The students from English Basic 3 4 discussed in class about communication and how to keep in touch with people. Read some of their comments :
E-mail communication
E-mail communication is the most popular work tool in this century. It means electronic mail. An e-mail is a message that people write on the computer and send instantly to other people. There are both advantages and disadvantages about e-mails.
One advantage of the e –mail is the fast communication among people. Another advantage are the short objective messages, because today, people don’t have very much time for long messages.
However, there are some disadvantages, too. For example the fact that they are too impersonal and that people speak less nowadays.
I think that today, e-mails are very helpful for the management in the business world. They are fast and objective like the business world.
(Heitor Mendina)
Text messaging is very popular these days.
Almost all people have cell phones and send text messages.
Text messages are quicker, direct and discreet. The messages are read at the moment people receive them.
On the other hand, text messages don’t say much, because they are short and because people use symbols instead of complete words or sentences. People can have difficulties understanding them.
In my opinion, text messages are very good and cheaper than other forms to keep in touch with people.
(Rafael Dias)
Blogs
Blogs are a powerful tool, because we can use them for work, like big companies. We can use them for education, like I use them in my elementary school with my students, and just for staff use. In the blogs, many types of information are processed. As it is a tool of communication, many people can use it.
One disadvantage of blogs is that there are many blogs in the web that are bad opinions posted by bloggers. Because of this, it can impair the blog.
I think, that the blogs are very important for the communication, because they are a tool with specific features. These things are specific and also very easy to use.
(Samuel Zvir)