LESSON 12
COMMUNICATION
Reading +
Speaking
Objectives
❑ EXAM SKILLS:
➢ Reading:
• A text about surviving without a
smartphone
• Skimming a text
• Actually, in fact
➢ Speaking:
• IELTS Speaking Part 1 about
Communication
READING
SKILL
A WEEK
WITHOUT
MY
SMARTPHON
E
Read the text
skimming a
Skill
text
Before you read a text in detail, get a general ideal of
the topic the text and of each paragraph
- Read the title of the text and look at any images. Can you
predict what the text is about?
- Quickly read the first paragraph. This will confirm the
topic and can give you an idea of the text content and
organization.
- Read the first sentence of each paragraph. This can give
you information about the main idea of each paragraph
Read the Skill box. Then look at the title of the text, the picture, and the first
paragraph on page 7. Do you think the writer had a positive or negative experience
without his smartphone?
3 Read the first sentences of paragraphs 2-6. What is the main idea of each
paragraph? Match the paragraphs with ideas a-e.
a With no smartphone, he felt less tired.
b With no smartphone, he worked better.
c He communicated more face-to-face.’
d There were more advantages than disadvantage.
e He found things to do to entertain himself.
4 Read the complete text. Are the sentences true (T) , false (F) or Not given (NG) ?
Correct the false sentences.
1 The writer stopped using his smartphone because of an article he read.
____
2 Normally his smartphone distracts him when he’s working.
____
3 He has become a better listener when he’s with friends.
____
4 He doesn’t enjoy watching Netflix and reading online news any more.
____
5 The light from smartphone screens helps us sleep.
____
6 The writer now uses his smartphone differently than before.
____
SPEAKING SKILL
Part 1
Communication
Practice Questions
1. Do you contact different people in different ways?
2. How often do you contact your friends and family?
3. Do you think it is important to reply to emails/texts
immediately after you receive them?
4. Did people in your country keep in contact the same ways
as they do today?
Communication
Vocabulary
Forms of
1. Verbal communication communication
a) through the internet (emails, social media, etc.
2. Oral communication
b) through words and languages
3. Face to Face communication
c) through real–life meetings
4. Non-verbal communication
5. Written communication d) through writing
6. Virtual communication e) through speaking
f) through body language, facial expressions, etc
.
Communication
Vocabulary
A mean of communication: To be/keep/stay in touch:
a mean to help people communicate with Catch up with …
the others to continue to communicate with
Eg. Text messaging is a medium of somebody
communication between my friends and I. Eg. Jen and I never kept in touch after high
On a daily basis >< every once in a while
school.
Eg. We used to talk on a daily basis.
Communication
Vocabulary
• convey feelings
• To get something across = explain something
• Get the wrong end of the stick =
misunderstand
• Beating around the bush
>< get to the point
• Give someone your word = promise
• Be in the dark about something = not know
#1. Do you contact different
people in different ways?
People tend to have their own preference when it
comes to means of communication.
Phone Text Email
calls
Direct & Fast messages
Informal style s
Formal style
Intimate Daily chatting Work/Business
Suitable for friends & Suitable for new Suitable for co-workers/
family acquaintance or friends boss/clients
#2. How often do you contact
your friends and family?
I stay in touch with ______ on a regular basis/ every once in a
while.
+ We converse/ chat/ talk daily via text messages or social
media.
+ I tend to catch up with them face-to-face whenever I have
time off work.
#3. Do you think it is
important to reply to
emails/texts immediately
after you receive them?
Instant/ Rapid response to newly received emails are
crucial to effective communications.
Reasons:
+ Show respect to senders
+ Express your sense of responsibility or reliability
+ Avoid missing texts/ or overloaded inbox
#4. Did people in your country
keep in contact the same
ways as they do today?
Technology developments have transformed/changed
our ways of communication over the past few years.
- Past: through letters, postcards, phone calls
- Now: thanks to the invention of internet
+ a variety of new channels
+ regardless of time zones/physical distances
HOMEWORK
Pronunciation: Complete the pronunciation
lesson on ELSA Speak.
Vocabulary: Create a Vocabulary lesson on
Quizlet and complete it.
Grammar + Listening + Writing:
Complete Student Handout
