of a fascinating topic! 

Your students will love this ESL lesson plan on social media as everybody has an opinion on the topic whether they use it or not! Therefore, we recommend using this lesson with all age groups as the topic is intriguing, the video is high-quality and the exercises are engaging!  Activities: 

1. Warm up. 
2. What people did before social media. 
3. The people of social media. 
4. Video vocabulary exercises. 
5. Video analysis. 
6. The benefits of social media. 
7. Discussion. 
8. Debate. 

Homework:

After an action-packed ESL lesson plan on social media, this homework section has an interesting article along with a series of questions. There is also an acronym exercise as it is important to be aware of this type of language as some acronyms are more widely used than the actual words they represent! Activities:

1. Article.
2. Writing task. 
3. Acronyms task.