This document contains 4 student responses to a discussion on writing business emails. The first response lists 5 major points about writing concise, well-formatted emails with the key message up front. The second response emphasizes using courteous language and short, clear sentences so the reader can easily understand. It also notes the importance of distinguishing business emails with the subject line. The third response discusses difficulties understanding a computer science experiment due to complex calculations and small writing on the whiteboard. The fourth is from an editor providing feedback on the discussion.
Speaking Writing 3 Tips for Effective Business Emails
1. Speaking Writing 3 ,Tuesday 4
1.
s1170208 Junichi Fukuda
A. What are the major points in the articles you see above?
It is important for a reader to understand the content of a business mail
easily.
B. Why are these articles important? Write 5 major points in the articles
that are important.
1. Be short and concise.
2. Put the key point of your message up front.
3. Write the subject of a business mail.
4. Use white space and legible font.
5. Check for mistakes.
C. Explain 5 reasons why one should read the above articles when preparing
to write an important business e-mail?
1. We can understand the difference between a business mail and a informal
mail.
2. We can write appropriate business mail.
3. We can give a reader a good impression.
4. We can communicate a intention to a reader.
5.We can exchange a business mail with a reader smoothly.
2.
s1170207 Naoki Hirao
A.
When we send a business e-mail, we should be careful to confuse public and
private.
For example, use of courteous language, sentence is clearly and short with
decency for reader easy understand.
And, we need to write a subject that reader can distinguish it from other
private e-mails.
Then, we should check the e-mail text before send an e-mail.
B.
Hello, XX Co.
My name is Naoki Hirao. Currently I am working for A Co.
I appreciate your cooperation.
I hope that my contacting you is not an imposition in any way.
I saw your company's web site.
2. I am very interested in products of your company.
Would you send me a set of records about the products.
Best Regards.
Hirao.
C.
I cannot understand homework of experiment in computer science.
One of the reason is calculation is too difficult and cannot read the
character on the white board.
D.
Points of business e-mail are
・decency.
・careful with time, place and occasion.
・do proofreading before click on the send button.
・make sentence clearly which reader easy understand.
・write a title that can find business from it.
3.
s1170216 Zhaofeng Liu
4.Editor
s1170214 Ryo Yamaguchi