Social Media Users, Gamers & Co
Material for SoMeGas
For MATERIAL for fluent speakers (including SoMeGas) click HERE.
Interview about SoMeGas
Interview with Sara Winzeler, lecturer at PH Zug: "Wie wirkt sich der Konsum englischsprachiger Medien auf die Schreibkompetenz von Primarschüler:innen aus?", published in June 2026 by CeDiLE (Centre de Didactique des Langues Etrangères, Fribourg)
SoMeGas
The term "SoMeGa" was coined by the English team of PH Zug and stands for Social Media Users, Gamers & Co. They were "discovered" during the research which Nikolina Stanic of PH Zug conducted during the "Rektoratsfondsprojekt" 1 of PH Zug (Nov. 21 - Oct. 23)
Many of these SoMeGas are already fluent in English even before they start their English lessons at primary school, even though they do not speak any English at home. Their high competencies in English are due to their frequent contact with social media and computer games.
As their number is growing fast, the PH Zug is developing material also for this group of learners, in addition to catering for the native English speakers.
Rektoratsfondsprojekt 2 of PH Zug (2025/6)
As part of a project funded by the "Rektoratsfonds" of the PH Zug, we are researching the phenomenon of these Social Media Users, Gamers & Co. (SoMeGas) The aim is to gain a better understanding of SoMeGas as a new group of learners, make their linguistic potential in English lessons more visible, and outline concrete didactic implications for dealing with and supporting SoMeGas in the classroom.