INTERACTING IN ENGLISH

KWIM? I thought not.

For e-English read "electronic English" and for IYKWIM read "if you know what I mean".

And for KWIM? Yes, that's right. You'll have to FIOFY.

The internet has created a whole new way of speaking when we write email, post messages or chat online.

It saves time and typing effort, but it's no joke if you don't know the "secret". So just to help you if you're not already a netspeak expert, here are a few of the basic rules and codes people use on the internet.

Remember, these are for use on the internet with friends. We do not usually use them in formal letters or faxes.

Emphasis
If we want to emphasise a word (make it more important), we often use asterisks (*), like this:

"I *love* EnglishCLUB.net."

Sometimes people use capitals to add emphasis but it is not a good idea. MOST PEOPLE DO NOT LIKE A LOT OF CAPITALS. THEY LOOK RUDE AND CAN BE DIFFICULT TO READ.

Emotion
If we want to express our feelings and emotions, we can use "smileys". A smiley is a combination of symbols that looks like a face sideways. The original, basic smiley (eyes, nose and smiling mouth) is very popular and shows that we are happy:

:-)

We can also do this with eyes and mouth only:

:)

Of course, if we are unhappy, we can change the mouth: :-(

There are many possibilities. Here are a few more:

;-) wink
:*) kiss
:~) tears
Abbreviations
To save time when typing (and maybe to save money if you are online), people often abbreviate commonly-used phrases. There are hundreds of possibilities and you certainly do not need all of them!

Some of these codes are just the first letter of each word, for example:

imo = in my opinion

Some of these codes use the sound of the letter to represent the sound of a word. For example, the letter "c" sounds like the word "sea" or "see":

cu = see you

Some of these codes use numbers because the sound of the number is the same as the sound of another word (not the spelling!). For example, 4 (four) sounds like "for". And 8 (eight) sounds like "ate". So if we write L8 we get "late". If we write W8 we get "wait"!

Here are some more examples:

aamof = as a matter of fact
asap = as soon as possible
b4 = before
b4n = bye for now
cul8er = see you later
damhik = don't ask me how I know
eta = estimated time of arrival
f2f = face to face
gf = girlfriend
gmt = Greenwich Mean Time
hth = hope this helps
icbw = I could be wrong
jam = just a minute
k = okay
lmk = let me know
mcibty = my computer is better than yours
oic = oh I see
pls = please
plz = please
q = queue
rumf = are you male or female?
sil = sister-in-law
tia = thanks in advance
uok = you ok?
vr = virtual reality
wdymbt = what do you mean by that?
y2k = year 2000

Hello!

This is the schedule for next week's oral presentations. Good luck for all the groups!

Tuesday - Day 3

8A - 8B TV News (Group 1) - Interview (Group 2)

Wednesday- Day 4

8B Magazine (Group 3)

Thursday - Day 5

8A Magazine (Group 3)- Exposition (Group 4)

8B Exposition (Group 4)

Friday - Day 6

8A -8B Photo Gallery (group 5)

* Groups 5 & 6: The following week.

* Remember to bring previously a summary of your presentation.

PARA PUBLICAR CUALQUIER COMENTARIO DEBEN HACER CLICK EN LA PALABRA COMENTARIOS AL FINAL DE ESTE ARTÍCULO, EN LA NUEVA VENTANA ESCRIBEN SU COMENTARIO. AL TERMINAR ESCOGEN LA OPCION NAME/URL Y ESCRIBEN SU NOMBRE EN NAME. LUEGO DAN POST COMMENT Y YA.;>)

Hi, Dear students, and welcome to INTERACTING IN ENGLISH!!

This will be your first activity here on the blog.On the left side of this page you'll find THE VIDEO OF THE WEEK. Let's watch it and learn some daily activities we do every day. Choose 10 of your favorite ones and then practice writing in your English notebook sentences in the negative and interrogative forms (With yes/No answers)of each one of them.

Read carefully the directions to prepare your first oral presentations of the third period. Good luck!!

Groups of 5 students:
Prepare a 10-minute presentation about the following topics:
*EARTHQUAKES *AVALANCHES
*TSUNAMIS *NUCLEAR BOMBS
*VOLCANOES *HURRICANES
*FLOODS

Each group must present its topic as a/an:
-Tv News set.
-Interview
-Newspaper/magazine
-Exposition
-Photo Gallery
-Documentary/ Video Research ( a real video extract)
-Movie
Take into account the following recommendations:
-Use as many past passive sentences as you can
-Design any kind of useful material (posters, etc)to support your presentation
-Prepare a funny activity to do after your expo.
-Be creative, choose interesting material.
And also remember to bring previously a summary of it to the teacher.

Ready!! GO!

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