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306 | English sample lessons | Grade 10 © Supreme Education Council 2004 Email is the most important method of communication for most people nowadays. The Internet email system seems to work well, but is email a good thing or a bad thing? Since email represents, for many people, a completely new way to communicate with others, it should come as no surprise that it is certainly not an easy solution to all problems. Like any innovation, it has its advantages and its share of disadvantages. There are, indeed, many advantages to email. First of all, email is easy. The hardest part of Internet email is getting connected to the Internet in the first place. Once you’ve got over that hurdle however, the rest is simple. All you need is the appropriate software that runs on your computer. There are no stamps to lick, no envelopes to find, and no queuing in the post office, while the old lady in front fumbles for change. Email is also fast. No matter where you’re sending your message, whether it’s on the other side of town or on the other side of the planet, it still takes only seconds or, at most, minutes to reach its destination. Nowadays, whenever I send regular mail (or snail mail as email fans refer to mail sent through the post office), it is frightening to think it’s actually going to take days to reach its destination. Another prime consideration is that it is cheap. Outside of your normal online connection charges, Internet email costs precisely nothing for a normal user. Unlike long distance telephone calls, you pay no more for messages sent across the world than you would for a message sent across town. Another important advantage is that email messages are easily stored. Because they’re electronic, saving a message you’ve received (and calling it back up again later on) is a simple matter. There is also the very important advantage that because email is electronic, we save on natural resources and we don’t have to bother with awkward things like fax paper. Email nowadays is practically universal. Millions of people on the Internet use email, in just about every country in the world. All is not entirely positive however. There are several disadvantages, which should be mentioned. Email is impersonal. Unlike a face-to-face conversation, it’s tough to get across facial expressions and other nuances in email prose. Even a telephone conversation relies on characteristics of spoken language to convey such things as humour. There are ways around these email constraints but your overall range of expression is limited. The impersonality of email also leads to another problem: forgetting that, most of the time, a live human being will be reading your message. Email is so easy that you can throw together a message in a few minutes and send it off with a single keystroke or mouse click. And once it’s sent, there’s no way to retrieve a message. Many a time, you might regret sending that message that was written when you were angry. Many users find that one major disadvantage is that email can begin to take over your life. As you get more involved in the world of email, you’ll naturally start getting more correspondence. You’ll be exchanging pleasantries with friends and colleagues, subscribing to mailing lists and online journals, and trading information with complete strangers. Before you know it, you can spend most of your day just reading and responding to the flood of email. There is also the serious problem of ‘spam’ or unwanted advertising material. It is said that more than 50% of emails sent today are spam. Another problem is that email is not very secure. As your email messages go on their way to their destinations, they have to pass through other, public, systems. Anyone with the right amount of technical know-how can easily intercept your mail and look through it without you or the recipient knowing. There are still considerable limitations to email, the main one being that it can only handle text. The big advantage that snail mail and couriers have over email is that you can send things like presents and food. Email is a text-only medium, which limits the types of things you can send. Things are improving, though. Most modern email programs let you attach things like graphics, sound files, and other types of documents. What is clear is that email is here to stay. All the more reason to benefit from its advantages without letting it take over your life. Because of its newness, most people don’t have a policy for using email, yet are quite happy to set rules for watching television or writing formal business letters. What they need to do is apply some of those rules to using email. Overall, though, it is safe to conclude that email is a really useful tool. It is just necessary to use it with some thought and care. Teacher’s resource 10F.1
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Email is the most important method of communication for most people nowadays. The Internet email system seems to work well, but is email a good thing or a bad thing? Since email represents, for many people, a completely new way to communicate with others, it should come as no surprise that it is certainly not an easy solution to all problems. Like any innovation, it has its advantages and its share of disadvantages.
There are, indeed, many advantages to email. First of all, email is easy. The hardest part of Internet email is getting connected to the Internet in the first place. Once you’ve got over that hurdle however, the rest is simple. All you need is the appropriate software that runs on your computer. There are no stamps to lick, no envelopes to find, and no queuing in the post office, while the old lady in front fumbles for change.
