Career & academic · B1–B2 · Lesson 11/13
Formal Email Requests: Context, Rationale, and Deadlines
Write a suitably formal request with clear scope, reasons, timing, and an alternative when needed.
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Career & academic · B1–B2 · Lesson 11/13
Write a suitably formal request with clear scope, reasons, timing, and an alternative when needed.
Career & academic · B1–B2 · Lesson 8/13
Write self-contained updates that help teammates in other time zones continue without another meeting.
Career & academic · B1–B2 · Lesson 4/13
Write concise updates that help stakeholders understand progress, changes, risks, and support needed.
Career & academic · B1–B2 · Lesson 1/13
Write a focused profile and achievement bullets that match the role with clear, honest evidence.
Life skills · A1–A2 · Lesson 10/13
Write messages with enough context, a clear request, and a deadline while protecting personal information.
Advanced communication · B2 · Lesson 5/7
Build an argument with a focused thesis, relevant evidence, analysis, and a fair response to counterarguments.
Advanced communication · B2 · Lesson 3/7
Adjust certainty with modal verbs, adverbs, reporting verbs, and clear limits on the scope of a claim.
Independent English · B1 · Lesson 10/10
Write a coherent 120–150 word paragraph with a claim, reason, evidence, counterpoint, and conclusion.
Everyday confidence · A2 · Lesson 9/10
Write invitations, apologies, confirmations, and plan changes with a clear purpose and requested action.
Workplace · B1–B2 · Lesson 1/4
Use the subject–purpose–detail–action framework for professional requests, updates, and follow-ups.
Foundations · A1 · Lesson 5/6
Build a clear paragraph with a topic sentence, three supporting details, a conclusion, and a self-edit checklist.
Practise draft–self-edit–feedback–rewrite with email templates, linking language, an error log, and a weekly plan.