[MUSIC] Welcome and congratulations on reaching module six of English for Management and Leadership. In this video, we'll prepare for the first part of your final peer-reviewed assignment. For this part of the assignment you're going to write an email to your boss using good email format. In this email, you'll request time off by following the pattern for either the direct or indirect approach. You'll chose the best approach based on the expectation that your boss may not want to approve your request. And this email that you're going to write, you will also include the status of your area and a plan for handling any possible problems or additional workload in your absence. So, how should you begin? First, imagine that you work for Elizabeth. And you are sending an email, requesting time off. From your imagination you decide why you need time off. If you have trouble thinking of ideas, you might say that you won a free trip to Los Angeles. Or that this course, English For Management In Leadership, caused you to feel so exhausted that you need a day to relax. Okay, maybe that's not the best reason. If you need ideas, I encourage you to go to the discussion board. Ask your peers or consider why you needed to take time off in the past. Write down your ideas. Now, why do you expect a negative response from Elizabeth? Because it's not the most ideal time. Why isn't it the most ideal time? Well, that's up to you. You must imagine the details of your own situation from your real life experiences. Write down your ideas. Now since you expect resistance from Elizabeth, you will most likely choose the indirect approach. But you can choose the direct approach, if you feel it's the most appropriate for your situation. I'm sure you remember the pattern for the direct and indirect approaches. Do you also remember why we use each approach? Is there anything special about the language we use in each approach? I challenge you to take this in-video quiz and get 100% correct. Are you up to that challenge? Good luck. Did you meet the challenge? Of course, you did. Now that you have all of your ideas, write down the pattern you chose. Use this as an outline for your email, fill in your ideas. Now, let's review the requirements for this assignment again. Use good email form, request time off, choose direct or indirect approach. Update Elizabeth on the status of your area. Explain how things will be handled while you're out of the office. And if it's very clear, you may want to go to the discussion board and offer your advice to your peers. Before we finish this review, let's talk about good email format. Here is a question. Should you use bullet points or short paragraphs with lots of white space on the page even when using the indirect approach? [LAUGH] Of course, you should. The purpose of bullet points and short paragraphs with lots of white space is to make key information easy to find. We reached the end of this video. I hope it helps you write an effective email to Elizabeth using the best approach for your situation. As always, thank you for watching English for Management and Leadership.