05 How Do You Use Facebook? Research shows that for students, specific ways of using Facebook – not use of it in general – correlate1 with some real-life behaviors like participating in extracurricular2 activities and even with academic achievement How you tend to use Facebook, if at all? Do you think the ways you use it are reflected in other areas Over 1,200 Articles for IELTS Self-learners of your life? New research suggests that how students use Facebook is correlated with other behaviors like participation in extra- Technology Social Media curricular activities as well as with academic achievement Meanwhile, a New York Times Magazine article by Emily Bazelon discussed some concerns that have cropped up3 about Facebook’s functionality4 when it comes to its younger users: We don’t really know yet how joining Facebook at a tender5 age affects kids socially and emotionally There’s the fun and freedom of Facebook, and then there’s the Consumer Reports finding that the site exposed a million teenagers to bullying and harassment6 last year What is clear is that Facebook thinks it needs access to kids’ lives in order to continue to dominate its industry The younger the child, the greater the opportunity to [Khanh Nhu - Director of ICA | CrushIELTS | ECPE C2 | IELTS 8.5+] | Simply an English Coach build brand loyalty that might transcend7 the next social-media trend And crucially, signing up kids early can accustom them to [Hoang Le - IELTS 8.5 Overall] - your source of help and inspiration to Increasingly, Facebook is staking its future relevance9 and achieve your best in 10 profits on this idea of sharing, which it made “frictionless ” in late your IELTS test September With certain apps on Facebook, like Spotify, you can “sharing” with the big audiences that are at their small fingertips8 choose to enable a feature where everyone can see what you’re listening to or viewing, without your hitting another key Before rolling out11 frictionless sharing, Facebook emphasized that it is now easier to see what your default12 settings are But the company refuses to change those settings so that the default would establish Word collected by nhgiangg - Let's smile more privacy, no doubt13 because it affects Facebook’s bottom Layout by Tigerho line The more people you’re connected to on the site and the more Source: The New Work Times “likes” you post, the more ads can be personalized — hey, buy these shoes because your three friends did! — and the more potential14 advertising dollars can be generated Facebook encourages widespread15 sharing by making the default settings for an adult’s Facebook page public to all The site has made a concession16 when it comes to teenagers: the default setting allows basic personal information (name, networks, photo) to be public, while posts are shared with Facebook friends and also the friends of those friends My son is too young to be on Facebook, but imagine that after his bar mitzvah17, he posts photos of it Along with the 300 people he knows, he could have an audience of 1,000 or more friends of friends he doesn’t Questions: What you usually on Facebook? How much time you usually spend on it in a typical day? Do you ever worry about your privacy or take steps to protect it? Do you often multitask18, switching19 Comments: I use facebook, like must teenagers I check facebook to see what my friends are up to and to talk to my friends that not have cell phones While on facebook I usually switch back and forth between sites while doing homework I feel safe on between using Facebook and doing facebook and change my privacy settings so homework or studying? that I am hidden from people I not know What you think about the findings On facebook I only friend or accept about how specific activities on people I talk to or know personally This Facebook, like posting and viewing protects me from other people seeing me photos, correlate with things like grades that I not know Facebook does have and engagement in student activities? issues with bullying as well as all social Do these findings apply to you? media sites Schools have bullying issues as well Bullying is everywhere, and it is up to the users or student to be responsible enough to report bullying or not be a bully themself Useful Vocabulary: Correlate (v) at your fingertips 14 Potential (adj) /ˈkɒrəleɪt/ (idiom) /pəˈtenʃl/ to show that there is a /ˈfɪŋ·ɡərˌtɪp/ able to develop into sth in the close connection between If you have information at future when the necessary two or more facts, figures your fingertips, you can conditions exist => tương quan (có liên get it and use it very => có tiềm (phát triển) hệ, dính líu tới nhau) easily => nắm tay Extracurricular (adj) 15 Widespread (a) /ˈwaɪdspred/ /ˌekstrəkəˈrɪkjələ(r)/ Relevance (n) existing or happening in not part of the usual /ˈrel.ə.vəns/ many places and/or among course of work or studies the degree to which sth many people at a school or college related or useful to what is => (phổ biến) rộng rãi => extracurricular happening/being talked activities: hoạt động ngoại abt 16 Concession (n) khóa => liên quan /kənˈseʃn/ something that is allowed or Crop up (phrasal verb) 10 Frictionless (adj) given up, often in order to /krɒp/ /ˈfrɪkʃnləs/ end a disagreement, or the act to appear or happen happening very easily of allowing or giving unexpectedly without anything to make => nhượng => xuất ý it slower or more difficult muốn => không ma sát => trơn 17 Bar mitzvah (n) tru dễ dàng /ˌbɑː ˈmɪtsvə/ Functionality (n) a Jewish ceremony held to /ˌfʌŋkʃəˈnæləti/ celebrate a boy reaching the the quality of being age of 13, in which he is useful, practical, and right given the religious for the purpose for which 11 Roll out (phrasal verb) responsibilities and duties of something was made to make a new product, an adult man => tính phù hợp/có service, or system => tên buổi lễ người ích/thực tế available for the first time Do Thái cho cậu bé 13 => tung (sản phẩm) tuổi giao trách nhiệm Tender (a) (lần có mặt nghĩa vụ tôn giáo C2: young thị trường) người đàn ơng trưởng thành => tender age: non trẻ (tuổi tác) 18 Multitask (v) 12 Default (n) /ˌmʌltiˈtɑːsk/ /dɪˈfɔːlt/ to more than one thing at a Harassment (n) a standard setting esp of time /ˈhærəsmənt/ computer software, such => làm đồng thời nhiều việc C1: behaviour that annoys as of type size or style or upsets someone => (cài đặt) mặc định => quấy rối 19 Switch (v) /swɪtʃ/ 13 No doubt B2: to change suddenly or Transcend (v) /daʊt/ completely, especially from /trænˈsend/ C1: used to emphasize one thing to another, or to to go further, or be more that what you are saying exchange by replacing one important or better than is true or likely to happen person or thing with another something, especially => chắn/khơng => chuyển đổi qua lại limit nghi ngờ => vượt qua This material is collected by ICA | CrushIELTS | 24/7 IELTS Homestay and not intended for any commercial purpose The material is solely for IELTS Self-learners ✺ Join either One-on-One courses (both Offline and Online) with IELTS 8.0+ teachers or classes with no more than 06 students (Offline) or 04 students (Online) ✺ Cosis Building – R.403, 4th Fl – 54A , No Trang Long Street, Ward 14, Binh Thanh district, HCMC ✺ Phone: (028) 6675 3305 Hotline: 0989 025 962 (Viber & Zalo), Skype: anhnguica Website: anhnguica.com ✺ https://www.facebook.com/CrushIELTS | https://www.facebook.com/groups/ieltshomestay ... friends he doesn’t Questions: What you usually on Facebook? 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