Module 3

Communication Communication works for those who work at it.

Part 1

1. What is communication (an activity of sharing information, the Internet, your mobile phone or an act of social interaction) for you? Think about the following quotes. Which one do you like most and why? a) “Good communication is as stimulating as black coffee, and just as hard to sleep after.” . b) “When all other means of communication fail, try words”. c) “Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.” d) “The more elaborate our means of communication, the less we communicate.” e) “Communication is depositing a part of yourself in another person.” f) “Examine what is said, not who speaks”.

2. Have a look at the next means of communicating.

What is not mentioned in the list given below?

phone/ mobile phone mail the Internet letter fax wi-fi

3. Find out if these statements are true or false by doing a class survey. If they are false, change them so that they are true.

a) Some of us have made the Internet call recently.

b) A few of us have written an e-mail this week.

c) We all send birthday cards to family and friends.

d) One of us has received a letter recently.

e) Most of us write text messages regularly.

f) Somebody has had a face-to-face communication not long ago.

g) One of us has begun studying a foreign language this month.

Part 2 Grammar Note

The Present Perfect Tense
Affirmative
regular verbs: worked, asked (Ved) irregular verbs: spoken, gone (V3)	I/ you/they/we have worked He / she / it has worked I/ you/they/we have spoken He / she / it has spoken
Negative
I/ you/they/we have not spoken He / she / it has not spoken
Interrogative
Have I/ you/they/we spoken? Has He / she / it spoken?
Use
1. puts emphasis on the result: She has written five letters. 2. action that is still going on: School has not started yet. 3. finished action that has an influence on the present : I have lost my key. 4. action that has taken place once, never or I have never several times before the moment of speaking: been to Australia.
Signal Words of Present Perfect ever – когда-либо, когда бы то ни было, когда-нибудь never – никогда just – как раз, точно, едва, только что, всего лишь, совсем, только-только, лишь already – уже, ранее, даже not…yet – все еще нет, нет еще, еще не, нет, еще нет before – раньше, прежде, пока не, уже, перед тем как lately – давно, в последнее время, недавно, за последнее время of late – с недавних пор, за последнее время, недавно so far – уже, к настоящему времени, на этот час, пока, до сих пор recently – недавно, на днях, в последнее время, только что, не так давно by now – на настоящий момент up to now – до сих пор, до настоящего времени since- с for- в течение This July/ Friday/year/month/week