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Unit 17 Lesson 6
E-mail
Objectives: By the end of the lesson you will have
• talked about e-mail
• read a passage on e-mail
• written a newspaper article on the usefulness of e-mail
A In pairs discuss and note down what you know about the telephone, fax, and telex as modes of communication.
B What do you know about e-mail? Discuss in pairs.
C Read the following passage and answer the questions below it.
Electronic mail, popularly known as 'e-mail', is the communication of textual messages via electronic means. Although-telex communication is also electronic in nature, there are differences between a telex and e-mail. While telex communication is terminal-to-terminal, electronic mail communication is user-to-user via the computer. In telex, messages destined to a number of users are sent to the same terminal from where it is distributed in a printed form by an operator. On the other hand, e-mail is delivered to individual electronic mail boxes based in computers. In order to operate an e-mail system we need a personal computer, a modem and a telephone connection.
An important advantage of e-mail is its ability lo reduce the consumption of paper
in the office. Internal memos and reports can be exchanged electronically without
using paper. Being a computer-based messaging system, files prepared on
computers can be instantly copied and easily exchanged as e-mail. This facility
has the potential of improving office efficiency considerably.
Being a person-to-person communication, e-mail turns out to be a cheaper alternative to telephone conversation and eliminates the time spent in establishing phone calls. For a telephone conversation to materialise, both the caller and the called must be present simultaneously. Some studies indicate that as much as 70 per cent of the business phone calls during business hours do not succeed in the first attempt due to unavailability of the party being called. E-mail permits communication between two parties without the parties actually being present Simultaneously, Privacy is ensured as the mail is delivered to an individual's mail box which can be accessed or opened only by the intended recipient.
E-mail has brought about a revolution in modern communication. Messages can be transmitted from one country to another within seconds. It is far cheaper than telephone calls. Trade and commerce has become greatly dependent on this speedy mode of communication. It has, however, not reached every one, especially in developing countries like ours, as most people cannot afford to have a personal computer. But even here people have started using commercially operated e-mail facilities for important purposes.
1 How is e-mail communication different from telex communication?
2 What according to the passage, is the advantage of e-mail?
D Write an article for The Rising Sun (200 words) about the usefulness of e-mail for students in Bangladesh.
Focus:
Skills.
Speaking, reading & writing. Functions.
Describing facilities.
Grammar/Structure.
Active and passive voice.
Vocabulary.
textual, simultaneously, consumption, potential, transmit.
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Unit 17 Lesson 6
Objectives: By the end of the lesson you will have
• talked about e-mail
• read a passage on e-mail
• written a newspaper article on the usefulness of e-mail
A In pairs discuss and note down what you know about the telephone, fax, and telex as modes of communication.
B What do you know about e-mail? Discuss in pairs.
C Read the following passage and answer the questions below it.
Electronic mail, popularly known as 'e-mail', is the communication of textual messages via electronic means. Although-telex communication is also electronic in nature, there are differences between a telex and e-mail. While telex communication is terminal-to-terminal, electronic mail communication is user-to-user via the computer. In telex, messages destined to a number of users are sent to the same terminal from where it is distributed in a printed form by an operator. On the other hand, e-mail is delivered to individual electronic mail boxes based in computers. In order to operate an e-mail system we need a personal computer, a modem and a telephone connection.
An important advantage of e-mail is its ability lo reduce the consumption of paper
in the office. Internal memos and reports can be exchanged electronically without
using paper. Being a computer-based messaging system, files prepared on
computers can be instantly copied and easily exchanged as e-mail. This facility
has the potential of improving office efficiency considerably.
Being a person-to-person communication, e-mail turns out to be a cheaper alternative to telephone conversation and eliminates the time spent in establishing phone calls. For a telephone conversation to materialise, both the caller and the called must be present simultaneously. Some studies indicate that as much as 70 per cent of the business phone calls during business hours do not succeed in the first attempt due to unavailability of the party being called. E-mail permits communication between two parties without the parties actually being present Simultaneously, Privacy is ensured as the mail is delivered to an individual's mail box which can be accessed or opened only by the intended recipient.
E-mail has brought about a revolution in modern communication. Messages can be transmitted from one country to another within seconds. It is far cheaper than telephone calls. Trade and commerce has become greatly dependent on this speedy mode of communication. It has, however, not reached every one, especially in developing countries like ours, as most people cannot afford to have a personal computer. But even here people have started using commercially operated e-mail facilities for important purposes.
1 How is e-mail communication different from telex communication?
2 What according to the passage, is the advantage of e-mail?
D Write an article for The Rising Sun (200 words) about the usefulness of e-mail for students in Bangladesh.
Focus:
Skills.
Speaking, reading & writing. Functions.
Describing facilities.
Grammar/Structure.
Active and passive voice.
Vocabulary.
textual, simultaneously, consumption, potential, transmit.