Writing 1 - formal writing

Welcome!
Today's session
- Discuss programme for this year
- Writing:
   - Sentence structure
   - Formal standard sentences
   - Letter structure
Goals:
- know what is expected of you this year
- use new knowledge of writing a formal letter in an email you write yourself
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This lesson contains 21 slides, with interactive quizzes and text slides.

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Welcome!
Today's session
- Discuss programme for this year
- Writing:
   - Sentence structure
   - Formal standard sentences
   - Letter structure
Goals:
- know what is expected of you this year
- use new knowledge of writing a formal letter in an email you write yourself

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The rest of this year
P3: Writing: two lessons, third lesson is exam
P4: speaking/conversations: two lessons, then exams

Slide 2 - Slide

Slide 3 - Slide

Writing
lesson 1: formal writing
lesson 2: informal writing

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Starting an email

Slide 5 - Open question

Salutations
Dear Judy, (comma)
Dear Ms 
Dear Sir/Madam,
Always try to find a name, position, get creative: Dear hiring manager, Dear future colleage.

Hi, someone you know, informal but not too friendly
Anything else, strictly friends etc.: hiya, hey, 




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Closing an email

Slide 7 - Open question

Closings
Kind regards,  : standard, always a safe option
Regards,   : when you don't like the person
Thanks again,   :(repeated work email)

Informal: cheers,

Never!! "greetings"

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Standard sentences
Some sentences in English have a (pretty) standard structure.
In the next slide, you will see a writing promp and a word.
- Make a sentence 
- Use the word given.
- We vote which one seems most "correct"

Slide 9 - Slide

Vertellen waarom je schrijft [regarding]

Slide 10 - Open question

Zeggen dat je een bestand hebt toegevoegd [attached]

Slide 11 - Open question

zeggend dat als de lezer verder nog ergens hulp mee nodig heeft, die dat kan vragen/kan mailen [assistance]

Slide 12 - Open question

aankondigen dat je bepaalde informatie gaat delen [happy]

Slide 13 - Open question

zeggen dat je iets helaas niet kan doen [afraid]

Slide 14 - Open question

zeggen dat je er naar uit ziet om iemand te ontmoeten [forward]

Slide 15 - Open question

Standard sentences
1. I'm writing to you regarding/about/concerning
2. Please find attached
3. If I can be of any further assistance, please contact me
4. I'm happy to be able to share
5. I'm afraid I can't...
6. I'm looking forward to... (meeting you, starting work etc.)

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Conjunctions (linking words)
To make your writing more natural, use these five words which connect ideas.
And: uitbreiding, "en"
     - We went to the beach and loved it cause it was so sunny!
But: tegenstelling "maar".
      - We went to the beach, but the water was too cold for swimming
Although tegenstelling "hoewel".
      - Although it was raining, we went to the beach anyway
Because: reden "omdat"
     - We went to the beach because it was a sunny day
So: gevold "dus"
     - It was a sunny day so we went to the beach.

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Exercise
Do the following exercise to practice. Write the answers down, then we discuss. 

Click here

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Writing your own
Click this link for the assignment. Write it as an email and send it to me: g.havinga@svo.nl

If you have a dictionary, use that. Otherwise you can use translate, but only for words! Not for whole sentences!

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Rounding off
What was new for you? What was something you already knew but was useful to repeat? Antything else...

Slide 20 - Open question

Study material
Vocabulary list
Writing exercises, filling in
Writing exercises that get checked online



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