Social Media
104 conversation questions and prompts
Choose a prompt and share your ideas or experiences. Give reasons when you can.
Use the level groups as a guide when choosing prompts for your students.
A1–A2
Beginner (A1-A2)
15 questions
- Do you use social media every day?
- What time do you first open a social media app each day?
- How long do you use social media each day?
- Do you use social media for work?
- How often do you watch saved social media videos?
- Do you read comments under a social media post?
- Who do you follow on social media?
- When do you watch social media videos without sound or with sound?
- Which social media app is easiest for you to use?
- Do you want social media alerts while you study?
- Does your school or workplace use a social media group?
- Do you send photos to relatives on social media?
- Does your family use a group chat to make plans?
- Who do you send funny posts to?
- Do you ask questions in social media comments?
A2
Elementary (A2)
23 questions
- What makes you stop scrolling and read a post?
- Which posts do you usually skip, even when lots of people like them?
- Would you rather see posts from people you know or people with the same interests?
- What would you like to see more of in your social media feed?
- What's a post that made you laugh long after you saw it?
- Tell me about something you tried because you saw it on social media.
- What is the most useful thing you've learned from something in your feed?
- Which post would you like to find again?
- What hobby would you like to find an online group for?
- Would you rather learn from one long video or several short ones?
- What would you teach a new social media user first?
- How do you find local events without social media?
- What do you do when a family group has too many messages?
- Do you feel you must answer group messages quickly?
- What do you write when a friend shares good news online?
- What do you do when a friend does not answer your message?
- What do you check for in a photo before posting it?
- What do you do when a stranger sends you a message?
- Have you found an old friend on social media?
- Do you ask a friend before you add them to a group?
- What local news did you first hear about on social media?
- Have you ever heard a song in a short video and looked for it later?
- What do you do when a post has a word you do not understand?
B1
Intermediate (B1)
33 questions
- What do you enjoy seeing online now that you used to ignore?
- What would you miss most if you stopped using social media?
- What keeps you from joining a new social media app when it first comes out?
- Which online trend did you enjoy before you got tired of it?
- Have you ever recognized someone in public because you had seen them online?
- Would you mention that you follow someone online when you meet them for the first time?
- What do you check before you share a post?
- What would make you delete a post you wrote?
- Do you prefer to share something while it happens or tell the story later?
- What details do people leave out when they post about a trip?
- Which small part of your town would you like someone to show online?
- What everyday skill deserves more attention on social media?
- What impression do you get of someone from their profile photo?
- Would knowing your boss reads your posts change what you share?
- When is it worth changing an old username?
- Would you rather keep an old account or start again after a big change in your life?
- What might you miss about someone's life if you only read their posts?
- When would you send a private message instead of leaving a public comment?
- How do you feel when someone posts a photo of you without asking?
- What makes a comment sound friendly instead of rude?
- When is it better to say nothing under a post you dislike?
- Have you ever understood a post only after you read the comments?
- When is it better to discuss an online disagreement in person?
- What information would you want from social media about a town you just moved to?
- What local event deserves more attention online?
- Do you prefer a creator who reads from a script or one who speaks without one?
- Would you rather see a finished craft project or the mistakes made along the way?
- What kind of work would make you want to support a creator with a small donation?
- Would you prefer free content with ads or paid content without ads?
- What video or search messed up your algorithm?
- Would you keep following a creator who starts posting about a different subject?
- When would you avoid sharing the location of a favorite outdoor place?
- When have you been glad someone posted an update during an event?
B2
Upper-Intermediate (B2)
20 questions
- What can you learn about someone from the comments they leave?
- When is it OK to share a screenshot of a private conversation?
- Is it better to explain a misunderstood post or remove it?
- How can a caption change the way people see a photo?
- When many people copy the same video idea, what makes one version worth watching?
- If two posts tell different versions of the same event, what would you check first?
- How should someone correct a false story they have already shared?
- How should a business respond to a public complaint?
- If a creator recommends a product, how would you tell whether they have used it?
- Should a social media app keep familiar buttons in the same place even when a new design could work better?
- A job applicant has no social media account. What, if anything, would that tell you about their ability to do the job?
- Should employees be expected to join a work social media group when they already receive work emails?
- A club wants more people to attend its events. How would you tell whether its social media work was helping?
- Tell me about something a social media archive could show that an official history might leave out.
- A friendship has faded, but both people still see each other's posts. Does that make it easier or harder to reconnect?
- If you could see why a post was recommended to you, how might that change what you click?
- If people had to wait ten seconds before replying to a heated post, what might change?
- If a post gets many likes, does that make it easier or harder to disagree in the comments?
- A creator no longer recommends a product they praised online. What should they do with the old post?
- A post about a problem gets many shares, but the post saying it is fixed gets few. What kinds of issues does this situation create?
C1
Advanced (C1)
13 questions
- When a creator hires a team, which parts of the work should the creator still do for the account to feel personal?
- How much should a person's earliest posts matter when people judge their work today?
- When should a social media site hold a large account to a higher standard than a small one?
- Which decisions about a social media site's rules should users be able to vote on?
- When should a social media company pay people who manage groups for free?
- If a town puts an announcement on social media, what responsibility does it have to people who do not use that site?
- What should a public official be able to control about the comments under an official social media post?
- A charity could raise more money by sharing someone's story. How much control should that person have over the post?
- How much detail should a social media site give when it removes a post for breaking its rules?
- If someone deletes an account, should their comments disappear from other people's posts too?
- How should a site respond when each post seems harmless, but one person keeps targeting the same user?
- How should a site handle a parody account that many people mistake for the real one?
- If people film a community meeting for social media, how might that affect who chooses to speak?