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  • My name is Alicia, and today we're going to talk about how to write e mails in English.

  • In this lesson, I'm going to cover some vocabulary and some expressions that you can use in your e mails to hopefully sound a little bit more professional on.

  • I'm also going to cover all of the basic parts of a typical email in English.

  • So I've planned this s so that you can use this in business situations or in school situations, or even in more casual communication with your co workers.

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  • So if you're just joining, please make sure to like this video and share this video so others can find today's lesson hairs in my face today A lot.

  • I'm going to share the lesson, and then I'm going to get started, eh?

  • So I have broken today's lesson in two parts?

  • Yes, as usual.

  • But for this lesson, I'm going to talk about each part of an email each part of, like, a typical email in English, eh?

  • So we can talk about the vocabulary and some expressions that you can use in each of these parts, So let us begin.

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  • Already.

  • So let's start then.

  • I've numbered each of the parts of this email so you can kind of see which part I'm talking about.

  • So I want to start with some vocabulary and some expressions from this part.

  • So right up here, where you choose who to send your email, too, on some other points about this part here.

  • Vocabulary points to start.

  • So Let's first talk about this section of an email and a couple of interesting words you can use so email vocabulary and expressions like for sending and receiving.

  • First, I want to talk about these two things that you see at the top of your email, where you choose who to send it to.

  • I want to talk about C C and B C C c c N B C c.

  • So I think many of you know how to use C.

  • C and D.

  • C.

  • C.

  • Yes, of course, if you don't know CC means carbon copy.

  • So a carbon copy means a duplicate email.

  • So that means you are sending a copy of the email of that email to the main person for the main group, and then you send a copy of that email to someone else.

  • So maybe they're not like the main person that you want to send it to, but it's important they see the e mail.

  • So the reason I included this here is because I want to talk about how we use this cc in sentences so we use C.

  • C as a verb to see see someone.

  • So, uh, for example, please.

  • Cc me on project update E mails or Sorry, I forgot to CCU on that email.

  • So we use C c as a verb.

  • Um, and also you'll notice this on.

  • We'll use cc someone on an email.

  • We use the proposition on when we use this cc as a verb.

  • So please keep this in mind.

  • We can do the same thing then with B c c c c c If you don't know BCC Ah, BCC means blind carbon copy Blind carbon copy.

  • So that means it's a duplicate email.

  • It's a copy of the email.

  • Uh, but all of the recipients are secret.

  • So that means if I send like, a B c c e mail to all of you.

  • Uh, that means you can see the e mail, but you can't see the other people I sent it to with a simple carbon copy.

  • You can see everybody.

  • So we use BCC as a verb as well.

  • So, for example, are sorry there's a couple different ways to use this.

  • The first example is this.

  • Send the contest results toe everyone via or via BCC.

  • So that means through B C.

  • C.

  • So please use BCC to send this as a verb, as I talked about with C C IBC Seed.

  • This is past tense just at E.

  • D.

  • So treat it like a regular vert IBC Seed.

  • The whole team on that email so we can use both of these as verbs.

  • And again, we use on to BCC someone on something or to see See someone on something.

  • So please keep this in mind.

  • Okay, so that's the first part here about, like choosing who you want to send your email to.

  • I want to move now.

  • Thio Parts two and three.

  • First part to hear this part of the email is your greeting.

  • So how do you greet someone in an email with the best way to do it?

  • If you don't know the person you're sending it to, uh, if they are above you, if you're in a business situation, if it's a polite situation, just use Dear dear plus Mr Miss or Mrs Surname.

  • So surname means your last name or your family name.

  • So use just Dear Mr Smith or Dear Miss Smith.

  • Dear Mrs Smith.

  • If that person has a title, an official title, for example, professor or vice president or doctor or something like that.

  • If they have a title and you know about the title, use their title plus the surname.

  • So like dear Professor uh Smith or Dear Vice President Smith or Dear Dr Smith.

  • So if they have a title, it's good to use that title.

  • If you're not sure, just stick with dear mister or miss or missus, so try to use their title if you know it.

  • And if you're not sure if you think they might have a title, just Google them.

  • See if there's some title you can use.

  • Please, no, we don't use uh, we don't use teacher.

