teaching english to "selfie" generation

TEACHING ENGLISH TO SELFIE GENERATION

META Webinars Season 4.1January 16, 2017 // 16:00 – 17:20

Presenter: Irina POMAZANOVSCHI, META President

Webinar Objectives:

Be the end of the webinar participants will be able to:

1. Define “selfie generation” and state its basic features;

2. Formulate their own opinion about the selfie generation;

3. Name most popular coinages of the word selfie;

4. Find out when the first selfie was taken and discuss the popularity of selfies among Moldovan students;

5. Learn about possible activities with selfies during English classes.

META Webinars SEASON 4 Overview

What to expect? 4-5 webinars each month

Interesting topics + enthusiastic speakers + ideas worth trying in class

Pre- and post-webinar tasks

Final project

At least 75% attendance+activeparticipation and 2 certificates guaranteed

HOW DO YOU UNDERSTAND THE TERM

“SELFIE GENERATION”?

People have calledselfie-takers Gen Y,

Millennials or Generation Selfie.the “iGeneration,” or “Generation Me“

“self comes first”time of “narcissism epidemic

“the current generation “one of the most self-centered, narcissistic, competitive, confident and individualistic in recent history”

THE SELF(IE) GENERATIONA survey by the Pew Research Center finds that millennials are drifting away from

traditional institutions — political, religious and cultural.

Younger people in general are less likely to say that they are patriotic or religious, but the gap between millennials and previous generation is greater than the gap between

most other generations.

Selfie-taking is merely another way to "write" contemporary

conversation.

Selfie cultivates a visual culture because it shows not tells how you’re feeling, where you are,

what you are doing.

We're in the middle of a selfie-addiction crisis that could be turning many 20-somethings

into narcissists who lack human warmth and connection.

The narcissist culture on cyberspace has firmly

established itself.

Agree / Disagree

Selfies make up 30% of the photos taken by people aged 18-24

DISCUSSION POINT

1. What is a selfie?

2. Why do people take selfies?

3. Do you take selfies? When? Where?

4. Are selfies popular in Moldova? What do you think of this trend?

Are you selfie ready?

The popularity of the word “selfie” can also begauged from the fact that Oxford Dictionariesannounced it as the “word of the year” for 2013.

A search on Instagram retrieves almost 270,000,000 images uploaded with #selfie

A selfie taken by Ellen Degeneres during the

86th Academy Awards broke the record of most re-tweeted

image, being shared more than 2,000,000 times before the ceremony was over and

causing Twitter to collapse for a short time.

Enjoy REAL Life and REAL Friends!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkdJkDicFrk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcRm5uH_rHA

Vincent van Gogh, Self-Portrait, c. 1887,

oil on canvas

Lady Portrait Painting on Celluloid

Photographic film and digital media

LINGUISTIC PRODUCTIVITY

helfie (a picture of one’s hair)

belfie (a picture of one’s posterior);

a particular activity – welfie (workout selfie)

drelfie (drunken selfie),

items of furniture – shelfie and bookshelfie.

multiple interpretations:

delfie (where the d could stand for dad, dog, double, or rather inexplicably dead)

melfie, with the m being explained as Monday, moustache, male, or mum.

LINGUISTIC PRODUCTIVITY

One of the more popular offshoots is legsie, where the photograph is of a person’s outstretched legs, often with a suitably glamorous background visible.

If You Thought Selfie Sticks Made You Look Ridiculous, Get Ready for Selfie Shoes!

EFL ACTIVITIES WITH SELFIE

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1. wallpaper – sketch the character’s cell phone wallpaper with coloredpencils. Then, explain why this image choice would appeal to thecharacter.

2. e-mail- this character has just received 2 messages. Thinking back overthe reading, explain which other characters just sent messages to thischaracter and what is the content of each message.

3. playlist – what three songs would likely be on this character’s playlist. Besure to explain your choice as to why these three songs would appeal tothis character.

Choose one of the characters and completethe three steps to show what might havebeen on the person’s cell phone. Be sureyour answers are written in completesentences.

Additional EFL Resources 1. Death by Selfie: a conversation lesson -

https://ricardobarroselt.wordpress.com/2016/11/15/death-by-selfie-a-conversation-lesson/

2. Selfie-Film http://film-english.com/2014/10/06/selfie/

3. The Truth about Selfies and Your Personality - http://esl-voices.com/the-truth-about-selfies-and-your-personality/

4. Macmillan Dictionary BuzzWord: selfie (Lesson plan) -http://www.onestopenglish.com/skills/vocabulary/macmillan-dictionary-buzzword/macmillan-dictionary-buzzword-selfie/552919.article

5. The Selfie Revolution http://www.linguahouse.com/worksheet/the-selfie-revolution/a22fa054-458f-c564-1111-65628a4e5f71/e868c928-d88e-d0f4-61c0-e5fb9ac144bd/7/the-selfie-revolution.html?goBack=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5saW5ndWFob3VzZS5jb20vZXNsLWxlc3Nvbi1wbGFucy9nZW5lcmFsLWVuZ2xpc2gvYTIyZmEwNTQtNDU4Zi1jNTY0LTExMTEtNjU2MjhhNGU1ZjcxL3RoZS1zZWxmaWUtcmV2b2x1dGlvbi5odG1s

6. Database of resources on SELFIE: http://www.henry4school.fr/Sciences/selfies.htm

Moldovan English Teachers’ Association is planning its annual international conference on the 28-30 of April, 2017.

The general topic of the conference is

“Teaching English to “Selfie” Generation”. contact us for additional details:

meta.conference@gmail.com

The conference subtopics are as follows:•Multimedia and web tools in EFL/ESL•Academic Integrity•Teaching English to Young Learners and Teenagers•Teaching Adults in the 21st century•Teaching Culture at the EFL/ESL lessons•Teaching Skills for exams•Translation Studies•Teacher Training and Teacher Development and others

We would be extremely glad and honored if you choose to join our Conference!

Sponsors, partners are also welcome to contribute!

Speakers’ formhttps://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd56th-

4zrQ75WbNf1yd1I6aNwVkokrbXTDHV9kY7-2kWqGpw/viewform

What to expect from 2017 META Conference?• Learn how to make your classroom activities more interactive, support literacy and focus on academic integrity;• Find out useful tips on how to teach English in the most effective way English to digital natives, “Selfie” generation;• Gain ideas for assessment using appropriate apps to monitor students’ progress;• Connect with like-minded educators from all over the world.

Post webinar task

Take a Selfie of you and your students –

be creative!

Post it to our Facebook group and

provide a one paragraph

introduction: who are you and your

students, what do you have in common.

What song would you associate with your selfie? Explain why?

References:

“I, Me, My Selfie Generation!” http://www.caleidoscope.in/nostalgiphilia/selfie-generation

“The Self(ie) Generation” , Charles M. Blow. https://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/08/opinion/blow-the-self-ie-generation.html?_r=0

History Of The Selfie: A Photo Phenomenon https://theculturetrip.com/north-america/usa/new-york/articles/history-of-the-selfie-a-photo-phenomenon/

The Oxford Dictionaries Word of the Year 2013 is ‘selfie’ http://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2013/11/word-of-the-year-2013-winner/

Страсть к селфи, лайкам и репостам: что за этим стоит//sputnik-abkhazia.ru/interview/20170110/1020197110/strast-k-selfi-lajkam-i-repostam-chto-za-etim-stoit.html

THANK YOU FOR ATTENTION!

Any questions?metawebinar@gmail.com