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Email Tune-up 02 - ESL Business Writing Video E-Mail-Tune-up 02 - ESL Business Writing Video

This is the second episode of our new Dies ist die zweite Episode von unserer neuen video podcast series: Email Tune-up. In today’s video we examine a very common type of email - a request for feedback on a document. In der heutigen Video prüfen wir ein sehr verbreiteter Typ von E-Mail - ein Ersuchen um Feedback zu einem Dokument.

Each video lesson features a review of a real-life email from one of our members. Jeder Video-Lektion bietet eine Überprüfung einer realen E-Mail von einem unserer Mitglieder. After reviewing the background and contents of the email, we’ll then see what improvements we can make by analyzing the writing according to 3 main criteria: mechanics, style and tone. Nach der Überprüfung der Hintergrund und Inhalt der E-Mail, wir werden dann sehen, welche Verbesserungen können wir durch die Analyse der Schrift nach 3 Hauptkriterien: Mechanik, Stil und Ton.
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Email Tune-up 01 - ESL Business Writing Video Podcast E-Mail-Tune-up 01 - ESL Business Writing Video-Podcast

Today, we’re launching a new Heute sind wir ein neues video podcast series: Email Tune-up

Each video will feature a review of a real-life email from one of our members. After reviewing the background and contents of the email, we’ll then see what improvements we can make by analyzing the writing according to 3 main criteria:

1. Mechanics - the grammar, punctuation, spelling and layout of the email.
2. Style - the use of vocabulary and the way sentences are structured.
3. Tone - the overall impression, or feeling, the text creates.
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Business News 03 (Transcript) - $200 Million Mistake

Business English News 03 (Transcript) - 200 Million Dollar Mistake

A typing error has cost a Japanese bank at least US$220 million and staff their Christmas bonuses, after a trader mistakenly sold 600,000 more shares than he should have.

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Business News 3 - 200 Million Dollar Mistake

Our news story today is about a share trader in a Japanese bank who made perhaps the worlds most expensive typing error!

After you listen to the story, we’ll explain some of the new vocabulary and provide further examples of how it can be used. The transcript for this Business English News podcast is in the ‘Archives’ section:

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