Informal Email Versus Formal Email by https://padlet.com/ritagill/ict82vzjiuzc Made with magic en-us 2016-10-24 05:50:31 UTC 2019-04-22 02:37:06 UTC hello@padlet.com marv filzah edrianne yingtong resh atie https://docs.google.com/document/d/1b1tvuKiX-oNb2mkzCCOQx6aMKO7eDIT2ZDpsPCRf5ro/edit?usp=sharing https://padlet.com/ritagill/ict82vzjiuzc/wish/352969001 Informal email               Formal email 

Feature                       Informal letter / email                       Formal letter / email
Subject:                Laptop or Tablet?
  • The subject is brief and straight to the point
  • On & off                                                                      Seeking advice on learning matter
  •                                                                                                     More general
 

 

Greeting:
                                      Friendly                                                             Polite


Beginning (introduction):
 Talked about the previous 
camp experiences, friendly talk.   

Formal introduction, talked about school plans once school starts
Contractions:
 
 
 Uses contractions such as “I’m,” “they’ve,” and “you’ve.”
 
 
 
 
Do not use contractions at all.
Questions:
 More questions & straightforward.
 
 
 
 
 
 Not much questions, more about opinions
Punctuation:
 
 
 
 
 Usage of exclamation points 
Usage of question marks.
 
 
 Only commas and full stops
Linking words:
Less formal 
 
 
 
 
 Formal 
Phrases and vocabulary:
 
 
 Limited vocabulary
 
 
 Atas vocab 
Conclusion:
  •  Ends off the email with the beginning question again.
  • Also goes off topic and asks things like to keep in touch or asking to, for example, “upload the Orientation pictures on Facebook”
 
  •  Ends off the email by thanking the teacher
  • Gave contact information so that  the teacher can get back to him


]]> 2019-04-22 02:02:16 UTC https://padlet.com/ritagill/ict82vzjiuzc/wish/352969001 https://padlet.com/ritagill/ict82vzjiuzc/wish/352969078 Cyn,tara,siewwen,zul,jing]]> 2019-04-22 02:03:06 UTC https://padlet.com/ritagill/ict82vzjiuzc/wish/352969078 Denzel ,Keith , Syabil , Ian , Joseph . https://padlet.com/ritagill/ict82vzjiuzc/wish/352969181 Feature                                                  Informal                                        Formal
Subject                                                  Specific                                         General 
Greeting                                                 Friendly                                        Proper 
Introduction                                          None                                             Have 
Contractions                                          Have                                            No have 
Questions                                               Have                                            No Have
Punctuation                                           . , ; ?!                                             , . 
Linking Words  But , So Hence , As such
Phrases And Vocabulary Underweight obese
Conclusion Friendly Direct ]]> 2019-04-22 02:04:22 UTC https://padlet.com/ritagill/ict82vzjiuzc/wish/352969181 group 1 https://padlet.com/ritagill/ict82vzjiuzc/wish/352969448 Feature:             Informal email                                   Formal email
Subject:            straightforward question                 statement/topic
Greeting:          without salutation.                            with salutation
Beginning:        friendly talk                                        proper introduction
Contractions:   with e.g I'm                                        without e.g I am
Questions:       with question mark                           without ?, more of statement
Punctuation:   exclamation & question marks       no ! & ?
Linking words: use conjunctions instead              linking words like 'therefore', 'hence' etc
Phrases and:  active voice, codes slang and         passive voice, more profound words
Vocabulary     abbreviation
Conclusion:    questions asking for opinion.         thanks audience 
 ]]> 2019-04-22 02:07:08 UTC https://padlet.com/ritagill/ict82vzjiuzc/wish/352969448 Afiq, Jarrett, Javan, Wilson, brookli https://padlet.com/ritagill/ict82vzjiuzc/wish/352970813 Feature                             Informal letter/ email                                    Formal letter/email
Subject                             Direct straight to the point                           Very vague
Greeting                            Friendly                                                        Serious
Beginning                         No introduction                                            Introductions
Contractions                     A lot of contractions                                    No contractions
Questions                          Not direct                                                   Very direct
Punctuation                      A lot of question marks                               No question marks
Linking words                   There are less linking words                         More linking words
Phrases and vocabulary      Light vocabulary                                         Strong vocabulary
Conclusion                          No reiteration                                            Reiterate to the topic in hand
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