Unit7MakingTelephoneCalls

LearningObjectivesUnit7MakingTelephoneCallsTogetfamiliarwiththeetiquetteandvocabularyintelephoneconversations.Tolearntomakeandanswertelephonecallsforvariouspurposes.

Warming-UpActivitiesTask1Task2ContentsReview:UsefulLanguageVocabularyMatchFirstAttemptTask3Task5Unit7MakingTelephoneCallsTelephoningEtiquetteTask4Task6

QuestionsforThoughtHowoftendoyoumaketelephonecallseveryday?Whatdoyouusuallysaytostrangersonthephone?Arethereanydifferencesbetweenmakingbusinesscallsandpersonalcalls?Why/Whynot?

VocabularyMatchalong-distancecallthatisfreeofchargetothecallerprovidedbylargebusinesses,whichusuallybeginswith1–800intheU.S.atelephonecallmadewithinyourcallingareaatelephoneservicewhichenablesyoutoanswerasecondcallwhileplacingyourfirstcallonholdacallmadeoutsideyourcallingareathatusuallycostsmoreandrequiresyoutodialanareacodeplusthenumberofthepersonyouarecallingthetwo-orthree-digitnumberbeforeatelephonenumberthatindicatesthecityandareainwhichthenumberislocatedthepartofthetelephonethatyouholdagainstyoureartospeakandlistenanumberthatisnottheoneyouwishedtoreachabeepingsoundthatindicatessomeoneistalkingonthephoneafeaturethatletsyousendyourcallstoanothernumberbroken;notworking1.wrongnumber()2.areacode()3.receiver()4.long-distancecall()5.localcall()6.outoforder()7.busysignal()8.callwaiting()9.callforwarding()10.toll-freenumber()TherearemanytermsyoumayneedtoknowwhenusingthetelephoneinEnglish-speakingcountries.Matchthetermswiththeirdescriptions.WriteA–Jinthebracketsfollowingthewordsorphrases.GEFDBJHCIA

Makeupconversationswithaclassmate.Byusingthetelephone,youtryto:FirstAttempt1)makeanappointmentwithyourprofessor;2)callyourf