4. Home Assignment:
1) Read the text “Memorandum”, write out all the words you do not know the meaning of (exercise 1 in the Workbook)
2) Using the information of the text A be ready to give oral definition what memorandum is (ex. 2).
3) Make up the list of documents mentioned in the text A (ex. 3).
4) Find out in the Internet the purpose of the documents you have included in your list from exercise 3 (ex. 4).
5) Make up an oral summary on memo heading and body for the next class based on the text B (ex. 5).
Workbook
Unit 8 Memorandum
1. Read text A. Write out all the words you do not know the meaning of. Pay special attention to the underlined words and word combinations. Give oral definition what memorandum is.
Text a. Memoranda
Memoranda are brief, informal reports used to establish a record. They generalize the communication process by transmitting the message from one or more authors to one or more recipients. E-mail messages typically take the form of memoranda.
The memorandum is among the most versatile of organizational documents. From brief research reports and progress reports to trip reports and thumbnail proposals, the memo form is widely used to communicate technical and administrative information. Memoranda are written for numerous internal purposes—for example, to request information, to make announcements, to outline policies, and to transmit meeting minutes. Thus, in most organizations, memos play a crucial role in establishing a record of decisions, requests, responsibilities, results, and concerns.
2. Using the information of the text be ready to give oral definition what memorandum is.
3. Make up the list of documents mentioned in the text A.
4. Find out in the Internet the purpose of the documents you have included in your list in exercise 3.
5. Study the samples of the memo heading and body in the text B. Write out all the words you do not know the meaning of. Make up brief oral summary on memo heading and body next class.
Text B. The Memo Heading and Body
The distinctive element of the memorandum is its heading, which is used to frame the message in a very accessible and transparent manner.
This information sets out the context of the message and should be detailed enough to make the context very clear.
The Memo Body
Generally, organize the topics of the memorandum in order of importance, with the key statements first and the details further on. The memorandum should normally begin with a brief summary statement, in one or two sentences, identifying the key topic and the scope of the memorandum.
Individual assignment
Unit 8
Memorandum
1. Pair-work: Read the memorandum given below and be ready to give detailed information and explanation next class to your friend who has received it and has no experience in dealing with memos (your utterance should include key points such as from whom, when, as the result of response, the essence of message itself etc.; for not more than three minutes).
2. Explain your friend what problem he/she should solve in his/her prompt response to Albert Johnson and what actions he/she is expected to undertake.
3. Find out in the Internet among the samples of memorandum (memo) the one you consider to be best. Be ready to explain other students why did you choose this very sample.
Student’s book
Unit 9
Computers and Internet
Lead-in (Speaking – Reading-Writing) 1. Can you imagine your life without computer and the Internet? What is the Internet? What are its major functions? Were they initially the same? What do you use it for in everyday life? |
|
Discuss these questions in groups of two-three students (you have five minutes for discussion). After the group discussion, one student from each of the group will be requested to make a short presentation of the conclusion made (not more that three minutes for every presentation; not more that 12 minutes for all the presentations).
2. Read the text. Write out all the words you do not know the meaning of. Pay special attention to the underlined words and abbreviations. Get ready to explain them (you have ten minutes for this activity).
What is the Internet?
(1) The Internet is a set of interconnected computer networks that has been developed over the last three decades of the 20th century. The US Defense Advanced Research Project Agency Network (DARPANET) was one of the first networks to interconnect government, academic and private research organizations. One of the early European connections was established with the Centre Européen de Recherches Nucléaire (CERN) in Geneva. Today the Internet network of interconnected computer networks developed from this early beginning has been extended to cover many millions of computers located in all the continents of this planet including Antarctica!
(2) Initially the Internet was used primarily for sending electronic messages and transferring files. It was not long before groups of people interested in the same subjects set up news groups so that messages could be shared among the relevant user community. To allow people to request files from another system without having to send a message requesting a copy of it, the Internet community developed a File Transfer Protocol (FTP).
(3) While these early techniques were very helpful in speeding up the interchange of information between researchers they had limitations when it came to document handling as you could not be sure what format the files you requested would be in, and whether you would be able to process them when you received them. Tim Berners-Lee, a researcher at CERN, developed a document browser that could request files over the Internet and display them in a predefined format. To do this he introduced two new protocols to the Internet, the Hyper Text Transfer Protocol (HTTP) and the Hyper Text Markup Language (HTML). The CERN browser soon became the standard tool through which researchers requested documents (‘surfed’) over the Internet.
(4) As HTML document browsers became readily available more and more people started referencing existing documents over the Internet. A standard method of identifying files using Uniform Reference Locators (URLs) was developed so that browsers could share files more easily. Files that were interconnected in this manner were seen to form a World Wide Web (WWW) of data. This name is, nowadays, synonymous with the use of the HTTP and HTML protocols to interchange electronic documents.
Network process DARPANET
Interconnect document browser CERN
Extend predefined format FTP
electronic message surf HTTP
limitations interchange HTML
URLs
WWW
(The text is retrieved from the Internet at http://www.is-thought.co.uk/book/sgml-2.htm as of 25 March 2012 and modified as compared with the original)
3. Make up the list of key words corresponding to each paragraph (1-4) and formulate on their basis the plan points for making oral summary to the text (not more than four issues: one per each paragraph; not more than eight minutes for group work).
Step 1 (Listening-Speaking-Writing)
1. Watch the video piece “Talking about Computers- and Internet-Related Terminology”. While watching make up notes of : a) terms being used there;
b) actions sequence for searching information on the Internet.
Discuss your notes in groups of two-three students to restore information given in the video (you have five minutes for discussion).
After the group discussion, one student from each of the group will be requested to make a short presentation of the conclusion made (not more that three minutes for every presentation; not more that 12 minutes for all the presentations).
2. Watch the video the second time for checking and adding up the information you haven’t managed to catch in the course of first listening.
Step 2 (Speaking)
1. Role-play: Using your note-making of previous activities dramatize in pairs asking for help and giving recommendations for searching info on the Internet (you have ten minutes for this activity).
Student A asks questions concerning the actions sequence for searching weather forecast on the Internet
(I’d like to find … . What do I need to do?)
Student B gives instructions to help Student A find the info he/she searches.
(First, you need to connect to the Internet
Then… … …
Finally, … … …)
2. Using the table given below check how much you have acquired from the computers- and Internet-related terminology in pairs.
Internet |
A world wide digital network linking computers all over the world |
Search engine |
Program that searches information on the Internet |
Spam = junk mail |
Any kind of mail that you don’t want |
Web browser |
A software program that lets users view websites on the Internet |
3. Look through the comments of Beansight’s co-founder and product marketing manager and make up oral summary to the article.
|
Earthquake at Apple
Steve Jobs left. It’s always a nightmare for big companies when they see their charismatic CEO leave. The success of Apple was really connected with the image of their CEO. You might know that Jobs already left Apple in 1984. As a results Apple’s sales went down and they had to |
buy Jobs’ s new company (NeXT) in order to retrieve their CEO and therefore their success.
But this time, things are going to be different. As he mentioned on his resignation letter, Jobs is going to stay as chairman in Apple’s board. I don’t see Jobs resignation as a real threat to the company. I’m positive his leaving has been fully prepared and I suspect Apple will release a huge piece of news in order to prevent a drop of its shares.
(The text is retrieved from the Internet at http://www.mobiledia.com/news/105028.html
as of 25 March 2012 and modified as compared with the original)