Formele email

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vmbo k
• Leerjaar 3

Today's program

• To know the differences between formal and informal emails
• To learn how to write formal emails
• To recap about conjunctions and present perfect

Aims

By the end of this lesson:

• I know how to write a formal email.
• I have reviewed conjunctions and the present perfect tense.

What is your level in terms of writing a formal email?

1. Beginning (beginned)
2. Developing (ontwikkeling)
3. Mastering (beheersing)

Formal or informal

Which statements/phrases on the following slide are formal and which are informal?

I am pleased to inform you that….

I can’t help you with that cuz it’s too hard.

Kind regards,

Hello Mark,

I hope all is well with you and your family.

I have worked for one year in H&M as a shopassistant.

Formal

Formal

Informal

Informal

Informal

Formal

Grammar recap: present perfect

When do you use the present perfect tense? To talk about something that started in the past, and is still going on now (not finished).
Have/has + past participle 
Examples:

• Bob has known John since they were 10.
• Mary has worked in the market for 5 years.

Discussion questions 

• Have you ever written a formal email? (which tense is it?)
• What are the differences between a formal and informal email?
• When sending a formal e-mail, what information should it contain?
  
• Who will read the e-mail? Why is this important?

Complete the job-related collocations from the reading text in the next slide

A collocation is a group of two or more words that are almost always put together to create a specific meaning such as:

fast food, pay attention, make an effort 

Have

Join

Have

Look

offer

Send

Take

Notice

an advertisement

in an application

somebody a job

a team

the job of doing something

a degree (in something)

a day off

for a job

How to write a formal email

Apply for a summber job

Task: writing

What: Write a formal email (70 words) to apply for a job (make sure you use at least 1 collocation in your email, use at least two conjunctions  (and, but, becasue ...) to make your sentences longer, and use the present perfect tense to talk about your past experiences. 

I have learnt how to write a formal email.

1. Helemaal
2. Helemaal niet
3. Een beetje
4. Bijna

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