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Monday, October 30, 2006

Formal writing: Answer to an Enquiry Letter

GROUP WORK

Join in your groups.

Write a letter answering to the informations asked by your group colleagues from SZM and Licalelu Fashion.

Wednesday, October 25, 2006

Formal writing: Enquiry Letter 3

GROUP WORK

Join in your groups.

Write a letter of enquiry to the bank advertised in the picture below:


Ask:
  • about banking services offered;
  • to send someone to your company for a demonstration;
  • about other informations you may find useful.

Monday, October 23, 2006

Formal writing: Enquiry Letter 2

GROUP WORK

Join in your groups.

SZM - Industry Assistance:
Write a letter of enquiry to Licalelu Fashion, asking about:
  • the ordered dummy;
  • what materials to use/colour/size/gender;
  • totally robotized or partially mechanic?

Licalelu Fashion:

Write a letter of enquiry to SZM - Industry Assistance, asking about:

  • your project for remodeling a store;
  • possibility to make any future changes,
  • price/terms of payment.

Friday, October 20, 2006

Formal writing: Enquiry Letter

INDIVIDUAL WORK

Write a letter of enquiry to Sea Stars asking about:
  • new sales catalogue and price list;
  • quantity discounts;
  • terms of payment.

Remember to use formal language and be aware of the formal structure of your letter.

Saturday, October 14, 2006

The power of Punctuation

Dear business english trainees,

Here I am again posting another activity for you. As you know, we've talked about it in classes, punctuation is very important when writing. Therefore, I would like you to look at the sentence below and try to punctuate it.
Remember that you can´t change sentence structure. You can only add punctuation.
"A woman without her man is nothing"
I'm looking forward to your posts. I just can´t wait!
Your teacher,
Susana Araújo

Friday, October 13, 2006

Informal Postcard

INDIVIDUAL WORK

Informal postcard to a friend

Write an informal postcard to a friend telling him/her about your holidays.
Remember to use informal language and try to use connectors "and", "but" and the apostrophe -s ('s).

Wednesday, October 11, 2006

Company Facilities and Directions - Group Work presentations

SZM - Industry Assistance

Monday, October 02, 2006

Company Facilities and Directions

GROUP WORK

What facilities does your company have?
What facilities are near your company?

Look at this list and decide about what facilities does your company have and what facilities are near your company. You can add any other facilities.

car park for staff
bus stop or metro / underground station
drinks machines
showers
post office
banks
cafeteria
toilets
shops
phone box
special rooms for smokers
gym
good restaurants
conference room
lifts / elevators
reception area
board room

Layout Facilities

Draw the layout of your company facilities and describe it using prepositions of place: next to, in front of, between, etc, …

Directions to your company

Imagine a customer wants to go to your company but doesn't know how to get there. Write the directions to get to your company.