Email is also fast. No matter where you’re sending your message, whether it’s on the other side of town or on the other side of the planet, it still takes only seconds or, at most, minutes to reach its destination. Nowadays, whenever I send regular mail (or snail mail as email fans refer to mail sent through the post office), it is frightening to think it’s actually going to take days to reach its destination.
Another prime consideration is that it is cheap. Outside of your normal online connection charges, Internet email costs precisely nothing for a normal user. Unlike long distance telephone calls, you pay no more for messages sent across the world than you would for a message sent across town.
Another important advantage is that email messages are easily stored. Because they’re electronic, saving a message you’ve received (and calling it back up again later on) is a simple matter.
There is also the very important advantage that because email is electronic, we save on natural resources and we don’t have to bother with awkward things like fax paper. Email nowadays is practically universal. Millions of people on the Internet use email, in just about every country in the world.
All is not entirely positive however. There are several disadvantages, which should be mentioned. Email is impersonal. Unlike a face-to-face conversation, it’s tough to get across facial expressions and other nuances in email prose. Even a telephone conversation relies on characteristics of spoken language to convey such things as humour. There are ways around these email constraints but your overall range of expression is limited.
The impersonality of email also leads to another problem: forgetting that, most of the time, a live human being will be reading your message. Email is so easy that you can throw together a message in a few minutes and send it off with a single keystroke or mouse click. And once it’s sent, there’s no way to retrieve a message. Many a time, you might regret sending that message that was written when you were angry.
Many users find that one major disadvantage is that email can begin to take over your life. As you get more involved in the world of email, you’ll naturally start getting more correspondence. You’ll be exchanging pleasantries with friends and colleagues, subscribing to mailing lists and online journals, and trading information with complete strangers. Before you know it, you can spend most of your day just reading and responding to the flood of email. There is also the serious problem of ‘spam’ or unwanted advertising material. It is said that more than 50% of emails sent today are spam.
Another problem is that email is not very secure. As your email messages go on their way to their destinations, they have to pass through other, public, systems. Anyone with the right amount of technical know-how can easily intercept your mail and look through it without you or the recipient knowing.
There are still considerable limitations to email, the main one being that it can only handle text. The big advantage that snail mail and couriers have over email is that you can send things like presents and food. Email is a text-only medium, which limits the types of things you can send. Things are improving, though. Most modern email programs let you attach things like graphics, sound files, and other types of documents.
What is clear is that email is here to stay. All the more reason to benefit from its advantages without letting it take over your life. Because of its newness, most people don’t have a policy for using email, yet are quite happy to set rules for watching television or writing formal business letters. What they need to do is apply some of those rules to using email. Overall, though, it is safe to conclude that email is a really useful tool. It is just necessary to use it with some thought and care.
Teacher’s resource 10F.1
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OHT 10F.1a
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Title: Email is the most important method of communication for most people nowadays. The Internet email system 1 seems to work well, but is email a good thing or a bad thing? Since email represents, for many people, a completely new way to communicate with others, it should come as no surprise that it is certainly not an easy solution to all problems. Like any innovation, it has its advantages and its share of disadvantages.
There are, indeed, many advantages to email. First of all, email is easy. The hardest part of Internet email is 5 getting connected to the Internet in the first place. Once you’ve got over that hurdle however, the rest is simple. All you need is the appropriate software that runs on your computer. There are no stamps to lick, no envelopes to find, and no queuing in the post office, while the old lady in front fumbles for change.
Email is also fast. No matter where you’re sending your message, whether it’s on the other side of town or on the other side of the planet, it still takes only seconds or, at most, minutes to reach its destination. Nowadays, 10 whenever I send regular mail (or snail mail as email fans refer to mail sent through the post office), it is frightening to think it’s actually going to take days to reach its destination.
Another prime consideration is that it is cheap. Outside of your normal online connection charges, Internet email costs precisely nothing for a normal user. Unlike long distance telephone calls, you pay no more for messages sent across the world than you would for a message sent across town. 15
Another important advantage is that email messages are easily stored. Because they’re electronic, saving a message you’ve received (and calling it back up again later on) is a simple matter.
