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Toetsweek III - Engels 
SE Skill Test - Writing a letter of application

60 Minuten 
Woordenboek Ned - Eng toegestaan

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Check pre-existing knowledge

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Dear Sir/Madam,
Your address
recipient's address

The date
Introduce yourself + reason of writing
Explanation of the situation
Conclusion
Closing sentence
Your name
signature
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Slide 4 - Question de remorquage

What is the correct opening greeting if you DO NOT know who will read your letter?

Slide 5 - Question ouverte

How do you end a formal letter?
A
Greetings,
B
Yours sincerely,
C
Sincerely,
D
Yours faithfully,

Slide 6 - Quiz

How do we start paragraph 1?
A
Hello!
B
I'm ...
C
My name is ...
D
Good day

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How do you say 'ik zit op de TBC'
A
I sit on the TBC
B
I am on the TBC
C
I am at the TBC
D
I go to the TBC

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Which one is correct?
A
I am a fourteen-year-old boy/girl
B
I am a boy/girl and I am fourteen
C
I am a fourteen years old boy/girl
D
I am 14 and a boy/girl

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Which one is correct
A
The reason I write you is...
B
The reason I am writing you is...
C
The reason i am writing you is
D
The reason i write you is...

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Mind the following
In a formal letter all words MUST be written in full
So do not use:  isn’t, it’s of won’t, but:
is not, it is en will not. Gonna and wanna  are a definite NO GO!


For names of magazines or newspapers, use quotation marks. The ‘Telegraaf’.

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DOs
  1. Make it neat.
  2. Use signal words and the appropriate tenses, wherever necessary
  3. Use paragraphs ( and use blank lines to clearly separate them)
  4. Use a difficult grammar item every now and then (passive, relative clauses)
  5. At the end, check your work!

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Don'ts
  1.  DON'T forget about the lay-out
  2.  DON'T use abbreviations / contractions (like I'll, didn't)
  3.  DON'T use the first translation you find in a dictionary without checking. 
  4. DON'T forget content elements 
  5. DON'T use swear words or street language 
  6. DON'T use dumb language (gonna, kinda, u, ur, w8, like ... you know, etc.) 

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Frequent mistakes
Capital Letters:

When you talk about "ik", "i" is wrong, it is always “I” 

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

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FORMAL
INFORMAL
Long sentences
Short sentences
Active voice
Passive voice
Email
Application letter
No contractions

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Frequent mistakes
Word Order

Wrong:  
In my opinion is it great to live in New York.

Right: 
In my opinion it is great to live in New York

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  • Use adverbs and adjectives to make your writing come alive

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Dear Sir/Madam,
Yours sincerely, / Yours faithfully, 
Jouw adres 

Inhoud formele brief
datum
Adres van de ander

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Tekst
True
False
Je gebruikt Dear Sir/Madam als je de naam niet weet bij een formele brief
Yours sincirely is goed geschreven
Het woord 'love' is een goeie afsluiting voor een informele brief
Je mag afkortingen gebruiken in een informele brief

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Most of those heroes have spend half there lifes trying to be ordinary people. (3)

Slide 24 - Question ouverte

Ones they where traveling threw South America whit some friends when too of them were kidnaped. (6)

Slide 25 - Question ouverte

Those lady’s were trying to get some potato's, tomato's and loafs of bread for free. (4)

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Their are five books about wit here; this one is a lot funnyer then the other once, don’t you think so too? (4)

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Write down 3 mistakes from the previous letter

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Zakelijke brief Engels

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Let op!
Je mag in een formele brief geen afkortingen gebruiken. Dus: 
I'm happy = I am happy
There's = There is

Na elke alinea gebruik je een witregel. 

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