Means of Communication Project 1 Means

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 l 8 r sth 2 nite a/noon luv @ mo w 8 : -) : -( Vocabulary later something tonight afternoon love at moment wait Your Guide to ‘cyber-English’

Informal text messages Symbols bb gl dunno afaik np h 8 omg LOL or Lo. L ROTFL BTW Vocabulary 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 6 th vid and using the default setting for windows pocket PC (fullscreen 218 Kbs) gives a resolution of 320 x 240 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 M 3 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 8 mb installer for it. I can't seem to find a link to a current host anywhere on the internet” Jake 1516: “Cheers Kris, Tried using that one you linked to Janson but I duno which of the settings im looking for. ” Example

Name Previous contact Formal/Neutral Informal ◦ Dear Mr/Mrs/Ms Smith ◦ Dear Mary Hi/Hello Mary, … (or no name at all) ◦ Thank you for your email of… ◦ Further to your last email… ◦ I apologies for not getting in contact with you before now Thanks for your email… Re your email… Sorry I haven’t written for ages, but I’ve been really busy. Basic email phrases taken from email English

Formal/Neutral Reason for ◦ I am writing in connection with… writing ◦ 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 Ask for 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… Basic email phrases taken from email English

Requests Offer help Formal/Neutral Informal ◦ I’d be grateful if you could… ◦ I wonder if you could… ◦ Thank you in advance for your help in this matter. Please… Could you…? I’d appreciate your help on this ◦ Would you like me…? ◦ Let me know whether you would like me to… Do you want me to…? Let me know if you’d like me to… Basic email phrases taken from email English

Formal/Neutral Informal Final comments ◦ 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… Thanks again for… Let me know if you need anything else. Just give me a call if you have any questions. My number is… Close ◦ I am looking forward to…(+~ing) ◦ Best wishes ◦ Regards Looking forward to …(+~ing) Speak to/See you soon Bye(for now) All the best Basic email phrases taken from email English

Используемые ресурсы Адрес Характеристика http: //www. som. fsio. ru/ фотографии http: //www. ciospbappo. narod. ru/ Картинки на титульный лист ЛИТЕРАТУРА Laser Intermediate, Macmillan , Malcolm Mann Matrix Intermediate, Oxford University Press, Kathy Gude