Writing a Formal Letter

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vmbo b, k, g
• Leerjaar 3

How to write a formal letter...

Writing a formal letter/email

1.  Sender's address

2. Date

3.  Receiver's address

4. Salutation; Dear Sir, Madam,  Dear Mr Brown, Dear Mrs Wilson,

5. Divide the content into at least 3 paragraphs (introduction, explanation, conclusion)

6. End greeting : Yours sincerely, Yours faithfully

7. Your signature and name

8. Between each part: white line= WITREGEL! (regel overslaan)

Writing a formal letter

• Always proofread your letter and check:
• Is there a clear and specific subject ?
• Have you entered the address to the person/company you are writing to?
• Salutation
• Closing sentence 
• Proper ending
• Does each sentence start with a capital? 
• Punctuation 
• Have you covered all topics you want to write about? ( Inhoud elementen)
• Correct spelling

You can end your formal email /letter with.....

1. Yours sincerely,
2. Kind regards,
3. greetings
4. bye

Let's practise

Write your corrected version of the letter of application on p. 14-16

Is de doel van deze les wat jou betreft bereikt?
Aan het einde van de les weet je hoe je een correcte e-mail opstelt

1. Ja! Dit weet ik.
2. Nee. Dit is voor mij niet duidelijk geworden.