Email Etiquette for Founders

B1 · Intermediate1 hr 7 minStartup EnglishLesson 8 of 8 · Outline

Aims

Goal: pass the founder email audit — professional signature, proofread sends at sane hours, 24-hour replies, value-bearing follow-ups and tidy threads — because every email previews your company.

The lesson, stage by stage

  1. Warm up5 min

    Warm-up: Everything is evaluated

    2 warm-up questions

  1. Reading10 min

    Reading: Email Etiquette for Founders

    Read a 239-word text about Email Etiquette for Founders

  2. Vocabulary8 min

    Vocabulary: Email Etiquette Vocabulary

    8 items

  3. Reading10 min

    Reading: Five emails, fixed

    Read a 276-word text about Five emails, fixed

  4. Practice7 min

    Practice: Practice: Fixing Etiquette Mistakes

    Error-correction exercise, 4 items

  5. Practice7 min

    Practice: Etiquette language

    Gap-fill exercise, 6 items

  6. Dialogue10 min

    Dialogue: Role Play: Email Mistakes Review

    Role-play: Your mentor is reviewing several investor emails you've sent recently and pointing out etiquette mistakes you're making. (4 lines)

  7. Discussion10 min

    Discussion: Your email audit, live

    3 discussion questions

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Target vocabulary

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etiquetteunderminepolishedproofreadcarelessnessacknowledgecompetenceoperational excellence

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