Task 1: Email 1

You work for a group of marketing consultants. Last week, you gave a presentation at a conference in Warsaw about marketing on the web. After your talk, a woman named Francesca Radici came to talk to you and mentioned that her company might be interested in hiring your services. Unfortunately, you didn’t have time to discuss her requirements in detail, but she gave you her business card. You now write an email to make contact with her again.

In your email, you should:

• Remind her about when and where you met
•  Apologise for not having more time to talk to her at the conference
• Refer to her interest in your consultancy services
• Refer to a brochure you are enclosing, and to your company’s website www.webwaymarketing.co.uk
• Point out that your company has a lot of experience in web marketing
• Offer to phone or visit her company to discuss her company’s needs

Task 2: Email 2

Below you will see an excerpt from an email  written to you

Following a recent interview at your company headquarters in Zürich, I have been offered a three-year contract in your department. This is a fantastic opportunity and I am looking forward to gaining lots of experience in your department.

Never having lived in Switzerland, I would appreciate it if you could give me some tips on doing business in your country. In particular, if you could let me know what the norm is in the following areas:

• Introducing people
• Topics for small talk
• The giving/receiving of gifts

Answer the enquiry, Your message should be 180 – 200 words.

You can practise writing on your wiki page or on Moodle