There is also the very important advantage that because email is electronic, we save on natural resources and we don’t have to bother with awkward things like fax paper. Email nowadays is practically universal. Millions of people on the Internet use email, in just about every country in the world. 20
All is not entirely positive, however. There are several disadvantages, which should be mentioned. Email is impersonal. Unlike a face-to-face conversation, it’s tough to get across facial expressions and other nuances in email prose. Even a telephone conversation relies on characteristics of spoken language to convey such things as humour. There are ways around these email constraints but your overall range of expression is limited.
The impersonality of email also leads to another problem: forgetting that, most of the time, a live human being will 25 be reading your message. Email is so easy that you can throw together a message in a few minutes and send it off with a single keystroke or mouse click. And once it’s sent, there’s no way to retrieve a message. Many a time, you might regret sending that message that was written when you were angry.
Many users find that one major disadvantage is that email can begin to take over your life. As you get more involved in the world of email, you’ll naturally start getting more correspondence. You’ll be exchanging 30 pleasantries with friends and colleagues, subscribing to mailing lists and online journals, and trading information with complete strangers. Before you know it, you can spend most of your day just reading and responding to the flood of email. There is also the serious problem of ‘spam’ or unwanted advertising material. It is said that more than 50% of emails sent today are spam.
Another problem is that email is not very secure. As your email messages go on their way to their destinations, 35 they have to pass through other, public, systems. Anyone with the right amount of technical know-how can easily intercept your mail and look through it without you or the recipient knowing.
There are still considerable limitations to email, the main one being that it can only handle text. The big advantage that snail mail and couriers have over email is that you can send things like presents and food. Email is a text-only medium, which limits the types of things you can send. Things are improving, though. Most modern email 40 programs let you attach things like graphics, sound files, and other types of documents.
What is clear is that email is here to stay. All the more reason to benefit from its advantages without letting it take over your life. Because of its newness, most people don’t have a policy for using email, yet are quite happy to set rules for watching television or writing formal business letters. What they need to do is apply some of those rules to using email. Overall, though, it is safe to conclude that email is a really useful tool. It is just necessary to use it 45 with some thought and care.
Worksheet 10F.1b
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1 What are the four main sections of the text?
2 Are the arguments for and against balanced?
3 How would you change the balance to make this into a persuasive text, for example persuading the reader email is bad for you?
4 Which phrases introduce the advantages?
5 Which phrases introduce the disadvantages?
6 Which phrases could you use in your own discussion essay for:
• the introduction?
• the conclusion?
7 In this text, all the advantages are followed by all the disadvantages. This organises the discussion in a vertical way. What’s another way of organising the advantages and disadvantages?
8 The writer has included lots of link words and phrases of addition to add several advantages together and several disadvantages together. Find as many of them as you can.
OHT 10F.1b
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Comprehension exercises
Vocabulary focus
Match up the vocabulary items and phrases on the left with their meanings on the right. Draw arrows → to connect them.
Line Vocabulary phrase Meaning
38 it can only handle text to get something back
24 constraints difficult
24 overall range of expression small differences in meaning
13 prime consideration limitations
19 awkward only words can be sent
27 (to) retrieve (something) what you can really say
22 nuances an important thing to think about
Reading for information
1 What software do you need on your computer to use e-mail? Do you know any real examples of this?
2 Apart from Internet and phone charges, what does it cost to send an e-mail?
3 What is the name given to advertising e-mails, that you don’t really want?
4 What can you attach to an e-mail message?
Worksheet 10F.1b
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Opinion
In your opinion, which advantage is the most important and which disadvantage?
How do you think the problem of ‘spam’ can be solved?
Do you think that old-fashioned letters still have a place in the business world? What purpose do they serve nowadays?
Look back at the title you gave the text previously and wrote it in pencil. Do you want to change it, or is it OK as it is?
Further activity – homework
You will be receiving a chain story on your class e-mail address. You must add your contribution and send it on to your designated recipient straight away. Your teacher will show you the completed version next lesson.
