You're supposed to write quickly!
[00:06.84]Section 1 Before You Read
[00:11.62]PAIRWORK
[00:13.77]1a Can you read the following expressions?
[00:20.09]How would you usually write them in English?
[00:24.16]Example:F2F--face to face
[00:31.52]How R U?
[00:35.86]CU! BTW CUL8r
[00:47.28]1b Write any more expressions like the ones
[00:52.33]above.
[00:53.74]Section 2 While You Read
[00:58.14]You're supposed to write quickly!
[01:01.74]Can you write in English?
[01:03.78]And can you also write e-mail English?
[01:06.95]Maybe not.
[01:08.52]E-mail English is a new kind of written English
[01:11.75]that is being used to save time.
[01:15.32]A lot of e-mail English words might look
[01:18.27]unfamiliar to us- many look like rubbish!
[01:21.80]This is because they come from a computer
[01:24.42]program called ICQ,which means I seek you.
[01:29.80]ICQ is an e-mail "chatline" that people use to
[01:33.93]have online conversations with friends.
[01:37.17]One Canadian teacher says,
[01:39.38]"People can use their computers to
[01:41.32]talk to each other.
[01:43.14]But you are supposed to type quickly
[01:45.23]so the other person doesn't get bored,
[01:48.15]so using e-mail English helps you write quickly.
[01:51.45]E-mail English mostly uses two types of word.
[01:55.45]The first is "abbreviation".
[01:57.91]This is formed by using the first letter
[02:00.48]of each word in the phrase.
[02:03.27]For example, BTW means "by the way",
[02:07.93]and CSL means "can't stop laughing".
[02:11.83]The second kind of word is a "homophone"
[02:15.55]it's created by combining letters and symbols
[02:18.91]or numbers to sound like other words.
[02:22.03]An example of this would be to write "great"
[02:25.47]as "gr8", or to write "see you later" as "CUL8r"
[02:33.80]When you write e-mail English you do not use
[02:37.62]punctuation marks only in the traditional way.
[02:40.62]You are also supposed to use them
[02:42.35]to show the emotion you are feeling.
[02:44.91]These are called "emotions".
[02:47.81]The advantage of using punctuation marks
[02:50.18]is that you can make faces with them.
[02:52.92]The most common one is the happy face
[02:55.57]it looks like this:and it is made with a colon
[02:59.01]and a right bracket beside it.
[03:02.13]E-mail English is fun
[03:04.16]it's almost like writing riddles.
[03:06.48]You can learn it easily by yourselves,
[03:08.86]and experiment with your own ideas.
[03:11.29]It is not rude to write e-mail English,
[03:14.47]but it is important to use it
[03:16.26]only at the proper time
[03:18.25]when you are e-mailing a friend,
[03:20.17]or sending a message to a friend
[03:21.92]on a mobile phone.
[03:23.45]But you shouldn't use it in class,
[03:25.90]and remember your teachers will not be pleased
[03:28.89]if you write e-mail English in a test!
[03:32.69]Section 3 After You Read
[03:36.39]3a Write the names of the three types of e-mail
[03:41.77]English at the top of each column.
[03:45.48]Then write an example of each from the reading.
[03:51.24]3b Scan the reading to answer these questions.
[03:56.88]Section 4 Go For It!
[04:00.75]Complete the chart.
[04:03.27]Then consider the questions below.
[04:06.68]Choose your answers.
[04:09.41]Discuss your answers with a partner.
[04:13.69]Do these two on your own:
[04:16.90]1.I had a great weekend.And you?
[04:22.45]2.Oh no!I am going to be late.
[04:27.93]Do these two with a partner:
[04:31.87]3.I have seen that movie four times.
[04:35.92]It's great.
[04:38.52]4.Excuse me.Could you please help me?
[04:43.73]My e-mail English ideas
[04:47.40]Our e-mail English ideas
[04:50.88]If you have time!
[04:54.26]Write a note to some friends using e-mail
[04:57.72]English or practice typing e-mail English
[05:01.21]messages on a computer.
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