  • So, like, if you wanted to email me if you have my email address and you wanted to email me, you would not write Dear teacher Alicia, it wouldn't make any sense.

  • You could just say dear Alicia So and are like with students.

  • I tried to keep it casual, so I tell people to use my first name.

  • You might encounter that you might meet people like that to who say, Please use my first name.

  • In that case, you can use dear their first name for this pattern, like hello or hi plus first name.

  • So this is a pattern I use with my co workers with the people who are in my office with me.

  • So, like, dear Reza or whatever or higher Isa.

  • Hello, Resa.

  • Someone that I'm close to reset your watching someone that I'm close.

  • D'oh.

  • I just use first names.

  • If you use someone's last name, it's gonna sound a little too formal, Uh, in many cases.

  • So please keep in mind.

  • This is for English e mails.

  • If I always use, uh, maybe a last name someone's last name in my English e mails to someone.

  • It sounds like there is distance.

  • I know in other cultures, it's very common to use last names, but we use first names, typically in English.

  • Ok, any questions in there?

  • Ah, cannot Do not see any questions?

  • Um, no.

  • Okay, So continuing on, I've included here in parentheses.

  • Hey.

  • Hey.

  • First name you can use.

  • Hey, First name very casually like we use hate.

  • So and so in our office communication, we don't use this.

  • Uh, sorry.

  • Let me backtrack.

  • Uh, we use in addition to email, we also use, like software to communicate instantly like instant message software kind of stuff, eh?

  • So in those cases, we also use casual greetings inside our office that kay person are Hello, person.

  • So again, use these with people.

  • You are kind of close to use these to sound more polite if there's distance.

  • If you're not sure, go with dear.

  • That's usually the best one to use.

  • Hokey dokey.

  • That's all right.

  • I don't see any questions.

  • So let's continue on to part three.

  • Part three.

  • Is this part of an English email?

  • So after you've sent your greeting, your dear person, whatever.

  • After you've done that, the next part is this part, this kind of group of sentences.

  • A few sentences, maybe like three year.

  • For this is your introduction, your introduction to your email.

  • So start with something friendly.

  • Hi.

  • Uh, I hope you're doing well.

  • Or if you know the person.

  • I hope you're enjoying this weather.

  • Some kind of friendly introduction I like to use.

  • I hope you're doing well, I hope.

  • Or I hope you are.

  • Well, something like that.

  • Eso start with a friendly sentence.

  • That's your first start.

  • Hope you're doing well and then answer this question.

  • Who are you Who are you?

  • So this person needs to know who you are.

  • So if you're like a student, say hi.

  • My name is Alicia.

  • I'm a student in your Tuesday economics class or something.

  • Or high.

  • I am from the sales department in the company.

  • My name is so and so who are you?

  • Identify yourself, then.

  • What's your connection to the recipient?

  • So if you don't answer this here, you need to establish it here.

  • So if, for example, you're emailing somebody, that's like you're trying to make a new business connection and they don't know who you are.

  • You should probably explain how you found their email or how you found their contact information.

  • So if you found them on like a block, you can say I found your blogger online as I was researching, or I found you in this magazine article.

  • So what is your connection to the recipient?

  • What is your connection to the person you are e mailing forth?

  • What is the purpose of your email?

  • Why are you e mailing this person?

  • So I'm writing to you too.

  • I'm writing to you to sew my favorite, I guess.

  • Way to phrase.

  • This is I'm writing to ask if I'm making a request like I'm writing to ask if you would be interested and participating in my interview, Siri's.

  • Or I'm writing to ask if you would be interested in attending this event.

  • So I'm writing to ask.

  • What I'm writing to ask is a good one to use if you have a request for someone.

  • Uh, so please, uh, consider these four points when you're preparing your introduction, Uh, I will see if I can sooner questions?

  • Uh, yeah.

  • What is the purpose of your email?

  • Yes.

  • So this means please answer this question.

  • Answered this question.

  • What is the purpose of your email?

  • So I'm writing to you to ask or I'm writing to you, because so give the person some idea of why you're connecting with them.

  • All right?

  • Some people are sending their emails.

  • Maybe don't put your email.

  • I guess in the chat everybody you might get it might get picked up from something suspicious.

