Ministry of Higher and Secondary Specialized Education of the Republic of Uzbekistan

READING
8. Pairwork. Encourage students working in pairs and make a list 
of Do's and D o nts of being on line.
Do's 
Don'ts
be ethical; 
don’t be abusive in anyway;
be low-abiding; 
don’t use offensive language;
avoid plagiarism; 
don’t forward spam, jokes
be polite 
don’t use capital letters all the
time as this is 
known as 
shouting and can be very 
offensive to some people
9. Tell students to read the text and match the titles with the 
paragraphs.
a
b
c
d
e
f
1
3
2
4
6
5
10.Ask students to read the statements and decide whether the 
statements are true, false, or not given.
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1. NG 
3. T 
5. F 
7. NG
2. T 
4. NG 
6. NG 
8. F
11. Draw students’ attention to the letters and find out the differences.
Letter A is a sample of an informal letter having been written to a 
pen friend. It has no strict structure.
Letter B is a sample of an formal letter having a specific aim and 
proper structure.
Inform students about Do’s and Don’ts to be followed in e-mail 
writing using the notes below.
Teacher’s notes 
DO’S
• Use an informative 
subject line,
which says what the email 
is
about.
• Write the most important 
information first.
• Use numbers and bullet 
points to
make the message clearer.
• Use simple grammar. 
Avoid things like the 
passive. (As emails are fast 
means of communication, 
they tend to be less wordy 
and complex than formal 
letters.)
• Write short sentences.
• Use paragraphs to keep 
the email
clear 
and 
easy 
to 
understand
DON’TS
• Write ‘hello’ as your subject line.
• Write about irrelevant issues. The 
reader will soon hit ‘delete’ if the email 
doesn’t get to the point.
• Give personal information that you 
don’t want anyone else to know.
(The email could end up in the 
wrong hands)
• Use capital letters to write fully 
words as in emails, this is 
considered shouting.
• Use different fonts in the email 
(the recipienfs computer may not be 
compatible)
•Use Italics (the reason may be 
misunderstood, 
due 
to 
cultural 
differences).
•Use exclamation marks.
•Use abbreviations like coz and uni, as 
the recipient may not understand them. 
•Use acronyms like BTW for the same 
reason.
•Use smileys. They may bemisunderstood 
and come across as unprofessional.
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12.Tell students to read the jumbled parts of email and put them 
into the proper order.
1.