Social Media In the ESL classroom

Explore what social media is and how to use it as a teaching tool in the ESL classroom, addressing misconceptions and outlining practical planning and privacy considerations.

Explore the main types of social media for the ESL classroom: video platforms, image sharing, writing hubs, short posts, book communities, and music or messaging apps.

Assess your audience, institutional policy, and resources to plan effective social media use in the ESL classroom, with backup options and skill alignment.

Identify four constraints when using social media in the ESL classroom: content control, language level, resources, and tight schedules, and learn to adapt existing activities into social media formats.

Adapt social media features to worksheet-based activities in the ESL classroom, using twitter-like tasks for bio creation and grammar correction, guided by audience, resources, time, rules, and follow-up planning.

Practice synthesising by guiding high school students through a five-activity lesson that uses tweeting on Twitter to craft a 140-character message, with peer correction and measurable outcomes.

Discover three free worksheet generators to create word scrambles, word searches, and matching lists for ESL classes, with adjustable fonts, hints, layouts, and export options.