Learning English With Memes A2

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Learning English

A2+
60 min with Memes Tweak your lessons


with the power of AI

Skills:
Can explain what he/she likes or dislikes about something.

Can present his/her opinion in simple terms, provided listeners are patient.

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Adults / teens Individual
Warm up. Look at the
memes and answer
the questions:

What are they about

Can you relate to them? Why? (Check out the box below

the questions.

Have you ever sent a picture like these to your friends/

classmates

Have you ever tried to create your own ones?

Here are some phrases you can use to react to a

meme that someone sent you

So tru
Story of my lif
Totally relate to this

To relate to smth - to understand a situation or a


feeling because you have experienced/felt the same.

2 Read the text and mark the statements as


“True” or “False”. 1. Memes are pictures or videos that
people like to share.

Memes are really popular on the internet. They're funny pictures or

videos that people like to share. People love them so much that they 2. Memes are only funny things.

look at memes every day, like drinking coffee. But memes are more

than just funny things. They can show how people feel about politics 3. Companies don't use memes to sell
and society. Even companies use memes to sell their products.

their products because it's not

professional.

Why do we like memes so much? Maybe it's because we get bored

easily and we don't want to think too much. Or maybe it's because 4. People like memes because they
the world is getting scarier and we need something to make us make them think more.

laugh.

5. The world is getting scarier, so people


A lot of people use social media now. In fact, there are over 3.5 billion need something to make them laugh.

people on social media! And almost all of those people look at

memes. There are even more searches for memes than for Jesus Do you think memes will continue to be
Christ!
popular in the future? Why/Why not?

3 Retell the text. Mention:


4 f
Read the ollowing opinions and guess the
(
missing words choose rom the suggested f
what memes are

) f ,
words . A ter that add your opinion.
why and where people use them

why people like memes sad internet z


la y popular work

famous cra y z morning funny

1
I think memes have become too ________. It's like everyone
needs to see memes every day or they can't live without them.

John

I love memes! They bring people together and make us feel


connected through humor. I follow so many meme pages and it's
always the first thing I look at in the ________.
Alice

OMG, I am crazy about memes! They are seriously everything to


me. Whenever I'm feeling ________ at work, I just scroll through
some memes and my mood gets better.

Sally

You

5 Let’s create our own memes with these templates:

2
Correct answers

1 Created in the “Discussion Questions” tool.

2 Created in the “Simplify or Upgrade a Text” + “True/False”.

1. True

2. False - Memes can also convey emotions, opinions, and social


commentary.

3. False - Companies do use memes as a marketing strategy.

4. False - People like memes because they don't want to think too much.

5. True

4 Created in “Four Opinions” tool + “Fill in the Gap”

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mornin
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5 The idea was generated in “Lead-in Activities”.

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