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Email writing exercises from Howard Burns

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Activity

1 Write up on the board a typical first line of an email type covered in the last lesson. For example, one of these with the ‘…’ filled in according to an email you looked at before:

Thanks for your enquiry about our range of … products.

Thanks for your enquiry about our … services.

I am writing to arrange a time for …

I have just seen your online advertisement for …

Before I place a firm order, I would like to know …

I am writing to apply for the job of …

Just a quick query re the figures you sent.

Just a quick note to say many thanks for …

I am writing to complain about …

2 Ask the students to write this down on a piece of paper. Remind them quickly about the email/s in the last lesson, and explain that you are going to write similar ones in a chain round the class. However it is not a memory exercise, they shouldn’t refer directly to the earlier emails, and students can develop the email in whatever way they want. Looking at a phrase bank to help them is fine.

3 Each student adds their own second sentence to the email, then passes their paper to the person on their left, who adds one more sentence. They continue writing and passing, one sentence at a time.

4 Whenever an email is complete, that particular student keeps it until the end, when they read it out for everyone to hear.

Follow-up language work. I’m sure you can think of lots. Personally I would use blu-tac to stick all the emails on the walls around the room, and then the students can go round looking at them (like at pictures in an art gallery). At the end I would ask them which ideas and which language they liked best. I would finish with a few additional comments of my own about good structure, good use of language, and areas for reformulation into more complex or more appropriate or more accurate language.

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Ten Quick Tips on Writing a Professional Email

1) Always fill in the subject line with a topic that means something to your reader. Not "Decals" or "Important!" but "Deadline for New Parking Decals."
2) Put your main point in the opening sentence. Most readers won't stick around for a surprise ending.
3) Never begin a message with a vague "This"--as in "This needs to be done by 5:00." Always specify what you're writing about.
4) Don't use ALL CAPITALS (no shouting!), or all lower-case letters either (unless you're the poet e. e. cummings).

5) As a general rule, PLZ avoid textspeak (abbreviations and acronyms): you may be ROFLOL (rolling on the floor laughing out loud), but your reader may be left wondering WUWT (what's up with that).
6) Be brief and polite. If your message runs longer than two or three short paragraphs, consider (a) reducing the message, or (b) providing an attachment. But in any case, don't snap, growl, or bark.
7) Remember to say "please" and "thank you." And mean it. "Thank you for understanding why afternoon breaks have been eliminated" is prissy and petty. It's not polite.
8) Add a signature block with appropriate contact information (in most cases, your name, business address, and phone number, along with a legal disclaimer if required by your company). Do you need to clutter the signature block with a clever quotation and artwork? Probably not.
9) Edit and proofread before hitting "send." You may think you're too busy to sweat the small stuff, but unfortunately your reader may think you're a careless dolt.
10) Finally, reply promptly to serious messages. If you need more than 24 hours to collect information or make a decision, send a brief response explaining the delay.

EBC Audios

EBC 1A

Cultural Diversity and socializing

Welcoming visitors

1) 8:26 - Unit 2. Part 2. Culture & Entertainment

2) 15:40 - Module 2. Telephoning. (P. 16)

EBC 1B

1) Unit 4. Part 1. Ex. 1

Telephone arrangements (p. 24)

2) 10:51 - Unit 5. Part 2. Ex. 1. Problem solving on the telephone (P. 35)

3) 19:15 - Module 3. PRESENTATIONS (p. 45).

4) 20:53 - Unit 6. Part 3. Ex 2 (P. 47). Presentation - intro.

5) 24:18 - Unit 7. Part 2. Ex. 2 (P. 54)

EBC 2A

6) Unit - Midlle of the Presentation (P. 62)

7) 9:25 - Unit 9. End of the Presentation (P. 72)

8) 14:32 - Module 4. MEETINGS (P. 80)

EBC 2B

Negotiations

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