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In Week 2, you learnt how to write professional emails and the ways to improve your email communication skills. Email has long been a dominant tool for business communication, and it is certainly imperative to make the best use of emails to communicate effectively at the workplace. However, email is not without its limitations. In this assignment, you are required to evaluate the role of emails in business communication by completing the following two tasks.

Task 1 (You should write about 150 words for this task) Identify and describe
- Two advantages of email communication over scheduled meetings (either face to face or online);
- Two advantages of email communication over mobile text messages.

Task 2 (You should write about 350 words for this task) Write two Different Emails
- First Email to your school friend whom you are regularly in touch with
- Second Email to your current or previous manager asking for leave due to urgent personal work

Describe in both scenarios where email is not the best channel for communication.

Propose an alternative way of communication that suits each scenario and explain the advantage(s) of that communication method over emails.