Apps and Social Media

Apps

• Do you have many apps on your phone?
• Which do you prefer (to use), an information app or a chat app?
•  (Similar to above) Do you often use apps on your phone or computer?
• What kind of apps do you use the most?
• Do you like to chat with your classmates online?
• Do you think computer and mobile phone apps are helpful (or, useful)?
• What are some popular apps in your country?
• Are there any apps that you would like to have in the future?
• Would you like to create (your own) a mobile phone app one day?

Social Media

• When did you start using social media?
• Do you or your friends like using using social media?
• Do you think you or your friends use too much social media?
• Do you like to work in social media?
• Do you think you spend too much time on social media? 
• What’s the most popular social media in your country?
• Do your friends use social media?
• What do people often do on social media?

Social Media Websites

• Which do you prefer (to use), an information app or a chat app?
• Do you (often) use social media websites?
• When did you first use one of these websites?
• (Possibly the question above is this) How did you first find out about social media websites?
• Is social media (or, are social media websites) very popular in your country?
• Do you think social media will become more popular in the future?
• In the future, do you think you will use social media more than you do now, or less?
• Do you feel social media is more a positive thing, or more negative thing?
• (Similar to above) What do you think are the advantages and the disadvantages of (using) social media websites?
• Do you like to use Facebook?

Some useful vocabulary:

• to maintain contact with friends / to keep in contact with friends / to communicate quickly with others
• to broaden one’s range of social contacts / to broaden one’s social network (either in real-life or one’s “virtual” [= online] social network)
• face-to-face communication
• a substitute for real (real-life) relationships with others
• better than feeling alone; to help overcome loneliness / to help overcome of sense of isolation
• a sense of connectedness (to others/to the world)
• sharing photographs
• voice/ text messages
• sending/receiving computer files
• an avenue for expressing opinions / for exchanging information
• to bring an issue to the attention of a wide audience
• to spread the word
• a marketing tool
• If or when you name a particular social media platform, slow down a little and pronounce it especially clearly.