Means of communication

The tasks of the lesson:
Repeat words
Use grammar structures
Find out advantages and disadvantages of different means of communication
Tell us about the most important mean
of communication for you

Read the words after me, please!
Fax, phone, electronic, to receive, to send, printed, to use, computer, system, information, message, letters, the Internet, call, games, messages, make a phone call, answer the phone, write a message/e-mail, send a message , receive a message

Read the telephone numbers:
190338
230447
89081024689
589421
567097
120954
574932
768890
79137990246
478433

Translate into English the following dates and years:
1)1832
2) 1915
3) 2021
4) October, 13

Learn new word combinations:
1) means of communication
2) to communicate with people
2) to communicate with each other
3) to communicate by means of…
4) to phone smb
5) to call up smb
6) to talk on the phone

Learn new word combinations:
7) a mobile phone
8) a phone call
9) a phone number
10) to receive messages
4) to send messages
5) to post photos
6) to upload videos

People can communicate by different means of communication
Match the pairs
computer telegram
fax e-mail
telephone fax message
telegraph phone call

Read about the means
of communication:
A system to find, to download and to store (хранить) useful information, music, videos –
2) A mean of communication by means of which we can send letters, photos and even music –
A system for sending or receiving speech over long distances –
A mean to send telegrams –
An electronic machine that can store and recall (восстанавливать) information, do many processes on it –
The machine which is used for sending or receiving copies of printed material, letters, pictures, along a telephone line –
the Internet.
an e-mail.
a telephone.
a telegraph.
a computer.
a fax.

1) There are different means of communication: computers, mail, telegraph, phones .What is your favourite?
2) Do you like to talk over the phone or send e-mails?
3) What is the fastest mean of communication?
4) Do you have a telephone?
Answer the questions:

Listening
Listen, read and complete the dialog.

Check your answers
Mrs Smith: Hello!
Paul: Hello! This is Paul. Can I speak to Steve, please?
Mrs Smith: Hang on a moment, Paul. I will get him.
Steve: Hi, Paul! What is up?
Paul: Hi, Steve! Good news! You answered the questions for the
World Teenagers Competition, did not you?
Steve: Yes, you helped me then. We both tried our chances.
Paul: Well, we have won it! What luck!
Steve: That is great! It was a chance in a million. There were so many
participants. Really, we have been Lucky.
Paul: So get ready for the tour. We will have an unforgettable trip.
Steve: Sure. Touch wood, and keep your fingers crossed.
Paul: OK. No problem.

Make up a dialogue
1. You don’t know your homework. Call up your friend.
2. You are at school party.
Phone your mother that you’ll come home later.
3. Your sister Ann is playing tennis in school. Take a phone message from her friend.
4. Your elder brother Steve is playing computer games in his room. His friend phones him.

Work in groups
A) Choose the most important means of communication.
B) Discuss and write down its advantages and disadvantages.
C) Tell you classmates about your choice. Explain your choice.

Hometask
Answer my questions, please!
1. Do you have telephone and computer?
2. Do you like to talking on the phone?
3. With whom do you usually talk on the phone?
4. Do you agree that talking on the phone is a waste of time?
5. Do you usually chat with your friends on the phone or computer?
6.What is the best means of communication telephone or computer?
7.What can you do with help of telephone and with help of computer?