• 2) request and reply memos: asking for or giving information
• 3) confirmation memos: request confirmation from recipients about some decisions or issues.
on matter: if the expenses of the textbooks will be borne by
the company. Please let me know about this before this
Friday. Thank you!
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Memos
Summary The definition of a memo
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The part time oral English course is starting soon and
the list of the trainees has been collected. Before
distributing the textbooks to the trainees, I’d like to check
Memos
Summary
• The types of a memo
• Memo can be typed according to their circulation way. Generally speaking there are three types of memo:
• 1) procedure and information memos: flowing downward from the management to the individual employees.
Unit 4: Memos
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Objectives
In this module, you are expected
to learn about the format and contents of memos;
to write memos with correct format and sufficient information. Memos
Memos
Sample Analysis
• MEMO
• To: Mr. Jin, Director of Human Resource Department
• From: Qiu Xiaoyun, Secretary
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• Date: 25 April, 2009
• Subject: On the Expenses of the Textbooks
3. Do you know the difference between “memo” and the Chinese word “备忘录”?
In English, a memo can be a reminder, or an official document which is used inside a company to delivery information. While in Chinese, a 备忘录is much more like a reminder.
2 Communicative Activity
Notes:
Think about the following questions, and answer them.
Do you know the word “memo”?
Have you ever written memos? What did you write in your memo?
Memos
The format of a memo
• Most companies have specially designed memo paper. Memo paper pads are also available in many stationery stores. But no matter what sort of memo paper you have, it should present a right format for memo writing.
Memos
Sample
There will be an Oral English in-service training course in Guangzhou Sunshine Cashmere Co., Ltd. Now the textbooks are ready and are going to be distributed to the trainees. Qiu Xiaoyun, the business assistant of general manager, has helped Human Resource Department to order the textbooks but now she has no idea if the expenses of the textbooks will be borne by the company. Now she writes a memo to Mr. Jin, the HR director, to ask about this issue.
A memo is the short form of the Latin word memorandum. ቤተ መጻሕፍቲ ባይዱut today it is employed as a kind of communication form inside a company or group, in one word, for inner circulation.
Do you know the difference between “memo” and the Chinese word “备忘录”?
Memos
2 Communicative Activity
1. Do you know the word “memo”? A memo is a short official note that is sent by one person to another within the same company or organization.