Lesson #6 - Writing

Today's schedule
  • Introduction to writing 
  • Formal / Informal 
  • Useful words 
  • Formal letter writing

Lesson goal: You all understand useful words to use during formal letter writing.
Formative testing
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Items in this lesson

Today's schedule
  • Introduction to writing 
  • Formal / Informal 
  • Useful words 
  • Formal letter writing

Lesson goal: You all understand useful words to use during formal letter writing.
Formative testing

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Formal letter outline

1. Your own address without your name, with the country

 

 Fakestreet 666
 1234 AH Amersfoort
 The Netherlands




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Formal letter outline

2.. The other address with the country

Company name
Fakestreet 666
 1234 AH Amersfoort
 The Netherlands




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Formal letter outline

2. Date of writing
 

 12 October 2021
 October 12, 2021
 October 12th, 2021
 12th October 2021

All options are correct; the first one is the easiest. Remember to write months with capital letters in English!

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Formal letter outline

3. Subject line
  

 subject: complaint about … / application for …


Do not use capital letters, except when you use names

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Formal letter outline

4. Salutation

Dear Mr Jones / Ms Jones / Mrs Jones, (if you know who you are writing to)
 Dear Sir/Madam, (if you do not know who you are writing to)
  • Use capital letters
  • Never use a first name.
  • Do not write ‘Mister/Missus’
  • Always end with a comma

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Formal letter outline

5. It often consists of three paragraphs
   


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Letter of complaint paragraph contents

Paragraph 1: the reason for writing is explained shortly `
I am writing this letter because.....


Paragraph 2


Paragraph 3

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Formal letter outline

6. Final sentence

  You can email me at ... or call me on .../ I look forward to hearing from you soon.


This is a sentence you can almost always use.

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Formal letter outline

8. Your signature and full name

 

 [signature]

 Nina Lisanne Strijker

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Formal letter outline

7. Closure

   Yours sincerely, / Yours faithfully,

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Formal letter outline

9. 

If necessary: enclosures 

Encl.: CV 
Encl.: receipt 

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Basic rules

You cannot use abbreviated forms in formal letters
  •  instead of can’t you use cannot
  • instead of haven’t you use have not
  • etc.

Between each new part of your letter you leave a blank line

It is okay to start a letter with “I” in English

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Practise letter of complaint
Write a letter of complaint. 
Follow the instructions. 
Make sure you use the outline example as given earlier this class. 

See next two slides for assignment --> 

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Assignment 
Situatie 

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Assignment 
Opdracht
Schrijf een klachtenbrief en verwerk de volgende gegevens:
  • Vertel wat je wanneer en waar hebt gekocht. (noem winkel, type, prijs)
  • Zeg dat je erg teleurgesteld bent: beschrijf klacht
  • Noem de conclusie van de plaatselijke computerzaak over de gebreken van de computer. Als het nodig is, kunnen ze contact opnemen met deze winkel.
  • Zeg dat je in Nederland woont en dus niet even langs kan komen
  • Vraag om nieuwe accu en tasje. Andere mogelijkheden: 1. bedrag van tasje en accu op jouw rekening storten. Geef rekeningnummer. 2. Je stuurt notebook op en je krijgt aankoopbedrag + portokosten terug.
  • Zeg dat je een kopie van de kassabaan hebt bijgesloten.
  • Nog vragen? Ze kunnen je e-mailen op: 
  • Spreek hoop uit dat klacht wordt opgelost. 

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What to do? 
Type your letter
Hand me back your paper

= Hand in on Itslearning


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