Snail mail

Netiquette

Writing emails

Homework

Ask students to refresh vocabulary from the first 4 lessons of the section.

Ask students to refresh grammar information about the Present Perfect Tense and the Past Simple Tense.

Lesson 5

The lesson plan

1. Introduction to the lesson (2 min)

2. Lead-in (5 min)

3. Reading text (10 min)

4. E-mail etiquette explanation (10 min)

5. Writing practice (writing informal e-mails) (20 min)

6. Speaking practice (20 min)

7. Homework (5 min)

Introduction

As an introduction to this lesson for students a teacher may use the following passage:

E-mail is the simplest and most immediate function of the Internet for many people. E-mail is just a message that is composed, sent and read electronically. With regular mail you write out you message (letter or postcard) and drop it off at the post office. The postal service then delivers the message and the recipient reads it. E-mail operates basically the same way except that everything happens electronically. You compose your message using e-mail software, send it over the lines that connect the Internet’s networks and the recipient uses an e-mail program to read the message.

LEAD-IN

Ask students to discuss the following questions:

- What major problems are there with the e-mail? Are they opinions or facts? Would it be a problem for you?

- Is there etiquette for e-mail messages? What is it? What are the examples of this etiquette? What is the reason for the origin of e-mail etiquette?

Reading text

Ask students to read the text “USING EMAIL” paying attention to pronunciation and to tell in what way they use their e-mail service.

You may tell students the rules of emails writing.

There is no standard format as far as I know for netiquette – etiquette for the n et. Netiquette is a new word. Etiquette is a system of social rules or polite behaviour relating to a particular group of people – in this case all the people who use the web for emails.

For letters, whose progress can be as slow as that of a snail when they are entrusted to the postal system, there are clearly defined conventions for opening and closing:

For formal letters when the name or sex of the recipient is not known:

OPENING: Dear Sir(s), Dear Madam or Dear Sir or Madam

CLOSING: Yours faithfully (In American English, sometimes: Yours truly,)

For the more formal style of letter when their name is known but you do not know them very well:

OPENING: Dear Mr Jenkins, Dear Ms Hopkins (or, if you know their marital status and know that they prefer to be addressed as Mrs or Miss: Dear Miss Hopwell, Dear Mrs Jenkinson)

CLOSING: Yours sincerely (In American English, sometimes: Sincerely Yours, Sincerely,

For informal letters to business contacts that you know well:

OPENING: Dear Tony, Dear Estelle

CLOSING: With best wishes or With kind regards followed by Yours sincerely or, sometimes, in public service Yours ever

For letters to friends or close family members:

OPENING: Dear Maggy, Dear Freddie

CLOSING: Yours, Your, Love, Lots of Love (Hugs and Kisses)

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