Writing: Personal letter

Writing: Personal letter
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This lesson contains 15 slides, with text slides and 1 video.

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Writing: Personal letter

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Writing skills 
  • No 'gonna' and 'wanna'
  • No swearing: NOT EVER!
  • No abbreviations  like 'cuz', 'tho'
  • No contractions: use I am instead of I'm, It is instead of It's 

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Writing skills 
  • Use capitals when starting a sentence
  • 'I' also has a capital letter (just saying)

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FORMAL VS INFORMAL
formal speech
informal speech
- unknown listener
- friends, family, etc.
- pay attention to 
  what you're saying
- speak rapidly
- use certain slang
- sound professional

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FORMAL VS INFORMAL
  • allowed in informal speech
  • almost unavoidable
  • never allowed in writing! 

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formal speech
informal speech
going to
gonna
want to
wanna
have got to
gotta
give me
gimme
don't know
dunno
let me
lemme

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formal speech
informal speech
I got you
gotcha
you
ya
I am not
ain't
something
somethin'
didn't know anybody
didn't know no one
    (-)                    (-)

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Structure
-In een informele brief hoeft het adres er niet bij
-De datum staat onder jouw adres, let op hoe je het noteert!

- Schrijf een passende openingszin.
- Maak gebruik van alinea's.
- Sluit af met een passende zin en groet en daaronder komt jouw naam te staan.

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Salutation (opening) 
Dear Amy,
Hello Lenny,
Hi Yur,

Don't forget to add the comma. 

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Examples of Opening Sentences
How are you?
How have you been?
I hope you are doing well.

It’s great to hear from you. 
Many thanks for your e-mail/letter. 

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Body
  • State your reason for writing (this will be in the assignment as well)
  • Ask about the person you are writing to 
  • Invite the person to write back

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Closing
I am looking forward to seeing you.
I can't wait to hear from you. 
See you soon. 

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Signatures
Best wishes,
Best,
Kindly,
Kind regards,
Best regards,
Lots of love,
Love,

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Mind your punctuation!

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