Unit 2 - Lesson 1: 2

2. Which of these things of communication are the most important to you? Rank them in the order of importance: 1 for the most important and 12 for the least important. Discuss your choice in groups.

1. mobile phones.12. SMS.5. social networking sites.6. Skype.

7. e–mail.3. What's Up?9. video conferencing.2. Viber.

10. chat room.8. FaceTime.11. instant messaging4. Instagram.

3. A.

1) The most popular form of communication is communication via the Internet: Viber, Wat’s up, Facebook.

2) The communication changes a lot! Today’s communication is mainly focused on the social networking sites and mobile phones. But less thon 40 years ago people didn’t have mobile phones.

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B. Read the text and answer the questions.

Which of the communication tools mentioned in the text...

– do you often use? social networks, skype, instagram

– do you never use? IMing, live chat rooms

– would you like to use? live chat rooms

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C. Complete the table using the information from the text of part B.

CommunicationTool	You can
	end messages	share photos/videos	hear each other	see each other
Social networks	V	V
Skype	V	V	V	V
IMing	V
Video conferencing			V	V
Live chat rooms	V	V
Instagram	V	V

D. In the text above, find words and word combinations that correspond to the definitions.

1) A thing used to help in communication — communication too!

2) Verbal, written, or recorded communication sent to or left for a recipient who cannot be contacted directly — message.

3) To make a situation possible — enable.

4) To contact someone regularly and maintain a relationship — stay in contact.

6) A location connected to the Internet that maintains one or more web pages — web site.