Email Chains and Threading

B1 · Intermediate1 hr 7 minBusiness EnglishLesson 5 of 8 · Outline

Aims

Goal: take control of a messy email thread — loop people in cleanly, calm the reply-alls, and forward a long chain with a summary your manager can act on.

The lesson, stage by stage

  1. Warm up5 min

    Warm-up: Taming the thread

    2 warm-up questions

  1. Reading10 min

    Reading: Mastering Email Threads

    Read a 231-word text about Mastering Email Threads

  2. Vocabulary8 min

    Vocabulary: Email Thread Vocabulary

    7 items

  3. Reading10 min

    Reading: Three model thread emails

    Read a 301-word text about Three model thread emails

  4. Practice7 min

    Practice: Build Email Thread Sentences

    Word-ordering exercise, 5 items

  5. Practice7 min

    Practice: Complete the Thread Management Phrases

    Gap-fill exercise, 5 items

  6. Dialogue10 min

    Dialogue: Managing a Complex Email Thread

    Role-play: You're in the middle of a long email thread that has become confusing. Practice managing it professionally. (3 lines)

  7. Discussion10 min

    Discussion: Your mission: take control of your thread

    3 discussion questions

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threadloop inreply allchaintop-postinline responsemark as resolved

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