How to write an email (working independently)

• Engels
• MBO
• Studiejaar 3

English

Miss Soekhoe

14-05-24

Learning goals

At the end of this lesson, you know the structure of a formal and informal email.

Je wil een mailtje sturen naar je neef, in welke volgorde zet je de onderdelen?

Subject: My school

Dear Steven,

Thank you for your e-mail, it was nice to hear from you.

I go to school in Amersfoort now, I really like it there. Where do you go to school?

I would love to hear from you soon.

Kind regards,

Rens

Parts of an e-mail

(- Subject, onderwerp, waar mail je over?)

- Greeting, begroet degene die je een mail stuurt

- Reason, de reden dat je mailt

- Main text, de boodschap van je mail

- Closing, wat verwacht je van degene die je mailt?

- Greeting, sluit je mail weer af met een groet.

How would you greet someone? Drag the greetings to the right spot.

- Someone you know well, a friend or family member

- Someone you don't know well, a teacher or your boss

- Someone you don't know the name of

Dear Daniel

Dear Mr Johnson

Dear Sir/Madam

Reason for writing

- You are reacting to an e-mail you got from someone

- You want to know how someone is doing

- you want information on something

- etc.

Waarom schrijf je?

Main text

Write your message to the reader

- Write down what you want to say, and make a new paragraph with each thing you talk about.

- Always skip a line between paragraphs to make it nicer to read!

Wat wil je vertellen?

Closing

Write down what you expect from the reader:

- I hope to hear from you soon

- I would like you to hand this in on Monday

- Tell me if you're available Saturday

Wat verwacht je nu van de lezer?

Final greeting

Finish your letter with another greeting:

Formal (to someone you don't know well)

Kind regards, Yours sincerely, Thank you

Informal (to someone close, like friends or family)

Bye, Cheers, Best wishes

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Formal

Informal

A relative

A client

Your friend from school

Your boss

Formal

- Complex

- Longer sentences

- Explain your points

- No contractions (such as you're)

- No expressions or slang

-No or hardly any emotions/feelings

- Objective

Informal

- Slang

- Expressions/figures of speech

- Personal tone

- Simple language
, short sentences 

- Contractions  are allowed
(You're, it's)

- Emotion/expressing feelings

I am looking forward to your reply

1. Formal
2. Informal

I hope you'll feel better soon

1. Formal
2. Informal

We visited Paris and I loved it!

1. Formal
2. Informal

I consider myself a team player

1. Formal
2. Informal

I hope to hear from you soon.

1. Formal
2. Informal

How are your parents doing?

1. Formal
2. Informal

Please contact me at 0115 753 8821

1. Formal
2. Informal

Talk to you later!

1. Formal
2. Informal

Time to write an email

Write your email, using the guidelines from the exercise. 

Evaluation

How did it go?

Do you feel more secure about your writing?

The end