Letter Writing

Letter Writing
Tips & Tricks
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Letter Writing
Tips & Tricks

Slide 1 - Diapositive

Why write letters?

Slide 2 - Carte mentale

Test Letters
  • Applying for a job/position
  • Filing a complaint 
  • Asking for information 
  • Sharing your opinion 
  • A combination 

Slide 3 - Diapositive

What do you need to write a letter?

Slide 4 - Carte mentale


Your own address:

Street Name + Number
Postal Code + City
Country

EXAMPLE

Parallelweg 56
6231 CJ Meerssen
the Netherlands
Layout OCRB P. 32

Slide 5 - Diapositive

Date

Day/Month/Year

EXAMPLE: 7 September, 2020

Slide 6 - Diapositive


Recipient's Address

Recipient's name
(Organisation)
Number + Street Name
Postal Code + City
Country

EXAMPLE

Harry Potter
(Order of the Phoenix)
4 Privet Drive
WC2N 5DU London
United Kingdom
Lay-out

Slide 7 - Diapositive

Write down your own address for the purpose of a formal letter.

Slide 8 - Question ouverte

You write a letter to James Bond, who works for MI6. Write his information down. Make up the address.

Slide 9 - Question ouverte

Salutations & Closings: Option A
Condition: No specific name is known

Salutation: Dear Sir/Madam,

Closing: Yours faithfully,
Signature
First & Last Name

Slide 10 - Diapositive

Salutations & Closings: Option B
Condition: Name recipient is known

Salutation: Dear Mr Brown, / Dear Mrs Brown, / Dear Miss Brown, / Dear Ms Brown,

Closing: Yours sincerely,
Signature
First and last name

Slide 11 - Diapositive

Create a salutation and closing for the letter to James Bond.

Slide 12 - Question ouverte

DOs
  1. Mind sentence structure (Subject - Verb - Object)
  2. Use linking words, wherever necessary (OC RB 114-119)
  3. Use paragraphs ( as signified by indentation/blank line)
  4. Use a difficult grammar item every now and then (Passive, relative clauses)
  5. At the end, check your work.

Slide 13 - Diapositive

Don'ts
  1. Forget about the lay-out
  2.  Use the first translation you find in a dictionary without checking. 
  3. Forget content elements 
  4. No swearing 
  5. Dumb language (gonna, u, 2, etc.) 

Slide 14 - Diapositive

Slide 15 - Diapositive

Check SOM for your practice assignment

Slide 16 - Diapositive

Frequent mistakes
Capital Letters:

i is wrong, it is always “I” 

Days of the week, months : Monday, Tuesday, August, October

Slide 17 - Diapositive

Frequent mistakes

HAVO = Higher General Secondary Education


VWO = Pre-University Education

Slide 18 - Diapositive

Frequent mistakes
Word Order

Wrong: Bepaling - ww - O 
In my opinion is it great to live in New York.

Right: Bepaling – O – ww
In my opinion it is great to live in New York

Slide 19 - Diapositive

Frequent mistakes
Confusing Couples

There – they’re – their
Your – you’re 
It’s – its 
Two – to - too 

Slide 20 - Diapositive

I don't know where ... going
A
there
B
their
C
they're

Slide 21 - Quiz

I don't get it. ... going to have to explain it to me.
A
your
B
you're

Slide 22 - Quiz

I am sure it is autumn because the tree lost all ... leaves.
A
its
B
it's

Slide 23 - Quiz

I love you ...
A
to
B
two
C
too
D
2

Slide 24 - Quiz