1 PhD programme Week 2

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

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

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

6 When writing , take care Do you really need to send ? – A phone call? – 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 itself

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

8 tips and tasks df df Don’t do Task 1! Do – Send me an 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