HAVO 4: Letter of application

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 4

how to: letter of application

Today's lesson:

1. lesson objectives
   
2. instruction + practice:outline letter of application 
3. introduce and work on task

After this lesson you can:

• explain the order of a formal letter
• list elements of a letter of application
• write your own letter of application

Layout

Drag the components to the correct place to indicate the layout of a formal letter.

receiver's address

Dear Sir/Madam,

Dear Mr Smith,

Dear Ms Render

Yours sincerely, / Yours faithfully, 

your own address

the content of your letter.

Date 

own name,

signature

How do you write the date?

1. 15/2/2021
2. February 15, 2021
3. 15 February, 2021
4. 15/9/2021

You are writing a letter to a woman whose last name is Snow. How do you start?

1. Dear Sir/Madam,
2. Dear Miss Snow,
3. Dear Ms Snow,
4. Dear Mrs Snow,

Which sentence is a grammatically correct, formal way to end the letter?

1. I'm looking forward to hearing from you.
2. I look forward to hear from you.
3. I am looking forward to hearing from you.
4. I look forward to hearing from you.

How do you sign of the letter to Ms Snow?

1. Yours sincerely
2. Yours faithfully
3. Kind regards
4. Greets

How do you sign off a letter when you DON'T know the name of the recipient?

1. Yours sincerely
2. Yours faithfully
3. Kind regards
4. Greets

Layout - content

Drag the components to the correct place to indicate the layout of a formal letter.

asking questions. 

"I wonder if you could tell me more about..."

reason for writing: 

"I'm writing in response to your job vacancy..."

Referring to their job vacancy:

"As you stated in..."  "With regard to..."

Closing expressions / call to action:

"If you require any further information..." "I look forward to..."

expanding on your opening paragraph. Use detials, give context.

I understand how to write a letter of application.

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Your turn:

• in breakout rooms with other applicants
• write a letter of application: 200-250 words
  (NOT including date, addresses, subject line)
• remember to respond to specific points of job vacancy 
  (experience, education, what appeals to you)
  
  
• HW: finish the letter for Wednesday