Social Media Etiquette: What's Okay and What's Not?
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Social Media Etiquette: What's Okay and What's Not?

Every day, teens and adults navigate TikTok trends, Reddit threads, and influencer culture, and this lesson helps them talk about it with confidence. This 45-minute B2 group lesson explores social media etiquette, online behavior, privacy, and digital communication through an authentic Reader’s Digest article. Learners build topical vocabulary, strengthen reading comprehension, and take part in guided speaking tasks that encourage thoughtful, responsible discussion about life online.

Skills

  • Can exploit a basic repertoire of language and strategies to help keep a conversation or discussion going.
  • Can read straightforward factual texts on subjects related to their field of interest with a satisfactory level of comprehension.
Online Interactive
Based on CEFR
Fully Customizable
1

Work in groups. Think about your favorite social media platform and discuss how people should behave there.

With your group, choose one social media platform you all know. Together, make a list of three rules you think are important for good online behavior. After five minutes, share your rules with the class. Listen to the other groups and vote on which set of rules is the most useful and respectful.
2

Read the sentences. In groups, discuss the meaning of the words in bold.

3

Match the words to the definitions.

4

Follow the link to read the article. Answer the following questions.

5

Read the article one more time and mark the sentences true or false.

6

In groups, discuss these questions.