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Subject: Information about travelling Tokyo

Dear Sir/Madam

I’m a university student from Hong Kong and I’m writing to get some information about the arrangement of the tour to Tokyo. Here are m questions:

0. what place can I have fun in Tokyo?

0. Which restaurant would you suggest to me?

0. How is the weather there in January?

0. How is the street in Tokyo? (density of pedestrian)

0. Where can I find help if I get lost?

I am hoping to come over in December, so if you can get back to me as soon as possible, it would be great. Thanks for your help.

Best regards,

Terry Kwok

Kelvin Chan

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Janet Shackleton, British Council

The main focus of this lesson will be on writing semi-formal emails, and the students will send an email to a tourist information centre of their choice using the rules they will have studied in the first half of the lesson. I have done this lesson several times myself and although not all of the students received replies from the information centres they emailed, most of them did, which in itself gave them much satisfaction.

The lesson is suitable for intermediate students and above, although if simplified could be adapted for use with lower levels.

Topic

Writing emails
Level
Intermediate and above
Time
90 mins
Aims

To teach or revise the rules of writing emails in English by studying the differences between formal letters, and informal and semi-formal email
Materials
Lesson plan: guide for teacher on procedure.

Download lesson plan 75k pdf

Worksheets: can be printed out for use in class.

Download worksheet 131k pdf

Copyright - please read

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Janet Shackleton, British Council The main focus of this lesson will be on writing semi-formal emails, and the students will send an email to a tourist information centre of their choice using the rules they will have studied in the first half of the lesson.