This unit focuses on communication skills. It includes lessons on making comparisons with adjectives, using more and less with nouns and verbs, discussing different ways of communicating such as text messaging and video conferencing, and managing phone conversations. The lessons cover keeping in touch, communicating by phone, dealing with interruptions in conversations, and electronic communication through texting, social media, and video calls. The objectives are to improve students' ability to compare, quantify, discuss various communication methods, and have effective phone conversations.

1. SECOND UNIT
(UNIT 10)
COMMUNICATION
Objectives
In this unit, you learn how to…
 Make comparisons with adjectives.
 Use more and less with nouns and verbs.
 Talk about different ways of communicating.
 Manage pone converstions.
 Use just to soften things you say.
Before you begin
Complete the sentences with the words below. Do you use any of these ways of
communicating?
 Text messaging.
 Video conferencing.
 A webcam.
 Instant messaging.
LESSON A
Keeping in touch.
1. Getting Started
2. Grammar. Comparative adjectives.
3. Speaking naturally. Linking.

2. LESSON B
On the phone
1. Building vocabulary.
2. Building language.
3. Grammar. More, less, fewer.
LESSON C
What were you saying?
1. Conversation Strategy. Dealing with interruptions.
2. Strategy plus. just
3. Listening. Sorry about that!
4. Vocabulary notebook. Phone talk.
LESSON D
E-communication
1. Reading. C Y L8R.
2. Listening. Text messaging.
3. Writing. The pros and cons.
4. Free talk. Which is better?