1 A FORMAL EMAIL: SUGGESTING A COURSE OF ACTION REMEMBER! + To prepare, brainstorm points you want to include in your emall ‘Open the email by giving a reason for writing and use formal language to either thank or praise the recipients for giving you an opportunity to take action. In paragraphs 2 and 3, identify and outline problems. «+ In paragraph 4, suggest a course of action: use formal language to make suggestions and give recommendations, and close the email appropriately. = Use adverb collocations to make your feelings strong and persuade the reader. PREPARE! PART 1 Brainstorming ideas ‘You have been tasked with organising a short course to help prepare students who are going to study in a foreign country. Read the notes. Then add two ideas of your own to each category. lems ri wher ing abroad dents deal with t +. overcoming the language barrier 1. offering a survival language course with useful first days’ phrases not knowing people and feeling isolated 2 discussing how to avoid loneliness and isolation finding aspects of the culture unusual or 3- Inviting students who have studied abroad to share unexpected ‘heir experiences PART 2 Opening the email Complete the sentences from the opening paragraph of a formal email with the words from the box. Shen write R for the sentences which state the reason for writing and P for those which praise the college for taking action. address adjust challenge ‘commend initiative recognise regard request require response support thank + The college Is right to recognise. the need to this problem, aap 2 1am writing in to your notice regarding a new preparatory course to students travelling abroad. 3 itis a real for students to _____to life abroad, so this course is welcomed, — 4 lam writing with to your _____— for suggestions of what to include on a preparatory course to help students travelling abroad —— 5 | highly the college's ___— in taking action to meet the needs of students. 5 | would like tothe college for identifying the help students when preparing ir time living abroad, = & Outcomes Writing and Vocabulary Booklet + Writing + 1J lieiMitiing and outing problems the words in order to make useful phrases for identifying and outlining problems. + /that/ seems | me to ___Itseemstomethat a key obstacle is that of language. 2 see !iasiit Anere axe many problems facing a typical student living doreas. 3 only! do I students | not Jnave to work on their studies, but they have to work on relationships too. area / concern J of key / a is loneliness. underestimate / should / never / we —____ how difficutt it can be to make friends. and / other / concems / above / all / over . Iwould say that the problem of isolation is the biggest worry. PART 4 Suggesting a course of action ‘Read the different ways of suggesting a course of action. Cross out one word or phrase (ad) which cannot be used to complete each sentence. * | would including a language component in any preparatory course. 2 suggest recommend ¢ consider d desire 2 make tte easier for students, we could set up an oniine group. 2 To b Sothet € Soasto d In order to 3 it _______be a good idea to invite ex-students to speak to the group. 2 might b can © may 6 could 4 idea would be to arrange online counselling sessions for students. 2 One further b Another ¢ Other d An edditional 5 | strongly you to consider adopting a mentor programme. 2 encourage b request c uge d advise & One to bear in mind is that fewer students will want to study abroad if experiences are negative. 2 factor bb aspect © point 6 number PART 5 Adverb collocations ‘We can use collocations of adverbs with verbs or adj 3s to make our feelings strong Complete the sentences with the adverbs from the box. There is sometimes more than one possible answer. deeply highly strongly _utterly 1 |_____ recommend this course of action. 2 | ______ feel that we should introduce a language component to the course. 3 lam ______ concerned about the many negative experiences that students are having, 4 itis _____ridiculous that no action has been taken before. 5 |am_—_____ opposed to sending students abroad without proper preparation 6 Preparatory courses such as this one have been _____ successful in the past. Outcomes Writing and Vocabulary Booklet * Writing + 1 5PERFORM! Read the task. eset es races Seen crtcised for not supporting students who spend time studying abroad as part of thelr ' Saeese = Ssserse che college has placed this notice on the main college notice boars: pe or eects © preporotory course for students whose studies involve spending time abroad. We would like Dee eeeescec pores fo write cn email outlining problems students face when studying abroad and making suggestors of wnct fo include on the new course to help these students. ‘Now write an email in response to the notice and suggest a course of action, Use your own ideas from Part 1. Write 220-250 words. Make sure you include the points below. + an opening thet gives 8 reason for writing phrases to identify and outiine problems phrases to suggest a course of action and recommendations + adverb collocations formal language ‘To whom it may concern, Yours, 6 Outcomes Writing and Vocabulary Booklet =