Reading Materials
Email is everywhere. Love it or hate it, it’s one of the last bastions of the decentralized, independent Internet we used to have 20 years ago. It is a useful tool, but can be easily mishandled. What are the best email practices?
Read these 3 short articles about it:
- 9 keys to email etiquette
- Reply-All: What’s up with it?
- CC vs BCC
1. Vocabulary
Translate the below words to English using the vocabulary from the articles:
From article 1 (9 rules)
- odpowiedzieć (na wiadomość) -
r____
- wyjątek -
e________
- załącznik -
a_________
- sprawdzić poprawność pisowni -
s__________
- pominąć -
to o___
- temat (wiadomośc email) -
s______
- nierozwiązane (np. sprawy) -
u_________
- marnować czas -
w____ t___
- odbiorca -
r________
- aktualny -
c______
- zejść ze szlaku, zmienić temat -
to d______
- wesoły -
u_____
- wątek -
t_____
From article 2 (reply-all)
- sytuacja beznadziejna, pomiesznie -
s____
- niezapobiegalnie -
i_________
- niechcący -
a___________
- jasny, prosty -
s______________
- krótka dygresja na boku -
a____
- wykroczenie -
t____________
- nieświadomy, niepoinformowany -
o________
- bagatelizować -
d_______
- obgadywanie -
b__________
- wymiana (wiadomości) -
e_______
From article 3 (cc vs bcc)
- adresat -
a________
- odpowiednik -
c__________
- uciążliwy -
o______
- dosłowny, bez zmian względem oryginału -
v_______
- przecinek -
c____
- ujawniony, odkryty -
e______
- przyćmić -
o_________
- nieujawniony -
u__________
2. Complete the sentences
- I answer my emails on my phone during lunch breaks. I don’t like
~_______ ~____
- The rules here are
~_______________ - even Alan gets it!
- A
~________ copy of the letter was sent to the archive.
- As scientists create new methods to deal with aging, death of age seems less
~__________ than in the last century.
- Those not involved in the case seemed almost
~_________ to it.
- Let’s not
~________ the impact Susan had on this project - she helped us a lot!
- They were close friends in college, but after graduation, their lives
~________.
- After his lies have been
~_______, he was forced to resign from his office.
- For his many
~______________, he should have to perform 28 months of community service.
- The pitcher’s outstanding performance should not
~__________ the achievements of the rest of the team.
- These sentences contain lots of typos. You should
~___________ them, Kuba.
- Each image should be no larger than 5MB and sent as a jpeg
~__________ to kontakt@sealcode.org
3. Discussion
Prepare to answer the following questions:
- Do you use email often?
- Do you use any alternatives to email? If so, what are they?
- Which of the tips did you find the most useful? Did some of them surprise you?
- Do you agree with all the tips in the articles?
- What is the “Bottom line up front” rule?
- When should you use “Reply All”?
Are there any other questions you’d like to discuss with the others?
