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READ
E-mail certainly keeps me busy. I never used to write as many letters as I do now. In the good old days before computers, we wrote real letters, with paper and envelopes. I wrote one or two letters a week. But now, with e-mail, my in-box is never empty. There’s always someone mailing me. I would like just one day where I’m free of e-mail. The sad thing is, very few mails I get are interesting. I get loads of spam – junk mail trying to sell me things I don’t want. I also get lots of mail from people asking me to do stuff. Do this, do that, reply ASAP. It’s too much sometimes. The one good thing about e-mail is that you can get things done quickly. I can e-mail a company in another country and they can mail me back in two minutes.
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THE ACTIVITIES
LISTENING GAP FILL
E-mail certainly ______________________ . I never used ______________________ many letters ______________________ . In the good old days before computers, we wrote real letters, with paper and envelopes. I wrote one or two ______________________ . But now, with e-mail, my in-box is never empty. There’s always someone mailing me. I would like ______________________ where I’m free of e-mail. The sad thing is, very few mails I get are interesting. I get ______________________ – junk mail trying to sell me things I don’t want. I also get ______________________ from people asking me ______________________ . Do this, do that, reply ASAP. It’s too much sometimes. The ______________________ about e-mail is that you can get things done quickly. I can e-mail a company in another country and they can ______________________ in two minutes.
CORRECT THE SPELLING
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UNJUMBLE THE WORDS
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DISCUSSION (Write your own questions)
STUDENT A’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)
1. VOCABULARY EXTENSION: Choose several of the words from the text. Use a dictionary or Google’s search field (or another search engine) to build up more associations / collocations of each word.
2. INTERNET INFO: Search the Internet and find more information about e-mail. Talk about what you discover with your partner(s) in the next lesson.
3. MAGAZINE ARTICLE:Write a magazine article about e-mail. Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Give each other feedback on your articles.
4. E-MAIL POSTERMake a poster about e-mail. Show it to your classmates in the next lesson. Give each other feedback on your posters.
5. MY E-MAIL LESSON:Make your own English lesson on e-mail. Make sure there is a good mix of things to do. Find some good online activities. Teach the class / another group when you have finished.
6. ONLINE SHARING:Use your blog, wiki, Facebook page, MySpace page, Twitter stream, Del-icio-us / StumbleUpon account, or any other social media tool to get opinions on e-mail. Share your findings with the class.
ANSWERS
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