Emojis

​How do we communicate without language?

Besides words, what other ways do we have of getting our point across?

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Besides words, what other ways do we hav​e of getting our point across?

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Facial expressions

Body language

Writing/drawing

Gesture

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Yes, I am! In this programme, we’re entering the world of emojis – the small characters people use to show emotions in texts and emails. Do you have a favourite emoji, Neil? Mine’s the [crying tears of laughter] emoji

• Neil

• Sam

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Emojis are part of our daily communication. They've been around for more than 20 years.

• False

• True

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When mobile phones first became popular in the ​

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, they were largely text-based. People used emoticons to express different emotions.

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1990s

2000s

1980s

2005s

1995s

1890

1890s

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Emojis were invented in 1999 in Japan for the first internet-enabled mobile phones. The name, 'emoji', comes from the combination of two Japanese words, but which words?

• face and emotion

• picture and character

• message and image

• symbol and punctuation

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When we talk with someone face to face, we use physical gestures like​

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or ​

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to show the other person how we feel. But these gestures get lost in ​

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communication.

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smiling

laughing

nodding

written

oral

speaking

dancing

sleeping

reading

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Emoji as we know them today developed in ​

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in the late 1990s; they are now such a part of internet culture that some emoji are included in dictionaries.

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Japan

America

China

Indonesia

Canada

France

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What are the advantages of using emoji to communicate?

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They can express feelings when words fail.

They can convey the tone of your conversation.

They Make Texting Fun and Light-Hearted

Emojis Save Time

Emojis are hard to judge

They Can Lead to Misunderstandings

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What are the disadvantages of using emoji to communicate?

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They Can Cover Up How You're Really Feeling

They Can Lead to Misunderstandings

They Make People Lazy

Emojis Help Convey Our Facial Expressions

They Make Texting Fun

Emojis Save Time

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Emojis add feeling and emotion to online messages. But not everyone is an emoji fan. Some people believe that carefully chosen words are the best way of expressing yourself, and that emojis are affecting our ability to put feelings into words

• Advantage

• Disadvantage

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According to Professor Evans, the grammar police have a jaundiced/biased view (偏见的观点) of emojis – they only see the negative side of them because of their own ideas and experiences

• True

• False

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Over ​

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billion emoji messages are sent around the world every day, with about ​

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percent containing emotion-based characters like [smiley face] and [blowing kisses]

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There is research that’s been conducted by Match.com, the American-based dating site, and what they’ve found, based on their research, is that the people that use more emojis tend to be lucky in ​

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, they have more success in terms of dating. In the digital age, using emoji makes us more effective communicators.

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In fact, ‘emoji’ combines the words for ​

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and ​

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in Japanese.

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a set of punctuation marks, letters, and numbers arranged to resemble a human face.

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There is a dictionary for emojis.

• False

• True

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Emoji dictionary:

• beano.com

• emojipedia.org

• dictionary.com

• cambridge emoji.com

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Match the following emoji 🔥with the phone brand:

Apple

Samsung

Twitter

WhatsApp

Facebook

• Apple

• Samsung

• Twitter

• WhatsApp

• Facebook

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What does this emoji mean?

• I have no idea!

• Hello there!

• Call me!

• Help

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Can you work out the famous films from these emoji clues?

1.⚽📖

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Toy Story

Harry Potter

Football Game

Alice in the Wonderland

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Match the following emojis with the names of film

• Star Wars

• Ghostbusters

• Dracula

⭐⚔⚔

👻💪

⚰️

• ⭐⚔⚔

• 👻💪

• ⚰️

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What are all the different emojis and what do they mean?

• It is a good research question.

• It is a bad research question.

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How many people use emojis in their daily communication?

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• It is a bad research question.

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What are the cultural differences in the interpretation and use of emojis?

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• It is a bad research question.

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What is the role of emojis in conveying humor and sarcasm in online communication?

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• It is a bad research question.

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What is the history of emojis?

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Why do people use emojis?

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• It is a bad research question.

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How do emojis affect the development of language and communication skills among young people?

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• It is a bad research question.

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What is the most popular emoji?

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• It is a bad research question.

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Do people of different ages use emojis differently?

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• It is a bad research question.

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Are there different meanings for the same emoji in different cultures or languages? why?

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• It is a bad research question.