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Using Email

PBLA Module

Learners develop essential skills for using email confidently. This module builds vocabulary and provides practice with signing in, reading messages, and composing simple emails. The email simulator offers a safe way to practise without security risks.

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For Learners
Cover page for “Using Email—For Instructors” module by TIES Literacy Centre of Expertise, at 2L/3L level. Includes a maple leaf graphic and funding logos from Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada.
For Instructors

Story

1. Amir’s Email Problem — Follow Amir as he learns to use email to apply for a job, practicing signing in, reading messages, and managing passwords. 

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Interactive
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Digital Activities

These activities help learners develop typing and email management skills. The email simulator offers a safe, interactive environment where learners practise finding websites, signing in, reading messages, and signing out without security risks.

  • Typing Special Characters
  • Typing Email Addresses and Passwords
  • CLB 2L/3L Email Simulator (parts: Find a Website, Sign In to Email, Read Email Messages, and Sign out.)
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Typing Special Characters
Hands typing on a keyboard with email and password fields shown; the email is AmirG1335@free-mail.ca and the password is hidden. TIES Literacy Centre of Expertise logo is in the corner.
Typing Email Addresses and Passwords
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CLB 2L/3L: Email Simulator
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