“MAKING FRIENDS

AROUND THE
WORLD”
COMPREHENSION
CHECK
A. PRE-READING. WRITE DOWN SIX WAYS OF COMMUNICATING
WITH PEOPLE FROM DIFFERENT COUNTRY CLUBS IN YOUR
NOTEBOOK.

by:

CHAT
FACEBOOK
E-MAIL
THE LETTER
THE BLOG
HOTMAIL
  HAVE YOU HEARD
SOMEONE SAY THAT THE
WORLD IS GETTING
SMALLER?
 WHAT DO YOU THINK THIS
MEANS?

QUESTIONS
No, planet earth is still the same size but
sometime it feels very small.
 TALKING TO PEOPLE AROUND
THE WORLD HAS BECOME EASY
TO DO.
 “EXCHANGE
PROGRAMME SCHOOL
PROJECT”
 YOU CAN TALK TO
OTHER STUDENTS
ONLINE USING:

a il s
E- m o m
 ss r o
C l a
 s
b lo g at
e o ch
V i d

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LK
TA O M ?
I R RY
AN F T
C N E UN
W EO C O
O
H OM ER
S H
O T
N
LETTE CLASS E-
R BLOG
MAIL
N
E
T
W
O
R
VIDEO
K CHAT CHAT
S
B. DURING READING. ANSWER THE QUESTIONS.

1 why do we say the world is small?

Now that we can talk with people from different countries.

2 how do you start and end a letter?

Start with a greeting and end amicably with pretty words.

3. what information can you write in a blog?

The description of the activities you do every day.

4 what are the good things about e-mails?

Good things are:
Begins and ends with a greeting and information in separate
paragraphs.

5 what do you need to have a video chat?

A webcam.
 T E
E T
L
YOU CAN TALK TO SOMEONE
FROM ANOTHER COUNTRY:

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Tell them u
t h a t y o
things
li k e d o in g
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The th
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REMEMBER:
 Start your greeting in a friendly way.

EXAMPLE:

 Dear Antonio.

 End your letter with nice words, too;

best wishes.

 you can ask questions in

your letter, too.
 what do you want to
know about your new
friend in another
country?
 A LETTER MUST HAVE ALWAYS:

 Put the school`s address.

 The date at the top of the

letter.

 Post your letter to the

other school.

 Get your classmates to

do the same.
 O G
B L
S S
L A
WHAT IS A BLOG OF
NOTE?
Is a
journal that is put onto the
internet
Is a
it is a description of
the activities you do
each day
YOU COULD WRITE ABOUT:

 what you are studying

in class this week.

 you could also describe

the last school football
match.
 school
performance.
E - I L
 E-mail
Is
similar to a letter
but
much quicker

you begin and finish with a

salutation

separate information into

paragraphs

spelling and punctuation is

important, too.
REMEMBER:
 write a heading in the subject
bar.
 AT
H
 CHAT
Is an
instant conversation that
takes place over the internet.
TYPE BACK
 Your whole conversion comes up on
the computer screen.

 You can save the transcript and look

at it later.
 CAN CHAT ON:

 Change the spelling.

 This way, they can type faster.

 AT
C H
E O
I D
V
NEED:
 you need is a webcam.

 Is a small video camera on

your compute.

 Is easier than regular chat

because you don`t have to
type.
WHAT IS A WEB
CAMERA?

s is a
h i
T ll video
sma ra on
m e
ca
y o u r .
u t er
p
com
C. AFTER READING. MATCH THE WORD
TO THE CORRECT MEANING.

blog: A journal published on the internet.

letter: A message sent usually by post.

e-mail: A menssaje sent using the internet.

chat: A conversation using the internet.

 VOCABULARY
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up hasta

screen  pantalla

save guardar

transcript  transcripción

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only  sólo

word  palabra

enough  suficiente

worry  preocuparse
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receives recibe

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