Formal Writing Introduction

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Choose one of the following three topics. Write a letter to a manager of a business. Write for 5 minutes and do not correct anything.
1. A complaint about poor service
2. A question about a product
3. A concern about an employee

Slide 2 - Open question

What do you know
about writing a formal
letter?

Slide 3 - Mind map

Salutation 

Slide 4 - Slide

Closing
If you don’t know the person you’re writing to, you can start with “Dear Sir / Madam”. If you start with this, you should end “Yours faithfully”.
If you start with “Dear Mr / Dear Ms” + surname. You should end the letter with “Yours sincerely”.


Slide 5 - Slide

Other options

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Slide 7 - Slide

Slide 8 - Slide

Today you're going to write a letter of complaint. 
Who am I writing to (be specific)?
What is the purpose of my letter?
Why are you complaining? Why are you unhappy with the company and/or the product?
What evidence do you have?
What would you like them to do?
When/how do you want them to respond?

Slide 9 - Slide

You ordered and paid for a Samsung Galaxy phone from an online shop (yourphone.co.uk) three weeks ago on 20th September.
The website gave you a booking reference of THX34827
You did not receive any email confirmation.
The product has not been delivered yet.
You want to find out what has happened to your order.

Who am I writing to (be specific)?

Slide 10 - Mind map

You ordered and paid for a Samsung Galaxy phone from an online shop (yourphone.co.uk) three weeks ago on 20th September.
The website gave you a booking reference of THX34827
You did not receive any email confirmation.
The product has not been delivered yet.
You want to find out what has happened to your order.

What is the purpose of my letter?

Slide 11 - Mind map

You ordered and paid for a Samsung Galaxy phone from an online shop (yourphone.co.uk) three weeks ago on 20th September.
The website gave you a booking reference of THX34827
You did not receive any email confirmation.
The product has not been delivered yet.
You want to find out what has happened to your order.

Why are you complaining? Why are you are unhappy with the company?

Slide 12 - Mind map

You ordered and paid for a Samsung Galaxy phone from an online shop (yourphone.co.uk) three weeks ago on 20th September.
The website gave you a booking reference of THX34827
You did not receive any email confirmation.
The product has not been delivered yet.
You want to find out what has happened to your order.

What evidence do you have?

Slide 13 - Mind map

You ordered and paid for a Samsung Galaxy phone from an online shop (yourphone.co.uk) three weeks ago on 20th September.
The website gave you a booking reference of THX34827
You did not receive any email confirmation.
The product has not been delivered yet.
You want to find out what has happened to your order.

What would you like them to do?

Slide 14 - Mind map

You ordered and paid for a Samsung Galaxy phone from an online shop (yourphone.co.uk) three weeks ago on 20th September.
The website gave you a booking reference of THX34827
You did not receive any email confirmation.
The product has not been delivered yet.
You want to find out what has happened to your order.

When/how do you want them to respond?

Slide 15 - Mind map