F2F Class Notes (Jesse)

Next Class Focus

Get the company policies and discuss how to explain them in easy to understand English.

Chinese labor law – discuss

Vocabulary

bossy – likes to tell people what to do
eg. my wife is bossy

what did you study? / what did you do at university? / what was your major?

how did you meet? – tell me about the time you met sb

mandatory (policy) / necessary (need)

compassionate leave – leave that you can take in the event of some emergency / family tragedy

Grammar

do the final decision – make the final decision 

on last weeklast week 


John – more than 60 minutes within this month, so please kindly remind him to pay attention the attendance policy. If not, we will issue the warning letter to him.

Dear Judy,

I’m writing to advise you (professional / cold) / I just wanted to let you know (casual / light) / Please be advised (direct / cold)

In the month of July, your subordinate in the position of _____, John was in excess of 60 minutes late, thereby breaching (in breach of) the company policy below / as below.

It would be great if you could let him know (casual / light) / Please ensure that he is aware that (direct / cold) he follows company policy and keeps his lateness under the limit of 60 minutes per month. If not, we will issue the warning letter to him (direct / cold) / Should he be unable to comply with company policy in the future, we will be forced to issue a warning letter (professional / soft) / If there is a repeat of this issue in the future, we will unfortunately need to issue… (middle / warm).

Regards (professional) / Thanks so much (warm) / Cheers (casual)