University of Washington - Using Email for Networking in English 

Week 1:Subject Lines & Openings This week you?ll learn the parts of an effective subject line and know what common mistakes to avoid. You?ll also know how to using greetings like ?Dear? and when to use titles or first names. Week 2: Tone: When to be Formal or Direct This week introduces the idea of tone. The words you use and the way you say it make your writing more or less formal and more or less direct. You need to make choices about these things depending on who you are writing to. Week 3:Effective Beginnings and Endings The first and last lines of an email are super important to success. We?ll point out how to write good openings and closings and provide useful vocabulary for these parts. We?ll also practice the language of making arrangements to meet. Week 4:Writing Follow Up Emails In the final week of the course, you?ll lookspecifically at the language of following up. This is an important step in making your network bigger.You?ll practice writing your own email and get feedback from your fellow classmates.