4.7 Writing to request information

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 3

Standaard format

• Writing

You can use specific language to write a formal letter

Work on ex. 1 until 5 on page 54

Done: have a look at ex. 7

Choose the more formal alternative.

1. Hello Mr Stein
2. Dear Mr Stein

Choose the more formal alternative.

1. thank you for contacting me...
2. thanks for your email...

Choose the more formal alternative.

1. I want to know about...
2. I would like to enquire about....

Choose the more formal alternative.

1. I look forward to hearing from you.
2. Please write back soon.

Choose the more formal alternative.

1. All the best,
2. Yours sincerely,

Writing a formal letter

What do you have to pay attention to?

Direct = less formal vs 

Indirect = more formal

Finish ex. 1 until 5 on page 54

Continue with ex. 7, 8 & 9

• Create indirect questions in the following slides.
  
• Use the information in the Language Focus

Make this question indirect.
Have you thought about my idea for changing the menu?

Formal email requesting info

1. start the email politely: Dear Sir/Madam; Dear + Surname...

2. don't use abbreviations (e.g. asap), slang (e.g. u ipv you), or contractions (e.g. didn't ipv did not)

3. say why you are writing + what you're responding to

4. ask for clarification (bc you're not sure about something) = ask indirect questions

5. mention that you would like a reply = I look forward to verbing...

6. finish the email politely: Yours faithfully / Yours sincerely 

Show what you've learnt:
do exercise 10 here.
Use the writing phrases!

Do exercises:

In pairs (whisper mode!) or alone

Read the response email (ex 2) & do:

3 & 4 = vocab

5 = writing focus

7 = language focus

answers:

ex3: 1 stuff, 2 telling, 3 want, 4 lots of, 5 thanks, 6 happy

ex4: a6, b2, c5, d1, e4, f3

ex5: 2 I am looking forward to, 3 I am, 4 contacting you, 5 Could you clarify, 6 I hope to hear from you

Future perfect  (will + have + past participle)

vs 

Future continuous (will + be + verb-ing)

Perfect = voltooid = iets wat je in de toekomst voltooid zult hebben

In a couple of years I will have taught a lot of students.

Continuous = doorgaande actie = iets waar je in de toekomst mee bezig bent

In 2027 I will be working at a bakery