Text 3. Fax

Task IV. (for individual work)

Task III. Sum up what the text says about the methods of communication.

Task II. Use the word combinations from the task 1 in your sentences. Make up 5-7 sentences.

Text 2. Methods of business communication.

There are several methods of business communication, including:

• Web-based communication - for better and improved communication, anytime anywhere...
• video conferencing which allow people in different locations to hold interactive meetings;
• e-mails, which provide an instantaneous medium of written communication worldwide;
• Reports - important in documenting the activities of any department;
• Presentations - very popular method of communication in all types of organizations, usually involving audiovisual material, like copies of reports, or material prepared in Microsoft PowerPoint or Adobe Flash;
• telephoned meetings, which allow for long distance speech;
• forum boards, which allow people to instantly post information at a centralized location; and
• face-to-face meetings, which are personal and should be succeeded by a written follow-up.

Business communication is somewhat different and unique from other types of communication since the purpose of business is to make money. Thus, to develop profitability, the communicator should develop good communication skills. Knowing the importance of communication, many organizations train their employees in communication techniques.

Task I. Find these word-combinations in the text:

1. проводить интерактивные встречи
2. предоставить мгновенную связь
3. по всему миру
4. использующий аудиовизуальные средства
5. материал подготовлен в
6. позволяет осуществлять разговоры на дальние расстояния
7. посылать информацию
8. общение лицом к лицу
9. цель деловой деятельности
10. заработать деньги
11. важность делового общения
12. служащие
13. технологии

Chose any methods of communication and imagine and act the situation of business communication using this method.

Fax is a facsimile copy of a document which is transmitted by normal telephone lines to another fax machine. Some faxes are exactly like letters, some are printed on special fax forms rather like memos, others are simply handwritten messages. The sender of a fax can’t be certain if the message has been received perfectly. Sometimes lines get missed or a illegible. A fax is not usually a legal binding document. This is an example of fax. Let’s study it.

Task I. Read the dialogues, translate them and make up your own dialogues:

Sending faxes: Jaime Vasconcelos in Los Angeles, USA is on the phone to Anna Friedman in Sydney, Australia.

Anna: Yes, I think you’ll be interested in our latest designs.

Jaime: Can you send them by fax?

Anna: Sure. I’ll fax you right now. What’s your fax number?

Jaime: 1 for the US, then 213 976 3421.

Anna: OK. I’ve got that.

Jaime: Can you fax the information you think we need?

Anna: I’ll fax you everything we have. There are about 30 pages.

Jaime: If you could fax it all over to us that would be great!

Receiving faxes.

Anna: Did you get my fax?

Jaime: You’re not going to believe this, but the paper got stuck and the machine jammed.

Anna: No problem. I’ll send it through again.

15 minutes later….

Anna: Did the fax go through OK this time?

Jaime: Yes, but pages two and three weren’t legible. I couldn’t read them.

Anna: No problem. I’ll resend them.

Task II. Fill in the gaps using the words and word – combinations below.

(sender, illegible, advise, cover sheet, confidential, intended recipients, destroy)

Kind Wang sends a fax to Stockholm. The person, receiving the fax phone Kim.

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