Знакомство с правилами написания e-mail

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Учитель английского языка высшей квалификационной категории Владимирова Л.М.

Цель: развитие социокультурной компетенции, а именно умения участвовать в коммуникации в соответствии с нормами иноязычной письменной речи

Задачи: дать учащимся знания об особенностях электронной коммуникации: правилах написания e-mail; формирование у учащихся необходимых графических автоматизмов, речемыслительных навыков и умений формулировать мысль в соответствии с письменным стилем; овладение культурой и интеллектуальной готовностью создавать содержание письменного произведения речи

(Чёрным, жирным цветом выделены слова учителя, красным выделены предполагаемые ответы учащихся.)

Слайд 1. E-mail etiquette rules

-Hello guys! Today we are getting together to learn more about some rules. I’m sure, everyone in this group has the experience of writing an e-mail. Could you tell me, what an e-mail is?

-It is a very short and simple message.

-Can you name the types of e-mails?

-It might be like a short informal letter or a business message.

-And now I want you to look at the screen.

Слайд 2. Address

-Who knows, what we should write there? (To)

-To write the e-mail address of the person we are writing to.

-And what about your address? (From)

-The computer includes our e-mail address and the date automatically.

Слайд 3. Subject line

-As for the subject, it is supposed to give it to the message. Do you know why?

-I think without a subject e-mail messages may not be opened.

-And the reason?

-Because of a fear of viruses or they just stay noticeable.

-What is your attitude to this subject line? (Important! Read Immediately!)

-What is important to you may not be important to your reader.

-You should keep the subject short, clear, informative and avoid such headings as “Good news”, “Hello”, “Message from…” Do you know why?

-These headings are common in messages containing viruses.

-Yes, short but specific headings are needed to decide that your email is worthwhile.

Слайд 4. Greeting

-Usually you start your messages with a greeting, don’t you? Why?

-To create a friendly or a business-like tone. To be polite.

-What polite phrases do we use?

-Please, thank you, could you, would you….

-It is common to write the greeting without a comma. But you may use it, if you want.

Слайд 5. Content

-As for the content, how should we write it?

-Answer swiftly. Keep your text readable and write short paragraphs. Answer all questions. Use proper spelling, grammar & punctuation. Do not write in CAPITALS.

-Is it important?

-IF YOU WRITE IN CAPITALS IT SEEMS AS IF YOU ARE SHOUTING.

Слайд 6. Abbreviations

-In text-messaging or texting we could use some abbreviations. I’m sure you know what they mean.

afaik-as far as I know                         info-information

bbl-be back later                                 cc-copies

btw-by the way                                   memo-memorandum

pls-please                                            pp.-pages

yr-your                                                 &-and

u-you                                                   w/o-without

asap-as soon as possible                      FYI-for your information

Ic-I see                                                 N.B.-nota bene

ttm-talk to me                                        VIP-very important person

RUOK? - Are you OK?

 Слайд 7. Attachments

-As for the attachments, you should try to avoid them. Do you know why?

-They could transmit viruses.

- So, try not to use them or your reader will have to download and open them in a separate program. What could we do?

-Copy the most relevant text into the body of the email or make sure the file name describes the content. Compare two file names and choose the appropriate one:

message.doc

holidays 2012.doc (the file name describes the content)

Слайд 8. Common endings

-How should we end the message?

-In a polite way.

-What are the common endings?

-Yours sincerely, Best regards, Best wishes, Regards, Kind regards…

-By the way, 'Regards' is a suitable sign-off phrase because it's not too formal or too informal. And if you did not put a comma after the greeting at the beginning of the message, then do not put a comma after the ending either. Then you should include your name at the end of the message. Do you know why?

-Very often the email address of the sender does not indicate exactly who it is from.

-Do you like to receive an email which does not include the name of the sender?

-Oh, no it is annoying.

-As for me, I don’t care.

-I’d like to add that we can use emoticons which show emotions like sad, happy, displeasure.

Слайд 9. P.S.

-What will you do, if you forget to write smth?

-We could use P.S.

e.g.   P.S. Don't reply to spam.

-Thanks a lot for your answers. What have we learned today?

-We learned more about e-mail etiquette rules.

-Now let’s do an activity 1. Choose the best options from the drop-down boxes below.

http://www2.elc.polyu.edu.hk/CILL/eiw/e-mail.htm

Слайд 10.

-Activity 2. Please read this informal message with a nonstandard punctuation and spelling.

To:          [email protected]

From:      [email protected]

Date:       2012-05-20(Mon) 10:20

Subjest:   No subject

Hey, Jules

Hru getting on?

Could u help me, plz? My computer has broken & I don’t know any1 who I can call 2 & and fix it. Fyi, I installed AV & was just abt 2 start my essay b4 my comp crashed-my screen just went blue! I remember @ school u were a real wizz @ computer staff. Btw, what are u studying now? IT? Don’t u come & try 2 fix my comp? I’ll pay u 4 it! But, plz, cal asap! I’ll be w8ing 4 your call. Lmk, if u can do something 4 me.

Bfn

Martin

-Your home assignment is to answer Martin. What are we writing here? (To)

-We are writing an e-mail of ….

-And there?

-The computer includes our e-mail address and the date automatically.

-As for the subject, Martin didn’t give it to his message. Could you choose the best variant for Jules’s subject?

Computer repair (short, clear and informative)

-What about the greeting?

-It’s a very informal message, so we can use such a greeting as Hi, Martin

-As for the content, could you give us some ideas?

-My answer is, “If you believe that I am a computer specialist, I would try to help you surely”.

-I would fix your computer free of charge, but I have no time these days.

-I advise you to contact the service.

-My service charge is 50 pounds.

-Don’t forget to use some abbreviations, symbols. You can see it’s a very informal letter.

Avoid attachments. How should we end the message?

-In a polite way including the name. And we can use emoticons which show our emotions.

-Well done. Thank you. You are free.