  • Okay.

  • Um, well, there's very long comment, office documents, any new ways to high office documents.

  • Uh, there are ways to write office documents.

  • Yes, but today we're focusing on email.

  • So maybe another time I can talk about that.

  • Um, okay.

  • I don't see any questions, so, uh, we'll finish with this part.

  • Now, I'll take a quick break, and then we'll go to the next part for today.

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  • This section is all about common job titles in English so you can look at a few of these that you might need to use in e mails.

  • Uh, this might be a good one thought to use if you are e mailing a friend, however, and you're like writing because you want a toe like invite them to some to something.

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  • All right, So with that, let's continue to part two to the second half of today's.

  • Listen, uh, you like when I break the fourth wall?

  • Ok, The fourth wall was the distance between the viewer and the audience.

  • Okay, just so everyone's in honor checks.

  • Okay, let's continue to the next part if you are just joining us.

  • Today's topic is how to write e mails in English.

  • I have talked about introductions and some vocabulary.

  • Now I'm going to talk about, like, the main part kind of the meat of the email.

  • How do we prepare these parts of the email?

  • How do we get to like our questions or our details?

  • So let us begin also if you have not please make sure to like the video and share it too, so others can find today's lesson.

  • I know lots of people have asked about this.

  • Okay, Onwards, Um, let's go to part for so part for I've included kind of like this on my visual here part for is this kind of thing.

  • It looks small.

  • I know, but this is for if you are including, like, links or references or if you have attachments to your email So, like files you want to send the u R L u up to send, like, a YouTube video or something like P d efs or whatever.

  • So how do you talk about that?

  • Uh, so in your in your email maybe, like right here just above where you send your link Just above where you put the link, you might say something like, Please see the following links.

  • Please see, or please take a look at the following links.

  • So the following means the links that come after this sentence.

  • Please take a look at the following links, or more formally, please refer.

  • Please refer to the attached document or documents for details.

  • So again, this is for an attachment please refer to the attached documents for details S So this is one not for a link here, but when you have a file to attach at the bottom of your email, another one below are some links for reference.

  • Please note.

  • I've used the plural here below.

  • So meaning below this sentence are some links plural, some links, four reference.

  • So this is used.

  • If you're just sending, like, background information, it's not like 100% essential.

  • But you want them to have some like information you can say below are some links for reference or for your reference is also okay, Maxie says, What's the difference between grab and download?

  • A.

  • Grab his informal.

  • So I use grab here a lot to mean like just quickly get something to download.

  • Something means physically to put it on your computer so we don't use ah, grab for like, a coffee we can use Grab for a coffee.

  • It means to get something very quickly s so we can use it for other things that are not digital download we use for digital things we put on our computer.

  • Okay, Elia, Sam says first time to see me live cool.

  • Okay.

  • Okay.

  • Um, Alex on Facebook says attached.

  • Please find such and such.

  • Yes.

  • So you can use that pattern to I'll add it.

  • Here.

  • Attached, Attached.

  • Please find whatever.

  • Please find this file.

  • Or please find the pdf.

  • Please find the data.

  • Please find the image good.

  • Uh, yeah.

  • Below are some links for your reference is also okay.

  • Oh, other Boyd's.

  • Please press the following link from below the videos as Bori instead of press.

  • When you want to talk about a link, we use the verb click.

  • So please click the link.

  • So we use that in, like our videos a lot to click the link in the description use click for links.

  • In this case for e mails where you tend to use, check more like please check the following link.

  • That one sounds a little more natural.

  • Please check the following week.

  • I want pdf cheat sheets.

  • I want pdf sheets.

  • Do you mean the ones I showed you?

  • You should check the link.

  • Will you see the link?

  • This perfect.

  • Ah, below the video.

  • If you're on Facebook above the video on Facebook, above the chat box.

  • Okay.

  • Up.

  • Doorman says attached are or attached is this depends on the number of files so attach attached.

  • Are is a plural form attached our files files.

  • Sorry.

  • It's hard to see.

  • Oh, it's really hard to see attached our files.

  • Oh, hey, Israel.

  • Let them attached our files or attached is a file so attached is sorry.

  • Is it really hard to see?

