Writing a professional email — reuse it in speaking and writing

Writing a professional email: progressive explanation, topic-specific examples, guided exercises and a corrected assessment.

Duration: 25 minPrerequisites: mail-professionnel-pratiquerPass mark: 80%

1. Objective

By the end, you will reuse “Writing a professional email” in a sentence or situation of your own.

2. Discover

Read the examples for “Writing a professional email — reuse it in speaking and writing” as language you might use today. What clue helps you choose the right structure?

3. Understand

To write your email, choose a real professional purpose: request, confirm, send or report something. Keep it concise, but make the expected action immediately clear.

Objet : Demande de modification de planningBonjour Monsieur Martin,Je souhaiterais déplacer mon rendez-vous prévu jeudi après-midi.Serait-il possible de le reporter à vendredi matin ?Je vous remercie pour votre aide.Cordialement, Nadia K.

Watch out

In a real situation, decide your intention first: ask, explain, refuse, thank… Then adapt the phrase to the level of politeness and the person you are speaking to.

4. Guided practice

5. Independent practice

6. Write / speak

Write three sentences you could genuinely say or send. Change the subject, context and at least one lexical element.

7. Check your learning

8. Remember

To write your email, choose a real professional purpose: request, confirm, send or report something.

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9. Now I can…

I can recognise “Writing a professional email” in a new example.
I can justify my choice and create an example.