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OHT 10F.2
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INTRODUCTION
ADVANTAGES
DISADVANTAGES
CONCLUSION
Teacher’s resource 10.F2
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More time watching television than in school and talking to their parents
Television plays a significant role in our daily life
Two sides to every coin
Concern about the effects of television on children
Broadens our horizon
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American children watch about 22–28 hours per week
Approximately one billion TV sets in use worldwide
Most widespread source of information
Informs us about current events
Lot of scientific and nature programmes
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Provides simple, cheap entertainment
Provides access to new ideas and learning
Children are kept busy, giving parents time to rest
Does not require people to be literate
Relieves boredom and provides high quality entertainment
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It takes us to places we’ve only dreamed of
Seeing violence might lead children to think the world is more dangerous than it really is
Reduces opportunities for children to work out basic family relationships
Provides answers too easily
Slows down verbal development because the child is silent while watching it
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Discourages games that enable the young to discover their strengths and weaknesses
Violence stimulates aggressive behaviour
Selection of programmes causes conflict in the family
Breaks down communication within the family and social life suffers
It can become an addiction
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Less positive role models are popular, like the Simpsons
You don’t have to eliminate television completely, but at least set limits
Watch TV with your children whenever possible
Provide alternative entertainment and stimulation
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Do not put the TV in the main room in the house
It can be a very useful and enjoyable medium, but needs to be used with care
Make watching television or videos a treat, not a right
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Advantages and disadvantages of TV
American children watch about 22–28 hours per week
Approximately one billion TV sets in use worldwide
Breaks down communication within the family and social life suffers
Broadens our horizon
Children are kept busy, giving parents time to rest
Concern about the effects of television on children
Discourages games that enable the young to discover their strengths and weaknesses
Do not put the TV in the main room in the house
Does not require people to be literate
Informs us about current events
It can be a very useful and enjoyable medium, but needs to be used with care
It can become an addiction
It takes us to places we’ve only dreamed of
Less positive role models are popular, like the Simpsons
Lot of scientific and nature programmes
Make watching television or videos a treat, not a right
More time watching television than in school and talking to their parents.
Most widespread source of information
Provide alternative entertainment and stimulation
Provides access to new ideas and learning
Provides answers too easily
Provides simple, cheap entertainment
Worksheet 10F.2
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Reduces opportunities for children to work out basic family relationships
Relieves boredom and provides high quality entertainment
Seeing violence might lead children to think the world is more dangerous than it really is
Selection of programmes may cause conflict in the family
Slows down verbal development because the child is silent while watching it
Television plays a significant role in our daily life
Two sides to every coin
Violence stimulates aggressive behaviour
Watch TV with your children whenever possible
You don’t have to eliminate television completely, but at least set limits
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Where do the town planners decide to build?
School
School Lane
Park
Park
Cinema
Footballground
Swimmingpool
Shoppingcentre
A
B
C
D
E
New
Brid
ge S
treet
Park Road
Hill Road
To th
e M
otor
way
Mai
n St
reet
River Avon
Hotel
Hospital
Car park
Petrol station
Supermarket
Adapted from Teaching Listening Comprehension by Penny Ur, Cambridge University Press 1984, and reproduced with permission of the author and publisher
Worksheet 10A.1a
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School
School Lane
Park
Park
Cinema
Footballground
Swimmingpool
Shoppingcentre
A
B
C
D
EN
ew B
ridge
Stre
et
Park Road
Hill Road
To th
e M
otor
way
Mai
n S
treet
River Avon
Hotel
Hospital
Car park
Petrol station
Supermarket
B
E
D
C
A
Adapted from Teaching Listening Comprehension by Penny Ur, Cambridge University Press 1984, and reproduced with permission of the author and publisher
OHT 10A.1
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Choosing a site
Write in the space the reasons why or why not to choose that particular site for your building. Then one person should report this to the other groups.
A Supermarket
B Hotel
C Petrol station
D Car park
E Hospital
Worksheet 10A.1b
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Questionnaire
Look at this list of situations. Which ones make you most angry?
Choose a number from 1 to 5. 1 – No problem! 2 – A little irritating. 3 – Annoying. 4 – Now I’m getting angry! 5 – Makes me furious!
