Level 6 – Communication

How did communicate over long distances 200 years ago?

How do we communicate now? Email Texting Social Networks Talking

Which do you prefer? Why?

Which is better? Why? RADIO VS

TV

Which is better? Why? Email vs Letters

Texting vs Phoning

Phoning vs Facebook

The comparative rule

Do cutting activity

Spam

Card

Conference

Jet lag?

Which is your favourite? Why?

Do activity 2A!

Do 3B in groups

Listen to the conversation!

What were the problems?

Practice the conversation in Groups.

Do you ever have problems when you are phoning someone?

For example?

Now make your own conversation. Group A – Somebody is on the phone Somebody gets cut off.

Group B – Somebody gets the wrong number.

Somebody gets another call and can’t talk.

Group C – They have a bad connection.

What was John saying?

Let’s find out (write down the answer)!

Practice the conversation and change the event.

Now practice a conversation about these things with your eyes closed

Debbie made five phone calls last night and talked for forty-five minutes. John made two phone calls last night and talked for thirty minutes.

Who made more calls? Who spent more time on the phone? Who spent less time on each call?

Less/fewer

What is the difference?

Two years I more. In two years from now I more.

Lesson CIt is particularly important to be politely when you can’t see the person. Remember the activity! However, sometimes you have to repeat the interrupt the conversation.

Why do we sometimes need to interrupt phone conversations?

In what ways can we interrupt a conversation?

Let’s listen to the conversation!

What happened? Why does Maria want to talk to Lucy?

“Interrupting a conversation” gives

Practice the conversation in pairs with these new phrases.

How do we use “just”? It softens expressions, making them less

direct. It sounds like a “small” thing.

Do exercise 2, 1 -4 Where do we add “just”.

Now practice these but change the interruption.

Write your own conversation? It must involve:

2 interruptions. 1 problem. Vocabulary and Grammar. The word “just”. A random word. IT MUST BE DONE WITH YOUR EYES SHUT.

Lesson D – Texting! Do you text? Who do who text? Do you use text language?

This is text language? CUL8R!

Hiya!

Lol!

Now, scan the article and check for text language.

Now, extract the reasons why texting is useful. Present grammar and vocabulary.