Writing a Formal Letter

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vmbo b, k, g
• Leerjaar 3

How to write a formal letter...

Writing a formal letter/email

1.  Sender's address

2. Date

3.  Receiver's address

4. Salutation; Dear Sir, Madam,  Dear Mr Brown, Dear Mrs Wilson,

5. Divide the content into at least 3 paragraphs (introduction, explanation, conclusion)

6. End greeting : Yours sincerely, Yours faithfully

7. Your signature and name

8. Between each part: white line= WITREGEL! (regel overslaan)

Writing a formal letter

• Always proofread your letter and check:
• Is there a clear and specific subject ?
• Have you entered the address to the person/company you are writing to?
• Salutation
• Closing sentence 
• Proper ending
• Does each sentence start with a capital? 
• Punctuation 
• Have you covered all topics you want to write about? ( Inhoud elementen)
• Correct spelling

You can end your formal letter with.....

1. Yours sincerely,
2. Kind regards,
3. greetings
4. bye

Let's practise

Write your corrected version of the letter of application on p. 14-16

Is de doel van deze les wat jou betreft bereikt?
Aan het einde van de les weet je hoe je een correcte e-mail opstelt

1. Ja! Dit weet ik.
2. Nee. Dit is voor mij niet duidelijk geworden.