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Social networking
Social networking websites are made for connecting people with friends and family. People can
create personal profiles, send messages, share photos, videos, articles and more. Three of the most
popular social networking sites are Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.
More and more people use these websites to keep in touch with their friends and find or share
information. But some people think these websites keep people from talking face-to-face. They also
think these websites make it easy to share untrue information.
Sixdegrees.com was the first social networking website. Many other websites, like Facebook, soon
followed. Today, many adults who go online use Facebook website which was just for college students
at first.
World leaders use social networking, too. Many leaders have Twitter accounts and they use it to speak to
voters. Social networking also helped people protesting against their leaders. It allows them to connect
with each other to share their cause.
Today, social networks are growing. Many people think they will help society whereas some others are
not sure about spending so much time online.

1. Read the article. What is the main idea of the article? students write their opinions.
Social networking
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2. Read the article again and answer the questions.

a) What is social networking made for?
Social media networking
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b) What is the first social networking website?
Sixdegrees was the first social networking website.
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c) What are the disadvantages of using websites?
Untrue information,and spending too much time online.
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d) Give examples of the kinds of people / occupations using social networking.
Students' own answer
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 1. Complete the sentences with the words from the box. There is an extra word.

politeness consideraon equee interacon rank

nequee rudeness tradion appreciaon

Netiquette
a) ................................................ is the set of rules for polite behavior when you are communicating with people on
the Internet.
interaction
b) Questions and answers play an enormous role in ................................................ between the students and the
teacher.
appreciation
c) The company gave him a plaque as a sign of their ................................................ for all the hard work he has done
in the last 25 years.
tradition
d) After many years, it became a(n) ................................................ to have family reunions every summer.
rank
e) There is a proper ................................................ for everything, even for a costume party.
politeness
f) Saying ‘please’ and ‘thank you’ is a sign of ................................................ .
etiquette
g) More importance is given to the people with a high ................................................ in society.
h) The companies should show more ................................................
consideration for their employees.

Students' own answer

1. ‘How can online communities help build physical neighborhoods’. Write a paragraph about how people can
build physical, social connections with each other using online communities.

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