During working on a project with classmates or colleagues, it is always necessary for us to communicate with others for various purposes, such as for discussing a problem, for making a plan, for assigning jobs, or for checking the progress. Currently, communicating face-to-face and sending emails earn their prevalence among all kinds of communicating methods. However, which one is better? In my opinion, there is no unified answer to this question. These two communication methods are both tailored to certain situations. Therefore, our choice should also change from situation to situation, but always benefits the project we are working on.
On the one hand, communicating face to face possesses many advantages over sending emails, which gives it top priority in some conditions. Foremost, it saves time. When communicating face-to-face, you can get response immediately within several seconds. In contrast, between sending out an email and receiving the reply is always up to several hours. Communicating face-to-face spares much time for us to focus on what really benefits the project. Moreover, communicating by mouth also provide us sufficient opportunities to fully develop our ideas. You can conduct so intensive talking with a person standing in front of you that hundreds of words are said and heard just in several minutes, while an email of the same number of words often takes you more than a half hour to edit. The sufficient communication provided by talking face-to-face effectively reduces the teammates’ misunderstanding, some of which might be disastrous to the whole project. Therefore, if you need to get reply immediately, or you are discussing a very complicated problem, why not go in front of him or her and talk face-to-face? Do not be shy!
On the other hand, sending email is a better choice than communicating face to face in other conditions. Above all, emails serve as the record of communication, which is often helpful. When a participant in communication forgets some details, s/he can read the email to recall them. In addition, email is more formal than talking. As to important decisions, such as project plan, job assignment and appointment, email is the best choice, on the ground that emails record them in the form of text, which allow us to check in the future. Finally, some projects’ teammate may distribute in different locations, so that it is impossible for them to communicate face-to-face. In such condition, sending email is their only choice.
In conclusion, both communicating face-to-face and sending emails function as methods to exchange information. Our choice between them varies from person to person, form situation to situation. There is no better one, but just more suitable one.
During working on a
project
with classmates or colleagues, it is always necessary for us to communicate with others for various purposes, such as for discussing a problem, for making a plan, for assigning jobs, or for checking the progress.
Currently
,
communicating
face-to-face and
sending
emails earn their prevalence among all kinds of
communicating
methods.
However
, which one is better? In my opinion, there is no unified answer to this question. These two
communication
methods are both tailored to certain
situations
.
Therefore
, our
choice
should
also
change
from
situation
to
situation
,
but
always benefits the
project
we are working on.
On the one hand,
communicating
face
to
face
possesses
many
advantages over
sending
emails, which gives it top priority in
some
conditions. Foremost, it saves time. When
communicating
face-to-face, you can
get
response immediately within several seconds.
In contrast
, between
sending
out an email and receiving the reply is always up to several hours.
Communicating
face-to-face spares much time for us to focus on what
really
benefits the
project
.
Moreover
,
communicating
by mouth
also
provide us sufficient opportunities to
fully
develop our
ideas
. You can conduct
so
intensive talking with a person standing in front of you that hundreds of words
are said
and heard
just
in several minutes, while an email of the same number of words
often
takes you more than a half hour to edit. The sufficient
communication
provided by talking face-to-face
effectively
reduces
the teammates’ misunderstanding,
some
of which might be disastrous to the whole
project
.
Therefore
, if you need to
get
reply immediately, or you are discussing a
very
complicated problem, why not go in front of him or her and talk face-to-face? Do not be shy!
On the other hand
,
sending
email is a better
choice
than
communicating
face
to
face
in other conditions.
Above all
, emails serve as the record of
communication
, which is
often
helpful. When a participant in
communication
forgets
some
details
, s/he can read the email to recall them.
In addition
, email is more formal than talking. As to
important
decisions, such as
project
plan, job assignment and appointment, email is the best
choice
, on the ground that emails record them in the form of text, which
allow
us to
check
in the future.
Finally
,
some
projects’
teammate may distribute in
different
locations,
so
that it is impossible for them to communicate face-to-face. In such condition,
sending
email is their
only
choice.
In conclusion
, both
communicating
face-to-face and
sending
emails function as methods to exchange information. Our
choice
between them varies from person to person, form
situation
to
situation
. There is no better one,
but
just
more suitable one.