Is Social Media Killing Real Friendship?

€4,99

This ESL video lesson plan is designed around a short video titled We’re Lonelier than Ever — And There’s One Big Reason and the theme of real-life versus digital friendship. Students learn vocabulary related to character, human connection and social media, discuss quotations about friendship, talk about friendship, predict the content of a short video, watch a short video, answer comprehension questions, analyse a short video, write about what they have learned from viewing a short video, develop critical thinking skills by exploring issues raised in a short video, perform a roleplay, read an article titled From Likes to Love: Can Online Relationships Thrive?, answer comprehension questions, discuss topics raised in an article, write about what they have learned from reading an article, and reflect on the lesson.

Language level: Upper Intermediate (B2) – Advanced (C1)

Learner type: Teens and adults

Topic: Real-life versus digital friendship

Objectives:

To introduce students to the theme of real-life versus digital friendship
To expand students’ vocabulary related to character, human connection and social media
To develop students’ viewing, listening and reading comprehension skills
To improve students’ speaking skills through discussion and roleplay using new vocabulary
To enhance students’ writing through creative and reflective tasks
To encourage critical thinking about social media use and its psychological effects
To build visual representing skills through multimodal homework tasks

Language: Vocabulary related to human connection and social media

Time: 90–120 minutes

Watch the short video.