Composing professional Correspondence

2. At the end of the lesson, the students are able to:
a. Understand the various forms of office
correspondence.
b. Define the usage of various forms of office
correspondence.
c. Exhibit your own various forms of office
correspondence.

3. Directions: Have the class write down their answers
to the following questions.
1.Do you have any experience in doing some memos
or letters?
2.How did you write your memos and letters?
3.Did you try to apply in work using email?
4.How did you write your email?

5. Various forms of Office Correspondence
 Correspondence consists of memos, letters, and
electronic mail. In engineering and science,
correspondence is an effective way to make
requests, submit changes to a job, and deliver
specific information.

6. Memos
 You write memos to people within your place of work,
and you write letters to people within your place of
work, and you write letters to people outside your
place of work. One major difference between memos
and letters is the title line found in memos

7. Letters
Formats for letters vary from company to company.
For instance, some formats call for paragraph
indents; others don’t. also included in this section is
a sample thank- you letter written by someone after
a job interview.

8. E-mail
Electronic mail is a less formal version of
memos and letters. Electronic mail is relatively
new and is changing in terms of sophistication
in format and expectation by audience.