09/28/23 brief regels

• Engels
• MBO
• Studiejaar 1-4

welcome!

What are we doing today?

• Warm up
• writing a letter
• letter exercise
• work on practice exercises 

hangman

how to write a letter:

Your address

Date

Name and address

Subject

Salutation

Body of text 

Closing/Sign-off

 

how to write a letter:

your own address first. Don't use your name!

____

Date:

Write your date like this:

1 January 2020

Subject(only for e-mail!)

A very quick summary. 

Are you writing a personal e-mail? Don't write a subject. 

an example:

Reply to your email about your son

salutation

unknown receiver? 

Dear Sir/Madam,

known man?

Dear Mr Jones,

Known woman?

Dear Ms Jones,

Not a woman nor a man?

Dear Mx Jones,

body

Use all bullet points!

Does the subject change? leave a blank line. (gebruik alinea's)

reread for errors!

sign off

sentences before the sign off:

I hope to hear from you soon. 

Thank you in advance.

options:

Kind regards, 

Know their name?                

Yours sincerely, 

Don't know their name?      Yours Faithfully, 

other tips:

• Keep it formal! (if it's not a personal letter)
•  Don't split words at the end of a line! the rule is very confusing.
• Fully write out words like: Don't, Would've, Can't, I'll. (formal)
• a letter should be polite, but straight to the point. No unnecessary words or information. 

Letter exercise

You work at a school. You serve as a contact point from school to parent. One of the students you're coaching has been looking exhausted all week and didn't bring any lunch with them, nor money to buy it. You are worried about them. You want to write an email to their parents. You have 10 minutes. 

I want you to focus on the Letter rules, not neccesarily correct grammar etc. We will focus on that another time. 

Done? have a look at this:

What did we do today?

How do you start a formal letter?

What sentences can you use before yours faithfully, etc.?

Give me another tip on how to write a letter.