Email Writing Lab

EDGE Code
EDGE IIB
Term
Summer
Class Time
Tues Period 2 & Thu Period 2
Instructor
O'Neill
Description
This course has two aims: to help students master the important skill of email writing and to help students understand how different levels of formality and politeness are formed in English. Although not all students will need to speak English for their future jobs, most will have to read and respond to email; as such, this course is extremely useful preparation and will look very good on a resume. In addition, the ability to adapt your language based on requirements of formality and politeness will not only help you craft professional email but will also transfer into your spoken communication.  This class is recommended for students that need to write email in academic or professional situations and students who want to know how to be polite when making requests, saying “no”, and saying “sorry.”
Schedule
  1. Course Introduction: Culture & Structure
  2. Email Language: Common Expressions
  3. Pragmatics: Making requests 1
  4. Pragmatics: Making requests 2
  5. Pragmatics: Making requests 2
  6. Writing workshop
  7. Quiz 1: Pragmatics: Refusals 1
  8. Pragmatics: Refusals 2
  9. Pragmatics: Refusals 3
  10. Writing workshop
  11. Quiz 2: Pragmatics: Apologies 1
  12. Pragmatics: Apologies 2
  13. Pragmatics: Apologies 2
  14. Writing workshop: Quiz 3: Wrap up
Homework
Students will be given time to write in class. Any writing assignments not finished in class should be finished at home.
Students are encouraged to visit the self-access center, but this is not required.
Materials
Provided by instructor
Grading
Grades will be based on three quizzes given in classes 7, 11, and 14.
i. Quiz 1: 30%
ii. Quiz 2: 30%
iii. Quiz 3: 30 %
iv. Participation: 10%