Hello! This was an email that was sent to students who are actively involved in the NUS Students Union.
Subject: Union Day
Hi one and all,
As part of this year's FOCC project, there will be a Union Day held in
the first week of the new academic year AY 2008/2009.
Union Day will be a project where NUS Students' Union reach out to the
student population regarding the coming elections and essentially what
the Union does. It would be a one-day (or more, subject to ideas)
event and it can a bazaar, carnival, roadshow, etc. (Entirely up to
your originality and feasible ideas!)
Interest parties, please email to focc@nussu.org.sg and interviews
will be conducted.
Be not afraid to join this FOCC community, where you will learn
valuable experience and a platform for you to leap to greater heights!
Warm regards,
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FOCC Chairperson 08/09
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Assessing it with the 7 C’s framework:
1) I think that the writer has displayed courtesy in her language. She started the email by greeting the readers with ‘hi one and all’ and ended it with ‘warm regards’, which I feel is basic courtesy. Also, when requesting for something, she was polite and used ‘please email’.
2) There are language errors in her email. Firstly, instead of ‘interest parties’, I think it should be ‘interested parties’. Secondly, ‘be not afraid to …’ is inaccurate. Perhaps it could be ‘Do not be afraid to…’ or ‘Do not hesitate to join ….’ Though minor, these errors can create confusion for readers and the email is ineffective in passing the intended message.
3) Her email is very concise. After greeting the readers, she jumped straight to the point and introduced the event. She then stated her aim of her email and the actions to be taken. I feel that she did not beat around the bush, which is good as doing so may bore the readers and make them skip the email before finish reading.
4) I think her email lacks clarity. It was written ‘interest parties, pls email….’ My initial thought when I read the email was ‘did she mean interested parties to attend the event or to join the organizing committee for the event?’ It’s rather vague and perhaps she could have said ‘Interested parties who want to join the organizing committee can email …..’ A few additional words can make a difference. Also I think she should have spelled out what does FOCC stands for as not everybody may know what it represents.
5) I think her email is coherent and cohesive. The flow of her content is very smooth and she has used conjunctions such as ‘and’, ‘or’ to link up her ideas.
6) Her description of the event is correct and information such as what to do, who to email is also accurate. Thus, her content is concrete.
7)Looking at it as a whole, I think her email is fairly complete. Though there are a few errors as mentioned above, her email contains sufficient information and by reading it, I get an idea of what the event is about and the things I should do if I am interested in organizing it.
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