Lesson: Formal and Informal Emails

During this lesson, you will learn about the parts of an email and the vocabulary necessary to write formal and informal emails.

Before we start, let’s discuss with our classmates our preferences related to formal emails and informal emails.

Check this vocabulary:

1. Sender’s Information:
   • Name and Email address
2. Recipient’s Information:
   • Name and Email address
3. Subject Line:
   • A concise and informative line summarizing the email content.
4. Greeting:
   • Greeting to address the recipient.
5. Body:
   • Main content of the email
6. Closing:
   • Polite closing remarks, such as “Sincerely,” “Best regards,” etc.
7. Signature:
   • Additional contact details, job title, or other relevant information about the sender.
8. Attachments:
   • Files or documents attached to the email, if any.

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Schema Activation

Task#1A

Before we get started, let’s learn about the parts of an email.

Discussion questions about Email

1. How many personal emails accounts do you have?
2. What email services do you use?
3. What’s your favorite email service?
4. How often do you check emails?
5. How often do you send emails?
6. Do you have a professional email address?
7. How do you deal with spam messages?

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Pre-Task #1

Task#2A

Before we get started, let’s learn about the parts of an email.

There are many reasons why we write emails and we are going to learn a little about nine of them

Education	Networking
Request for help	Personal Invitation
Expressing Gratitude	Project Coordination
Sharing updates	Job Application
Offer Help	Sharing Files

Task#2B

Match the reasons to write emails with its corresponding subject line

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Pre-Task #2

Task#3A

Open the boxes, read the text and determine if it is a greeting or closing remark.

Suggestion for speaking:

1. I think that #1 is a …
2. I think that #2 is a …

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Pre-Task #3

Task#4A

Read the email carefully

#1	Information Tecnologies
#2	Energy Engineering

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Main Task

Task#5A

Write an email in which you respond to the following email

From: Derek Campos <Derek@ulacit.com>

To: student@utn.ac.cr

Subject: Learning more about you

Hello There

My name is Derek and I study in ULACIT, but I would like to study your major at the UTN

I would like to ask you some questions

1. Where is the university located in Guanacaste?
2. How many classes do you usually take per quarter?
3. How long does each class last?
4. How many days do you attend university?
5. How much does each class cost?
6. Does the university have computer labs? if so, How many?
7. What programming languages have you studied in classes?
8. Can you tell me something about the university facilities?

Take Care

Derek

Task#5B

Take some time to reply to this email

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Writing – Task

Task#6A

Take some time to reply to this email