People smoking in a non-smoking restaurant 1 2 3 4 5
People spitting in public 1 2 3 4 5
People who talk loudly on their cellular phones on public transport 1 2 3 4 5
People who play loud music after midnight 1 2 3 4 5
People who use the express checkout in a supermarket with too many items
1 2 3 4 5
People who drive too close to the car in front 1 2 3 4 5
People who empty their car ashtrays onto the street 1 2 3 4 5
People who don’t control their kids in public places 1 2 3 4 5
Worksheet 10A.2a
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What would you do?
Read the situations on the left first. Write in what you would do in the same situation. Then go around the class and see if anyone else would react in the same way as you. BE HONEST!
e.g. If I saw my friend cheating in an exam, I would … say nothing.
Situation Reaction
If my neighbours played loud music till 4 a.m. …
If I was given too much change at the supermarket …
If a waiter brought me soup which was too salty …
If someone asked me in the street for money so they could eat …
If someone trod on my foot on a bus and did not say sorry …
If I found a purse on the beach with QR200 in – and an address …
If I forgot my best friend’s birthday …
If the teacher told me I was the worst student in the class …
Worksheet 10A.2b
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If + (break) … friend’s TV remote control … confess?
If + (see) … teacher’s car … hit a parked car and leave... tell anyone?
If + your friend (copy) someone else’s homework … talk to him or her about it?
If + waiter (forget) charge you for your dessert ... tell him?
If + (see) a friend steal … shop … talk to him or her about it?
If + cashier (overcharge) … 15 cents … complain?
If + (run over) … neighbour’s cat … confess?
If + (have) ... choice … finishing … essay … going to a party … do?
If + (go) … for dinner … a friend’s house … food poisoning … tell them?
If a friend + (make) mistakes in grammar while speaking … correct them?
Teacher’s resource 10A.2a
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Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes No
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If you had only 24 hours to live, what would you do?
If a classmate asked you for the answer to a question during an exam while the teacher was not looking, what would you do?
If the whole world were listening, what would you say?
If you could be a bird, what would you choose to be?
If you could be a plant, what would you choose to be?
If you could be a superhero, which one would you be?
If you could be an animal, what animal would you be and why?
If you could be another person for a day, who would you be?
If you could be invisible for a day, what would you do and why?
If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?
If you could change one thing in the world, what would it be?
If you could commit any crime and get away with it, what would you do?
If you could have only one food for the rest of your life, which food would you choose?
If you could hear what someone is thinking for a day, who would you choose?
If you could live anywhere, where would you live?
If you could meet any famous person, dead or alive, who would it be and why?
If you could speak any other language (besides English), which language would you like to speak?
If you could spend a day with any celebrity, who would it be and what questions would you ask that person?
If you could go anywhere in the world for a holiday, where would you go?
If you could travel back in time, where would you go?
Teacher’s resource 10A.2b
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If you discovered a new island, what would you name it and why?
If you found a suitcase full of a million dollars, what would you do?
If you found a wallet with QR1000 in it, what would you do?
If you had one wish, what would it be?
If you had the opportunity to be different, what would you change?
If you had to choose between love and no money or money and no love for the rest of your life, which would you choose?
If you had to choose, would you give up your sight or your hearing?
If you were a toy, what toy would you be?
If you were abducted by aliens, would you tell anybody? Why or why not?
If you were given a choice between being given great wisdom or great wealth, which would you choose?
If you were given an opportunity to be born again, what kind of person would you choose to be?
If you were going to a deserted island and could only take three things with you, what would you take? Why?
If you were the leader of your country, what would you change?
If you were walking through the forest and you suddenly saw a tiger, what would you do?
If you woke up suddenly because your house was on fire, which three things would you save as you ran outside?
What kinds of problems would you have if you had to always tell the truth?
If you had a chance to choose a poor (man/woman) as a (husband/wife) from your culture or a rich (man/woman) from another culture, which would you choose?
If you got into traffic accident, what would you do first?
If you were a colour, what colour would you be and why?
If you were a fruit, what fruit would you be and why?
If your cell phone fell in the toilet, what would you do?
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IF AHMAD HAD STUDIED HE WOULD HAVE PASSED
Teacher’s resource 10A.2c
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NUR HADN’T WORKED SHE WOULDN’T PASSED
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BADER DRIVEN SLOWLY HAD AN ACCIDENT
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KHALID TAKEN A TAXI BEEN LATE
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