*Help students to do a class survey about the use of mobile phones in the form of group work;

*Guide the students to know about text messages and emoticons and introduce the rules of shortening words by reading comprehension; Besides, make sure the students can use what they’ve learnt to communicate with persons by sending text messages;

*Encourage the students to talk about the advantages and disadvantages of the use of these kinds of words and emoticons by comparing the changes of Chinese character and English words.