▶ Your Answer :
There has been a heated debate over the
issue of whether communicating in person is better than rough emails in order
to do a project. Some people might agree with the statement and have their own
reasons. However, I disagree with the argument because today's students are
surely busy and most of them have their on electronic devices that enable them
to use Internet.
First of all, communicating in person
leaves students with not enough time to do other works. As our society become
faster-changing and more competitive, students have to deal with lots of works
in order to get ahead. As a consequence, communicating in person in order to do a project makes them
feel burden because they may have tight schedules.
However, they can save a lot of energy and time by using email. Given this, it
is not an overstatement to argue that it is better for today's students to
communicate rough emails than in person. In my case, I was up to my neck in my
study and felt tense at work throughout the day last year. Especially, group
projects in my economic course was terrible at first because I should spend a
large amount of time communicating colleagues in person. However, after we
decided to communicate by email, I could have spare time to do other works and
relax to recharge my batteries. From this point of view, communicating by email
is better way to do a project than in person.
Additionally, advanced technologies enable
students to use email to communicate easily and precisely. Nowadays, most of
students have their own smart phones, tablet computers, or laptops. Such
electronics provide them easy and precise communication with each other, as
communication in person does. Thus, when these electronics are well used, it is
likely to help them to bring a good result in a project. Specifically, the
Korean daily podcast indicated that nearly eighty-five percent of surveyed
university students felt that they could successfully understand their
colleagues even tough they used email because of advanced skills that smart
phones offer. Moreover, there is a substantial rise in the number of students
who have certificates with regards to computer presentation skills, which makes
them communicate well by email.
All in all, the advantages of communicating
by email far outweigh those of it in person. Therefore, I firmly believe that
communicating by email is preferable to it in person when students do a group
project. |