📱 Texting & Emojis: Talking Online

A fully interactive A2 Teens communication-skills lesson about the everyday English of messaging — a real-life register that most coursebooks skip. Students warm up with four reflection questions about who they message and which emojis they use, then study a grid of eight common texting abbreviations (thx, pls, brb, btw, lol, idk, omw, np) with meanings and natural examples, and a grid of eight everyday emojis and what feeling each one shows. A language block teaches how to build a clear, kind message (hello + message + nice ending), how to soften a request with please/thanks/an emoji, simple call and video-call phrases shown in a chat-bubble exchange, and a formal-vs-informal table contrasting how you write to a teacher versus a friend. A clearly highlighted safety box reminds students to message only people they know, never share private information, and tell a trusted adult about upsetting messages. Nine essential phrases are chipped for memorisation. The reading tells the story of Deniz, whose one-word reply 'No.' accidentally sounded cold, and how a kinder message with words and an emoji fixed the misunderstanding; key words are tooltipped. Ten A2 vocabulary items appear in a scrollable table, six get flashcards. Practice includes 8 fill-in-the-blank questions (expanding abbreviations and key words) with hints, live validation, and a score tracker; a speaking task about how students text and stay kind online; a guided writing task to rewrite a rude message politely with a five-point checklist and live word counter; and a full 8-question multiple-choice quiz — including an online-safety item — with progress bar, per-question explanations, a result circle, and localStorage persistence.