Announcement

DESCRIPTION

The word announcement means a spoken or written statement that tells people, whether public community or limited people of certain institution, about something. The purpose of an announcement is to give information.

TYPES OF ANNOUNCEMENT

• commercials -> on radio, tv, newpaper, etc

• non-commercials -> public services announcement, public event announcement, school / educational announcement, business announcement

• personal -> wedding announcement, newly-born announcement, death announcement (obituary)

PURPOSES

• to sell something

• to campaign against / for something

• to invite people to events

• to ask people to do things

• to publicize a formal personal event

there are some important points when reading a spoken announcement so that the listeners would understand better and not misinterpret the announcement

• clarity in each sentence

• correct pronounciation of each word

• intonation of each sentence

• pause at commas and paragraphs

• voice volume

HOW TO WRITE AN ANNOUNCMENT

• be direct an concise in your announcment -> reader will be able to understand the information quickly and can refer back to it easily

• write a short, friendly announcement that's to the point when you're sharing positive news -> it can build on positive feelings like confidence and helpfulness

• recognize what others have achieved in your announcement and motivate your reader to reach similar goals

• present your information in a plain and complete way so that the reader will understand you the firs time

• if the news you are announcing is bad, write it in a direct statement

REMEMBER

An announcement is a public statement, either printed or spokem, about something that is happening, has happened, or more likely going to happen. Therefore, most announcement are written in Future Tense, either in active or passive form.

Example :

The International Loan Corporation (ILC) will provide $47 million in financing for the construction of the Dhiba Diamond Hotel in the Tabouk region. The completion date will be on November 17th, 2018.

QUESTION 1

We will hold our monthly planning meeting at 4 p.m on Thursday, March 12th, in the small conference room. Plans to discuss are as follows :

* staff refquirements

* audit procedures

* budget revisions

* sales convention

Feel free to add topics to this agenda by notifying Julia at extension 5555 by noon the day of the meeting

Multiple Choice

what is the announcement for?

• a monthly meeting

• a monthly planning

• a planned discussion

• a small conference

Multiple Choice

when is the latest someone can add the agenda for the meeting?

• before March 12th

• on March 12th

• on Thursday at 4 p.m

• on Thursday before 12 p.m

Multiple Choice

how can someone contact Julia?

• by adding her agenda

• by attending the meeting

• by calling 5555

• by sending a notification