10 A Telephoning

1 vocabulary
What features do smartphones have?
What is 3G? What is LTE?
What cellphone do you have?
What do you like most about your cellphone?

Hang up the phone
Screen your calls
Leave a message
Wrap up
How many text messages( no whatsapp) do
you usually send in a week?
Is it common in Peru to leave messages on the
voicemail service? Why?
When you receive to promote a product or
service, do you hang up immediately the
phone? Or do you give some excuse? Why?
Do you turn off your cellphone at night? Why?
In the past, it was impossible to screen your
calls, but now it is easy. How is that possible?
2 listening
Warm up:
you call a new friend to ask for a favor and you
hear the voicemail recording: sorry, I can't
answer your call right now. Please leave a
message after the beep.
What do you do? Why?
4 speaking
Warm up:
When do you need to make more formal phone
calls?
How do you make your calls more formal?
5 speaking strategy:
make 2 conversations
Use the expressions to make 2 conversations:
formal and informal...what type is this one ?
A: Hello?
B: Hello. Could I speak to Mr. Tincopa, please?
A: Would you hold for a minute?
B: certainly.
A: I'm sorry . He's not in. Would you like to
leave a message?
B: No, thanks. I'll call back later. Good bye.
A: Ok. Good bye.