  • Their kind of attached is a singular a file or a picture?

  • Uh, something so attached is Is Thesing Giller form of that?

  • Please give a lecture on how to write a resume.

  • I think I've done a live stream about that before.

  • You might search the YouTube channel.

  • If not, I will put it in my list of things to do.

  • Uh, give us a screenshot of the blackboard and all of its contents.

  • I will do that at the end of the lesson.

  • I will step away for a second so you can take a screenshot.

  • Okay.

  • Uh, I don't see other questions yet, so I'm going to continue on.

  • Okay, So this is a lynx references and attachments.

  • Let's go on to part five.

  • This is maybe the most difficult part of the part that many people don't feel confident about, um, part five questions and requests for action.

  • So when you want someone to do something, how do you request that?

  • How do you ask them to do that?

  • Eso a couple of different patterns.

  • These air very open patterns so that you can choose which you prefer.

  • First, would you be interested in something?

  • Something I n g would you be interested in something?

  • Something I n g.

  • So this is when you're trying to invite someone to do something.

  • This is this is kind of a more formal invitation pattern.

  • And when I have this I n g uh, here.

  • I mean, we're using a verb in the i n g form.

  • Some very common examples are Would you be interested in meeting or would you be interested in attending?

  • Would you be interested in joining participating, teaching?

  • Speaking.

  • So you're inviting someone to do something Here is really my face today.

  • Sorry, guys.

  • Eso Would you be interested in i n g?

  • This is a formal invitation phrase.

  • Another one please complete and return the attached form or the attached forms by a certain deadline.

  • So this is good for maybe like students or if you have some people in your in your workplace that need to complete some kind of form, so please complete and return.

  • So that means fill in or fill out.

  • Either sign the form and return it to the sender.

  • So return the attached form or the attached forms by your deadline.

  • So by next week or by March 15th whatever.

  • So this is a good one to ask someone to finish some paperwork.

  • Okay, Uh, if you want to request a meeting in a soft way, do you have some time available for a discussion about topic?

  • Do you have some time available?

  • So this is not even like this.

  • You could use this.

  • Would you be interested in meeting is also OK.

  • This one sounds even more soft, like, even softer.

  • Do you have some time available for a discussion about our new project?

  • So you can use this two very softly.

  • Ask someone if they have time to meet with you.

  • Uh, one more.

  • Could you please let me know what dates and times would work for you?

  • Could you please let me know what dates and times would work for you?

  • This is if you are scheduling a meeting, your scheduling, a meeting or your scheduling an event and interview something like that.

  • So these air some expressions that you can use often together to complete this part generally, like the request, Uh, or like, the question comes at a near the end of the e mails like this s o you can use thes together.

  • So, for example, uh, like I sent a couple e mails recently, I asked people if they wanted to meet me, like to have AA meeting with me.

  • I said that Would you be interested in, ah, in participating in this project on and if so, so that's another word you can your expression you can use to connect your ideas.

  • If so, we put it here.

  • If so, it would come before the next line.

  • Which means if you are interested, do you have some time available next week?

  • Or if so, could you please let me know what dates and times would work for you so you can use these together?

  • Are you interested in this?

  • When are you available?

  • So that's a very like, efficient way seed enough to send a bunch of emails back and forth.

  • Okay.

  • Dokey.

  • Um, child, uh, what's the difference between in time and on time?

  • It's very common question.

  • I have a video on the channel.

  • I think in Ask Alicia about that quickly on time Means you are at the thing at the scheduled time for something in time means you have enough time to do something.

  • I can't watch the live now.

  • Cool.

  • This is being recorded.

  • You can check it out later.

  • Um, Alex on Facebook says I request a meeting with you and John at 5 p.m. If you say I request a meeting, it sounds a little too direct.

  • Like I would liketo have a meeting with you and John at five.

  • PM Would this be okay with you?

  • So, phrase.

  • It is a question.

  • If you say I request it sounds a little too direct.

  • If you're in, like a manager's position, maybe that's okay.

  • Uh, if you're not, then it's gonna sound a little too strong.

  • Ah, Wanna most?

  • Hello, Deice.

  • Yes.

  • I'm very sorry If I just said that wrong.

  • Could you please explain how I can describe changes in a file attached?

