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Language Focus
b. What do you normally use these different means
of communication to do? Discuss with a partner.
apply for a job book a table at a restaurant
introduce somebody to somebody else
make an official complaint ask a favour
invite someone to a party set up a meeting
get somebody’s attention
A: I normally write a letter or an email to apply for a job.
B: Me too, but people can also send an application by fax.
c. What other means of communication can you
think of?
d. Which means are:
personal/impersonal, efficient/
inefficient, economical/ costly, formal/informal,
reliable/unreliable, complicated/easy
? Give reasons.
I think sending a fax is efficient because you can send a copy of
different documents fast.
2
a. Match the pictures to the verbs.
1
yell
2
weep
3
whisper
4
giggle
5
yawn
6
clap
7
whistle
B
D
E
F
G
b. Use the phrases in the box to say what the
situation is in each picture (A-G).
Judging from
their happy faces, the people
might be
clapping their hands because they are enjoying a
performance.
Aspects of Language
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3
a. Fill in:
first, accent, native, body, language ,
tongue, speech, talk
.
1
You can understand a lot about how a person is
feeling by examining his .......................
language
.
2
Jack speaks four languages, but his .......................
language
is English.
3
Jane speaks French so well you’d think she was a
........................
speaker
.
4
It’s difficult to understand someone who has a
strong
regional
........................ .
5
The
official
.................. of The Netherlands is
Dutch.
6
German is his
mother
........................... although
he also speaks excellent French.
7
We made some
small
................ about the weather
and then went on to talk about the contract.
8
I didn’t mean to offend you – it was just
a figure
of
........................... .
b. Use four of the phrases
from above to tell your
partner about yourself.
My mother tongue is Portuguese.
1
a. Look at the pictures. Which verbs in the list collocate with each means of communication?
make answer address communicate write send receive talk
Means of Communication
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Ways to Communicate
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Useful language: Making Assumptions
Judging from ... he may/could/might be ...
I can’t tell for sure / be certain, but it looks as if she ...
She must be ...
I don’t think he could be ... because ...
She can’t possibly be ... because ...
A
C
write/send/receive/answer/address letters
letters
phone call
email
text message
face to face
fax message
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