Learn English Writing

Learn English Writing

Work Plan – Week 1

  1. understand the benefits, expectations outcomes of this course by looking at the syllabus (or pdf file)
  2. improve your ability to express meaning with new vocabulary
  3. refresh your English writing skills with a few basic writing tools
  4. summon your ability to notice details with some error correction exercises
  5. activate higher order thinking by writing a summary of a video
  6. begin the learning process by writing a story about a place
  7. dive into learning with a 15 minute writing exercise

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ESL Writing Lesson: How to Write and Format an Email

This is the last week of new content to help ESL students learn English writing.

Email Writing Research

  1. This slideshow provides basic data about email messages.
  2. Here is an email which I sent to many hotels in Korea. Some of the answers I received are here.

Dear Sir/Madame,

I’d like to get some information about rooms and availability at your hotel.

I have two adults and one teenager traveling to Seoul. They need a room for two nights
on May 26 and May 27.

1. Do you have rooms available on those nights?
2. What are the rates and taxes?
3. Do you have wheelchair access?
4. What is the best way to travel to your hotel from the airport?

Many thanks for your help and information.

Rob

 

PROFESSIONAL EMAIL WRITING

Writing an effective email in English is not difficult. But my students need to learn a few basic writing skills.  This lesson will help them in the future, especially when they start looking for a job and need to write emails in

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