I love teaching language, language learning, and being in a language related field. Sometimes the research that gets done at my current company really surprises the pants off me. Here is a great example, a geographic breakdown of how language is used on the internet.
Aside from the fact that this is absolutely fascinating in it’s own right, I could see a couple of different lesson plan ideas, but I love this as a potential reading lesson.
My basic lesson outline would be as follows:
Objective: Describe and create Memes
Present:
- List the various countries from the map on the board. Ask Ss to place a percentage next to each to describe how often the language is used on the internet?
- Elicit: What is a Meme?
- Elicit: What is Twitter? Facebook? Myspace? (Country specific social media site, like Cydor)
- Elicit: What is a Meme?
- Reading 1: Read the following about memes? Pass out as a handout (see attached)
Ask comprehension check questions about the reading. - Return to original presentation, tell Ss they will read and check answers.
- Pass out a copy of the Infographic.
- Have Ss read and check. Elicit and share guesses as a class.
- Finish by having Ss make some memes of their own.
Original Content from: http://www.english.com/blog/infographic-mapping-the-content-languages-of-the-internet
