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ELT3113I: Technical Communication

Memo Writing

Date: 		February, 20, 1995
To: 		Dr. Norman Ying shiu Woo, Biology Department Head
From :	Raymond Yau(s92663473), student of Biology
Subject: 	Report On Newsgroup Workshop

FORWARD
This memo presents my feedback of an ELT newsgroup workshop on February, 7,
1995. It contains 
	1) a summary of the newsgroup which I had read
	2) some opinions  about the newsgroup
	3) advantage and disadvantage of newsgroups

SUMMARY
In the newsgroup, social culture of Japan (soc.culture.japan), there are
about 500 topics. All of them are talking about Japan. I found that there
are some interesting topics. For example, journey of Japan, which call tell
us how to travel in Japan. A topic called A-bomb stamp is the longest
topic. In this topic, there are about ninety articles discussing about how
the atomic bomb affect Japan and USA. Since the topic is discussing Japan,
you can learn the history of Japan and the culture of the Japanese. In
conclusion, this newsgroup is talking about the culture of Japan. It
provides an opportunity for us to discuss anything about Japan.

Discussion
However, in the articles, there are some names of the Japanese or places of
Japan that I do not know so it is difficult for me to understand what they
are discussing. Moreover, it is difficult to understand the discussion of a
topic if you are a new user. It is because the articles would be wiped
every 14 day. Fortunately, you can read the sentences with a �>� which is
copying from the period articles. It can help you understanding the topics.
In general,  newsgroups are useful for academic study and language learning
because all the articles are written in English. You will learn English
unconsciously through reading the articles. 

After all, there are some advantage and disadvantage of newsgroup. We can
obtain updating and wide spectrum information comes from all over the
world. And it is an interactive media which can let us discussing with
different people. However, it is a public area opening for anyone. We
cannot control what they post. 

ACTION
I would like to suggest  our department to develop a newsgroup so that we
canl discuss academic problems and post questions for lectures or
demonstrators.






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Raymond Yau (Yau man wai)
<s926634@mailserv.cuhk.hk>
Biology 3/4
Chinese University of Hong Kong
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