Conversation
After a quick greeting, use the following questions as a guideline to form an interesting conversation with your tutor. Feel free to diverge from these suggestions if anything interesting comes up.
- Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Telephones and E-mail have made communication between people less personal. Use specific reasons and examples to support your opinion.
- Do you prefer to email someone over having a face-to-face conversation?
- What do you think of when someone texts you rather than calling?
- Which do you do more of – texting or calling?
Vocabulary
Skip this section if you have 15 minute plan. Read the word/expression and definition out loud, and your tutor will go over anything you do not understand. Practice creating a sentence or two to make sure you know how to use the word/expression properly.
Vocabulary/ Expressions
| Expression | Definition |
| technology | (n) the use of science in industry, engineering, to invent useful things or to solve problems With new technology, we can communicate in a variety of ways. |
| smartphone | (n) mobile telephone that can be used to send and receive email, connect to the Internet, take photos and perform other functions He can always stay connected with his smartphone. |
| innovative | (adj) introducing or using new ideas or methods With new ideas coming daily, they thought him very innovative. |
| personal | (adj) belonging or relating to a particular person I wished our communication could be more personal, like with handwritten letters. |
| separate | (v) not joined, connected or combined Without being able to see him, she felt separate from him. |
| text | (v) to send someone a text message via telephone Can you quick text me when you get here? |
| call up | (expression) give someone a phone call Before going to bed, she always wanted to call up her friend about what happened that day. |
| send out | (expression) to cause something to go out or be carried from one place to another She had to send out an email before the news went public. |
| hit up | (expression) ask someone for something, typically money He hit me up for some money for tickets that week. |
| shoot an email | (expression) to send someone an email message Can you shoot me an email with your ideas? |
Something Extra
Read the following quote out loud.
“We are more and more into technology. Everything is texting and everything is instant.”
― Vanessa Diffenbaugh
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