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Means of Communication. Project. 1. Means of Communication Language Body languages Phones Mobile phones Computers The Internet E-mails Chat-rooms Text-messages. Divide these words into two groups: Parts of a computer Things you can do, send, and receive on a computer
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Means of Communication Project
1. Means of Communication • Language • Body languages • Phones • Mobile phones • Computers • The Internet • E-mails • Chat-rooms • Text-messages
Divide these words into two groups: • Parts of a computer • Things you can do, send, and receive on a computer • Go on-line, electronic mail, monitor, website, digital messages, download, mouse, log on, keyboard, log off, clip art, printer, surf the Net. How computer–literate are you?
Parts of a computer Monitor, mouse, keyboard, printer, • Things you can do, send, and receive on a computer Go on-line, electronic mail, , website, digital messages, download, log on, , log off, clip art, surf the Net. How computer–literate are you?
Informal text messages • Symbols • b • c • r • u • 2 • 4 • gonna • goin • wanna • ur • Vocabulary • be • see • are • you • to/too • for • going to • going • want to • your/ you’re Your Guide to ‘cyber-English’
Informal text messages • Symbols • l8r • sth • 2nite • a/noon • luv • @ • mo • w8 • :-) • :-( • Vocabulary • later • something • tonight • afternoon • love • at • moment • wait • • Your Guide to ‘cyber-English’
Informal text messages • Symbols • bb • gl • dunno • afaik • np • h8 • omg • LOL or LoL • ROTFL • BTW • Vocabulary • bye bye… • good luck • don’t know • as far as I know • no problem • hate • Oh my god! • Laugh out loud! • Roll on the floor laughing • By the way Your Guide to ‘cyber-English’
Example: cu @ 8! • Articles, pronouns, auxiliary verbs and prepositions are often left out. For example: “am in a meeting @ the mo” means “I am in a meeting at the moment.” “should arrive Tues” means “I should arrive on Tuesday.” “u gonna come with us?” means “Are you going to come with us?”
I got myself a PIMP xda Graphite Smartphone the other day. • It's fantastic for watching videos on in full screen, however all my videos are like 50+ MB and some big resolution which really isn't necessary on the phone. • I've used media player movie maker to compress squince's 6th vid and using the default setting for windows pocket PC (fullscreen 218Kbs) gives a resolution of 320x240 and keep the audio quality nice too. • Is there any other software out there which can do what im after in a smaller package than WMM? It's such hassle having to import the vid first and then save it as a movie again. • I tried the nokia multimedia convertor but it broke the aspect ratio and won't work in full screen... Example
Krisboats: “You'll be wanting a program called M3 made by someone called mysh. Its the best at changing ratios for phones. Super easy to use, only quite hard to track down. • If you add me to msn i can send you the 8mb installer for it. I can't seem to find a link to a current host anywhere on the internet” • Jake1516: “Cheers Kris, Tried using that one you linked to Janson but I duno which of the settings im looking for.” Example
Formal/Neutral • Dear Mr/Mrs/Ms Smith • Dear Mary • Thank you for your email of… • Further to your last email… • I apologies for not getting in contact with you before now • Informal Hi/Hello Mary Mary,… (or no name at all) Thanks for your email… Re your email… Sorry I haven’t written for ages, but I’ve been really busy. • Name • Previous contact Basic email phrases taken from email English
Formal/Neutral • I am writing in connection with… • In reply to your email, here are… • Your name was given to me by… • We would like to point out that… • Could you give me some information about… • I would like to know… • I’m interested in finding out… • Informal Just a short note about… Here’s the… you wanted. I got your name from… Please note that… Can you tell me a little more about… I’d like to know… Please send me… • Reason for writing • Ask for information Basic email phrases taken from email English
Formal/Neutral • I’d be grateful if you could… • I wonder if you could… • Thank you in advance for your help in this matter. • Would you like me…? • Let me know whether you would like me to… • Informal Please… Could you…? I’d appreciate your help on this Do you want me to…? Let me know if you’d like me to… • Requests • Offer help Basic email phrases taken from email English
Formal/Neutral • Thank you for your help. • Do not hesitate to contact us again if you require any further information. • Please fell free to contact me if you have any questions. My direct line is… • I am looking forward to…(+~ing) • Best wishes • Regards • Informal Thanks again for… Let me know if you need anything else. Just give me a call if you have any questions. My number is… Looking forward to …(+~ing) Speak to/See you soon Bye(for now) All the best • Final comments • Close Basic email phrases taken from email English
Используемые ресурсы ЛИТЕРАТУРА Laser Intermediate,Macmillan ,Malcolm Mann Matrix Intermediate,Oxford University Press,Kathy Gude