3M Letter Writing

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Letter Writing
3M-ens

Slide 1 - Tekstslide

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

Slide 2 - Tekstslide

Slide 3 - Tekstslide

Lay out                                     
Everything starts on the left-hand side! Leave 1 line open after each bit

1
adres afzender:
Straat + huisnr. (niet je naam)
Postcode + plaats
Land






1
Aart van der Leeuwkade 14
2564 PJ Voorburg 
The Netherlands

Slide 4 - Tekstslide

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

Slide 5 - Open vraag

2
Naam (bedrijf en/of persoon) 
Huisnr. + straat 
Plaats + postcode 
Land 


2
John Bugs
4327 Hazel Road
London W11 4UT
Great Britain





Slide 6 - Tekstslide

3

The date
3

12 March, 2023

Slide 7 - Tekstslide

Write down today's date in the appropriate manner

Slide 8 - Open vraag

4 Salutation
if you don't know who will read your letter: Dear Sir/Madam,
if you know it is a man: Dear Sir,
if you know it is a woman: Dear Madam,
if you know the name: 
Dear Ms Foster, (getrouwde/ niet getrouwde vrouw)
Dear Mrs Watson, (getrouwde vrouw)
Dear Mr Adams,

Slide 9 - Tekstslide

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

Slide 10 - Open vraag

What is the correct salutation if you write to your best friend, Pete Matthews?

Slide 11 - Open vraag

5 Content
Paragraph 1 is introductory (kennismaking/ waarom je schrijft).

The centerpart can be multiple paragraphs (1 to3) (in this you ask for information or explain in more detail the purpose of your letter).

Conclusion: summarize and conclude with what you want to achieve.

Slide 12 - Tekstslide

Let's see if you choose the correct options....

Slide 13 - Tekstslide

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

Slide 14 - Quizvraag

How do you say 'ik zit op het St Maartens'
A
I sit on St Maartenscollege
B
I am on St Maartenscollege
C
I am at St Maartenscollege
D
I go to St Maartenscollege

Slide 15 - Quizvraag

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

Slide 16 - Quizvraag

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...

Slide 17 - Quizvraag

Paragraph 1 - something to remember!

Paragraph 1:
My name is …. , I am a fifteen-year-old boy/girl and I live in … in The Netherlands. I go to St Maartenscollege and I am in the third year. The reason I am writing you is….

Slide 18 - Tekstslide

Paragraphs
Every paragraph should be at least 3 lines long (when written by hand) and are divided by 1 open line

Slide 19 - Tekstslide

5.1 Closing statement
You ALWAYS use this phrase and it stands on its own.  You leave 1 line open above and below

I hope to hear from you soon.

Slide 20 - Tekstslide

6 Closing
Yours faithfully, / Yours sincerely,
(signature)
first and last name 


Slide 21 - Tekstslide

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’.

Slide 22 - Tekstslide

Dear Sir/Madam,
Your address
recipient's adress

The date
Introduce yourself + reason of writing
Explanation of the situation
Conclusion
Closing sentence
Your name
signature
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Slide 23 - Sleepvraag

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

Slide 24 - Tekstslide

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

Slide 25 - Tekstslide

Frequent mistakes
Capital Letters:

i is wrong, it is always “I” 

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

Slide 26 - Tekstslide

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

Slide 27 - Tekstslide