  • Yeah, if you have.

  • Ah, If you've sent like one file, and then you send an updated file.

  • You can use this some something similar to this pattern.

  • It's hard to see here, so I'll add this in Bloom.

  • Uh, please.

  • Uh, see, uh, the attached file four updates for updates or for an updated version, something like that.

  • So please see, of the attached file it is The latest version is another way that you could say that.

  • I hope that answers your question.

  • Okay.

  • Uh, what does Toki doki mean?

  • As you often say, I usually say, Okey dokey.

  • Okey dokey Means okay, Toki doki mean sometimes and Japanese.

  • That's very funny.

  • Uh, okey dokey.

  • It means, uh okay, I say okey dokey a lot.

  • Um, others is that example for formal or informal emails.

  • Good question.

  • These I'm created thes for more formal emails.

  • Those things that you can use in business or in work s O.

  • But you can use just more casual, everyday language if you're talking to a friend or a close co worker.

  • So these are a little bit more formal.

  • These expressions.

  • Ah, let's see some other ones.

  • Can you please explain how to write an email to the boss this is it.

  • So that these are all expressions you can use when you're riding with your boss.

  • These are all fine to use when you're talking with your boss.

  • I have not included any, like director rude or anything like that.

  • Here.

  • These are all okay to use with your boss.

  • Okay, let's get you on.

  • Then.

  • Let's go.

  • We're almost out of time.

  • So let's go to part six near the end of your email, then part six down here is where you express.

  • Thanks.

  • So expressing gratitude for the other person's time so you can use I like to use Thank you kindly for your time.

  • Thank you kindly for your time.

  • So thank you.

  • In other words, for giving me your time to read my email.

  • Thank you kindly for your time or thank you very much.

  • Or more casually.

  • Thanks.

  • Thanks.

  • So end here with a thank you and then closing.

  • Closing.

  • So this means like the last line in your e mail cache.

  • The last line in your email, which is just before your name.

  • Yeah.

  • So there are many things you can use here.

  • You can you Everybody knows many people now.

  • Sincerely Yeah, uh, you can use warm regards or regards, or best or kindly, these are very common.

  • You can choose whichever you prefer.

  • I use warm regards and best a lot warm regards.

  • So regards and warm regards.

  • They're pretty much the same.

  • Warm regards, I guess.

  • Sounds a little more friendly to me, so I tend to use that more.

  • So I use warm regards and best generally and then end with your name.

  • So, in my case, Alicia and then your title and or your pumps organization somehow erase that, uh, this organization.

  • You bumped it.

  • Sorry.

  • Organization.

  • So this is how we write an email in English.

  • These air some expressions that you can use to hopefully sound a little more professional.

  • Make your email sound a little more clean.

  • So, yes, as some of you are saying, Are these examples for formal or informal, these air formal e mails, more polite e mails?

  • Uh, I've answered that question.

  • I think three or four times now in the process of this life, so I hope that helps.

  • Um Okay, so someone says Cordelia versus faithfully versus sincerely faithfully.

  • Sounds weird in a business situation faithfully.

  • Sounds like the end of a romantic letter cordially sounds okay.

  • If it's a very formal situation, I would choose sincerely from them.

  • Uh, what would be a pre closing kind of thing phrase to emphasize a required thing in order to not forget it, I would.

  • Good question.

  • Uh, if you really, really want to make sure someone doesn't forget something you can say, like, maybe thank you kindly for your time.

  • I look forward to hearing from you soon, or I look forward to receiving your reply soon.

  • Something like that to show you're waiting for them, maybe.

  • Okay.

  • Huh?

  • I have to stop.

  • Yes, I'm gonna end there.

  • Thank you for all your questions.

  • There's lots of good questions today.

  • I appreciate it.

  • Thanks very much.

  • Uh, yeah.

  • Some people say, Where do we send?

  • Where do we send an email?

  • You could send me your questions at the Ask Alicia home page if you like.

  • Um, so I'll finish there for today.

  • Thank you very much for joining us.

  • As always.

  • That was really fun.

  • Um, we'll be back next week.

  • Next week.

  • Wednesday, 9 p.m. Eastern.

  • Standard time.

  • That's New York City time.

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