Writing an informal email

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vmbo g, t, mavo
• Leerjaar 3

Writing an email

Learning goals

• I can write an informal email

Road map

• Learning goals
• Warm-up
• Formal vs informal
• Mistakes often made
• 
  
• Review
• Looking ahead

Warm-up

• How did you start your email yesterday? (in the chapter test)
• Were there other ways you could have started?

• How did you end the email?
• What other possibilities did you have?

What is the difference?

Formal vs informal?

• Salutation (aanhef)
• Use of language
• Content
• Closing

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Dear .....

Can be used in:

1. informal email
2. formal email
3. both

So.......with

Dear .......,

you cannot go wrong!

Ask a couple of students what would be a good salutation:

Email to your friend Anna,

Email to an elderly uncle,

Email for a job application,

Email to a hotel to ask for information 

What is informal language in an informal email?

1. casual and spontaneous
2. straattaal

Gonna, wanna, cos, cause, u

1. Is allowed in a formal email
2. Is allowed in an informal email.
3. Not used in writing

What is possible?

going to

want to

because

you

Starting a sentence with:
And/But

1. Is always a good way to start
2. Is generally not a good way to start.

What can you do with

and/but?

Combine sentences

Mind your punctuation!

What is the difference between these two sentences?

Also mention:

Start with a capital letter, end with a full stop. Write legibly! 

Layout, clear:

Which email seems easier to read?

Closing:
With kind regards,

1. formal email
2. informal email
3. Both

See you soon,
Can be used in:

1. formal email
2. informal email

Hoe schrijf je in het Engels:
ik?

1. I
2. i

Wanneer schrijf je 'ik' in het Engels met een kleine letter "i"

1. nooit
2. altijd
3. informele e-mail

Task

Use the handout to practice conventions.

Send the last task to me through magister.

Review:
Give your classmates your best piece of advice for the informal email during test week

Looking ahead

Revision in Blooket!