English Bite — Email Writing That Actually Works

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Email Writing That Actually Works

Level: B1 · 5 minutes · Adults & Professionals

💡 Today’s Idea

A good professional email has: Subject line → Greeting → Purpose → Details → Call to action → Closing.
Keep it short, clear, and polite.

📖 From My Experience

I have written hundreds of professional emails in English and French — to managers, institutions, lawyers, government agencies. The most important lesson: the subject line is the email. If your subject line does not tell them what you need in five words, most people will not open it. The second lesson: one email, one purpose. When I was fighting a regulatory appeal, I learned to state the issue in the first sentence, the evidence in the second, and the request in the third. Everything else is noise.

📚 Email Structure

Subject: Meeting request – 15 June
Dear Ms Johnson,

I am writing to request a meeting to discuss my application.

I would be available on Tuesday or Wednesday afternoon.

Please let me know which time suits you.

Kind regards,
Sourov Deb

✏️ Try It! (2 minutes)

Write a short email (50–80 words) to your English teacher asking to reschedule a class. Use the structure above.

🎯 Quick Quiz

Which is the best way to end a professional email?

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