BEC Higher Writing | Sample Memo | Cambridge Business English Certificate

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Here is an example of a writing task from BEC Higher, when you are asked to write a piece of informal communication such as a short memo, email, note or message.

Example memo:

To: New Product Development Team
From: Max Faure
Subject: Timekeeping

Dear all,

I’ve noted that during the last two or three weeks some members of the team have been making a habit of arriving late and as a result, being late for the daily team meeting. This unfortunately means that the meetings themselves have been starting later than scheduled, and due to this, we haven’t had enough time to get through all of the agenda items because a lot of time has been wasted on updating latecomers on what they missed.

I’m very aware that many of you are working long hours and putting a lot of effort into this project, so rather than taking time to speak to the team members concerned, I would just like to ask everyone if they could make a point of being on time for team meetings in future. By doing this we can ensure that the project will be finished by the proposed date and within budget.

Many thanks

Max

BEC Higher writing question about a memo.

Task A

Write a memo to your department:

• Informing them about a change in working procedures which is going to be implemented
• Explaining the reasons for the change
• Inviting suggestions for further changes