12:00 pm Level B1
Class
Writing & Discussion:
- Choosing the best medium for workplace communication (phone, message, email)
- Deciding on the formality of an email
Vocabulary
False Friends
Process or Trial/hearing?
Court or Tribunal?
Homework
Write 2 (or 3) emails replying to your boss's request and contacting the client adapting the material on p. 117 as far as possible to your own working situation.
1:30pm Level C1/C2
Legalese 3
Class
Solving Structural Problems
- Keep the subject, verb and object together at the beginning go the sentence.
- Use strong, precise verbs. Minimize is, are, was, and were.
- Turn -ion words into verbs when you can.
- Simplify wordy phrases. Watch out for of.
- Make everything you write “speakable”.
Corrections
Vocabulary
alas
Homework
Look at the final question on passive/active voice. How many passive forms can you find? How many of these could be changed to the active voice? What effect does this have on the writing?
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