1. 1 PhD programme Week 2

2. 2 What is the most common writing task for students? Yes, of course, it’s email Who do students write to? What do they write about? Email habits – Create some questions to ask a classmate

3. 3 Discuss your email habits: write out full questions How often… Business/personal… Which service… Language… …

4. 4 Describing a process Note down the steps you take to write a new message in your usual system 1. Turn on your computer … n.Type an appropriate subject … N.Press the “send” button

5. 5 The new student He is from Mongolia He has used a computer He’s never used the Internet or email He doesn’t speak English or Chinese very well Explain to him how to send an email, step by step

6. 6 When writing email, take care Do you really need to send email? – A phone call? – Email later, with better information? – Check website (FAQ?) Choose an appropriate subject line – Consider including details Choose an appropriate salutation Don’t attach very large files – Use links instead NEVER attach an MSWord file which contains only text – Write in in the email itself

7. 7 Great email tips here Check and double check – Grammar – Punctuation – Capitalization Email proof reading tasks

8. 8 Email tips and tasks http://mcu.edu.tw/~ssmith/pe1writing/emailintro.p df http://mcu.edu.tw/~ssmith/pe1writing/emailintro.p df Don’t do Email Task 1! Do – Send me an email giving your student data – Ask a real question about the class or about MCU – Give an indication of what you hope to learn from the class – Include a link to the webpage I asked for last week