BAS U1 S2 - email introductions

Unit 1 | Session 2

Learning objective:

introduce yourself in a voicemail

Email Introductions

Unit 1 | Session 2

Learning objective:
introduce yourself in a voicemail

Agenda

1 Get started: emails, text
messages, voicemails

2 Listening and Reading: from
voicemail to email

3 Speaking task: record a
voicemail

4 Progress check

Get started: emails,
text messages,
voicemails

• Talk about these questions

1.

Which do you use most?

Emails, text messages or
voicemails? Why?

2.

How many hours do you spend

daily sending messages? Who do
you send them to?

Match

Match the following nouns with their definition.

• Spam

• Reply

• CC

• Emoji

• Threads

Unwanted or junk emails

Responding to an email

Sending a copy to someone else

Digital icons to express emotions

Messages related to a specific topis

• Unwanted or junk emails

• Responding to an email

• Sending a copy to someone else

• Digital icons to express emotions

• Messages related to a specific topis

Open Ended

1.Which do you use most? Emails, text messages or voicemails? Why?

Choose the correct answers.

2. Who is speaking? Mr Chen / Cindy Clark

3. Who is the message for? Mr Chen / Cindy Clark

4. Where is the information about the schedule?

in the mail / in an email

Listening to a voicemail

Answer the question.

1.

What is the message?

Multiple Choice

1. What is the message?

• A text message

• A thread

• A voicemail

• A handwrite letter

Dropdown

Who is speaking? A:​
Select answer


Who is the message for? A:​
Select answer


Where is the information about the schedule? A:​
Select answer

Reading for details. Identify the mistakes

From: Cathy Clark

To: Charles Chen

Re: Winter schedules

Dear Mr. Chen,

I’m writing to send you the new winter schedules. They start next month
for all the departments. See the attached document for information about
the schedules.

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Regards,

Cathy Clark

Head of the Human Resources department

Reading for detail.
Identify the mistakes

From: Cathy Clark
To: Charles Chen
Re: Winter schedules

Dear Mr Chen,

I’m writing to send you the new winter schedules.
They start next month for all the departments. See
the attached document for information about the
schedules.

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Regards,

Cathy Clark

Head of the human resources department

From: Cindy Clark
To: Charles Chen
Re: Summer schedules

Dear Mr Chen,

I’m writing to send you the new summer schedules.
They start next week for all the departments. See
the attached document for information about the
schedules.

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Regards,

Cindy Clark

Head of the human resources department

Speaking: recording a voicemail

Student A: you want to join a sports club. You
want to ask to the staff for detailed information
about the new classes that start next week.

1.

What kind of class is it?

2.

What days is it on?

3.

What time does it start?

Student B: you work on a sports club. Listen to
your classmates’ questions and answer them.
Try to convince her/him to pay and join today!

1.

What kind of classes are they offering.

2.

When is the first class.

3.

How much is the cost. (discounts, offers)

Now I can …

Progress check

❑ Read and understand a formal email of introduction.
❑ Listen to and understand a voicemail message.
❑ Record a voicemail in English.