To the teacher What is Email English? Ermail English is a book to help your students write better emails I is aimed at intermediate or upper- intermediate level, and consists of 32 two-page units of language practice covering a very wide range of topics, a phrase bank of useful expressions divided into sections, and an answer key. Email English includes exercises on email style, but also practises more conventional language areas such as fixed expressions, sentence structure, linking words, prepositions and verb tenses. Email English assumes that students already have approximacely ‘intermediate’ level, and exercises are designed to review language at this level rather than present it for the first time. If your students want more help swith grammar, we recommend Business Grammar Builder (Macmillan) by Paul Emmerson. Why Email English? Writing gets a low priority in many coursebooks, and very few give a systematic and comprehensive treatment of emails. This is surprising, because emails are by fac the most common method of weitten communication, and wricing emails is included in many examinations. Working through Email English wwill make your students much more confident in this area. They will be able to express themselves more clearly, their writing will be easier to understand, and they will be able to pass examination questions based on writing emails with much higher marks. How can you use Email English in class? Work through units 1-3 of Email English in sequence. After that, you can do the units in any order. Encourage your students to use the phrase bank as a reference for when they write their own emails. “The phrases in each section are presented in the most likely order that a waiter will need them, so the seudenc gets help with the struccure of the email as well as the language. Free writing practice and the Email English website Email English is designed for self-seudy as well as classroom use, so there is no ‘free! writing practice in the book. This is convenient for teachers if you don't have time for a follow-up writing task. Bur if you ‘do want to set a freer writing activity at the end of a unit, then we have included some suggested tasks oon this websize: www.businessenglishonline.net. There ar¢ tasks for both working professionals, and for students in Higher Education who have little experience of the professional world. Encourage your students to write emails using 2 word processor, then they can go back and change it after they get your comments. Soon they will build up a bank of emails they have written. Also encourage them to bring in any well-written emails they receive, so you can scudy them in class cogether. From time to time also remind your students to look again at the ‘General tips’ on page 5. ‘Organising a writing task “The fist choice that you have is students writing their emails in class or for homework, If students write in class you will be able to go round monitoring and helping. A word limic or time limit will help to focus the activity. As you circulate, note down any points that you think would be of interest to other students as well, and cover them in a short feedback slot with the whole class at the end,