TASK FILE: CHAPTER 5 HOW

TO USE EMAIL
NAME: Rueda erika
A Questionnaire on your use of email
How ready are you as teacher to use email with your
learners? Try this questionnaire.

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Email questionnaire - How much do you know about the following?

A lot
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The benefits of using email with learners

Setting up an email account in Yahoo or

Hotmail

Email viruses.

Setting spam filter on email

Finding out about your learners email skills

Sending and opening email attachments

The text speak conventions used in email

Using email with your learners out of class

Classroom based email projects such as data

collection projects or keypal projects

10 The issues involved in setting up a keypal
project

B EMAIL: GENRE AND APPROPRIACY

Look at the following email written to solicit information from
the website Save the Whale. Circle the elements that are
inappropriate, and note down why they are inappropriate. Then
rewrite the email in a more appropriate style.
Hi! I LIKE YOUR SITE save the whale
im preparing for a presentation at my school about why whales are in
danger of extinction
i want u to send me some stuff about this, like brochures, poster etc!!! i
need it by tonite!!!!!!!
CU!

CORRECT FORM:
Good morning:
I would like to visit your web site save the whale.
Im preparing for a presentation at my school about why whales are in danger of
extinction. I would like you to send me some stuff about this, like brochures,
posters, etc. I need some information.
Thank you.

c) Using email: issues

Below is series of issues that might arise when using email with
learners. Suggest a solution for each
A Your learners dont have email account. I can help them to create
a new email account given them first a general presentation in
power point about how they can create a new e-mail.
B Your learners dont know how to send or open email attachments I
can use the power point too and show my students how they
can open or send email attachments.
C Your learners use abbreviations such as CU (see you) or the lower case I
in all their emails. First, I will explain the correct form and then
I will give my students some exercises in order to practice.
D You would like to provide your learners with a weekly emailed summary
of classwork covered, but have no time to do so.
E Your learners are reluctant to do extra work that belonging to a class
email discussion list involves, and do not contribute much. I can give
them interesting information about discussion.
F In a kaypal project, your learners dont know what to write to their
partner in another country. - I can give them a guide of how to
write in order to interact with others.
G Your learners are upset by emails received from the partner country, as
they find them rude or aggressive they have to explain their
friends how to write in a polite way.