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Diploma in Higher Education Studies

Writing an email

HES 104 · Developing English Language Skills — Week 14 of 16

CourseHES 104
Week14 of 16
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This week’s topics

Writing an email

  1. Formal and informal emails
  2. Opening, body and closing

What you will be able to do

  • 3.2 Write well-structured sentences, paragraphs and short texts (emails, short reports).

Activity

Write an email to a college asking for course information.

Study materials

Further resources

  • College Success, ch. 8.3: Communication and technology (email) · PDF · OpenStax (2020), formal and informal emails; pp. 232–240 · for registered students
  • Business Communication for Success, ch. 9.1: Text, e-mail and netiquette · PDF · Saylor (2012), opening, body and closing; pp. 324–330 · for registered students
  • Two minute training significantly increases professional formatting in student emails · Open-access article · Aguilar-Roca et al. (2009), IJ-SoTL. Formal email basics: subject line, greeting, clear body, polite closing. · for registered students
  • Request Strategies in Professional E-Mail Correspondence · Open-access article · Leopold (2015), TESL Canada Journal. How real workplace emails make polite requests, with phrases learners can borrow for work and study. · for registered students
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Course plan
  • Week 1: Talking about yourself: the present simple
  • Week 2: What is happening now: the present continuous
  • Week 3: Telling a story: the past simple
  • Week 4: Building vocabulary: word families and collocations
  • Week 5: Reading for gist and detail
  • Week 6: Listening for key information
  • Week 7: Speaking clearly: sounds and word stress
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Talking about the future: will and going to
  • Week 10: Giving advice and rules: should, must, have to
  • Week 11: Writing good sentences
  • Week 12: Writing a paragraph
  • Week 13: Comparing things: comparatives and superlatives
  • Week 14: Writing an email
  • Week 15: Review and coursework completion
  • Final: Final assessment and submission
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