4 CAE Focus on Speaking, Listening and formal/informal letter writing

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 4

Classs 4 CAE

Focus on Speaking, Listening and Formal /

Informal letter writing

2 x 45 minutes

1- Focus on Speaking

1-Focus Listening

2- Letter writing

Peer feedback

Speaking 

If your speaking partner is here work together

Tips in Teams (Classwork), Back of you Book (p.195)

Complete ex. 1-4 on page 142/143

Speaking 

Ex. 5

Which candidate does the task more successfully?

What advice would you give each candidate to help them do better next time?

WRITING SKILLS - PART 2

If you haven't already done so- log into Lesson Up- use the code - it's quiz time- exam structure

Hw much time do you have for the writing exam in total

1. 120 minutes
2. 90 minutes
3. 60 minutes
4. 45 minutes

How many options will yu have in the writing exam part 2

1. 3
2. 4
3. 2
4. 5

WHICH OF THESE TASKS IS NOT IN THE CAE EXAM WRITING PART 2?

1. E-mail / Letter
2. Proposal
3. Report
4. Essay

CAE WRITING EXAM PART 1

ESSAY - COMPULSORY

CAE WRITING EXAM PART 2

3 OPTIONS

IT COULD BE:

 LETTER / E-MAIL (formal or Informal)

REPORT

PROPOSAL

REVIEW

V4 - Hand out & teams

Formal and informal letter writing

Writing a formal letter requires the use of language that is formal and polite. Using words, phrases, and structures that we call informal (a.k.a that you use for friends and family) cannot be used in these types of letters. 

Think for a moment on what you believe is formal language and what is informal language. Give some examples of language and of language rules that come to mind when it comes to formal and to informal language.

Formal

Informal

Recap the difference:

Let's start with some exercises:

https://www.flo-joe.co.uk/cae/students/writing

/register/phrasal.htm

https://www.flo-joe.co.uk/cae/students/writing

/register/grammar.htm

https://www.flo-joe.co.uk/cae/students/writing/register/formal.htm

INFORMAL LETTER

USE A SUITABLE OPENING: 

DEAR xxxx

USE A SUITABLE CLOSING

KIND REGARDS

DON'T NEED AN ADDRESS OR A DATE

What things should you watch out for when writing an informal letter
- what NOT to do (apart from not being too formal.... that's too obvious)

What NOT to do in an informal letter

 Informal does not mean sloppy- use correct grammar

1. No text speak 

U= You

cos= because

NOT TEXT ABBREVIATIONS TNT- TONIGHT

2. Gonna- going to

3. Wanna - want to

What you STILL NEED in an informal letter

PARAGRAPHS

PUNCTUATION

VARIED VOCABULARY

COMPLETE SENTENCES

ANSWER THE QUESTION THEY HAVE ASKED !!!

BE CAREFUL WITH AMERICAN ENGLISH

IF YOU ARE GOING TO USE IT - BE CONSISTENT

GRAMMAR

SPELLING

VOCABULARY

USA V UK

DRIVE SAFE- YOU DON'T WANT TO  MOUNT THE SIDEWALK IN YOUR GRAY TRUCK WHEN YOU'RE TRAVELING AT HIGH SPEED

DRIVE SAFELY, YOU DON'T WANT TO MOUNT THE PAVEMENT IN YOUR GREY LORRY WHEN YOU'RE TRAVELLING AT HIGH SPEED

Formal letters

Formal letters are sent to organizations, government departments, chair holders, etc to make complaints, requests, inquiries, orders etc. In case of formal letters, the person to whom you are addressing the letter is not a friend or any other person known to you. Your tone is full of respect making use of formal words and sentences to create a nice impression on the recipient. 

Informal letters are written to friends and relatives. The purpose of writing a letter is not to make a complaint or inquiry, and the tone is also casual. The words used can be colloquial and slang, and you are not there to create an impression. Informal letters can be considered a freestyle swimming where you are free to write in the style and tone as you wish. There is no set format, and there is no need to be using formal style and tone.

Formal letters: structure

Use the following structure for your formal letter:

• your address (without your name)
• recipient's address (with name, department etc)
• date (write out in full)
• salutation:  Dear Sir/Madam, (no name is given) or Dear Mrs Jenkins, (name is given)
• body paragraphs + closing phrase (often something like: I look forward to hearing from you at your earliest convenience)
• greeting: Yours faithfully (goes with Dear Sir/Madam)  or Yours sincerely (goes with Dear Mrs Jenkins)
• Your signature
• Your full name

Body paragraphs: structure

How to structure your body paragraphs:

1 - explain who you are and why you are writing

2-3 - go into more detail and provide examples to support yourself

4 - what do you expect from your recipient + closing phrase

When you are given an CAE letter writing assignment, the assignment itself will give you a list for what to write in each paragraph. This does not always follow the above pattern, so read carefully how the assignment wants you to structure your paragraphs.

Writing a Formal letter

- Start with exercises 1-6 (20 mins)

- Then move onto exercises 8 + 9. 

Exercise 9: write the letter using the right 

structure and make sure you use a body 

paragraph for each point. Use the 

support page on the next slide for help. 

Hand in next week via Teams - Opdrachten.

FEEDBACK-formative

Grammar

Structure

Vocabulary

Register/Tone

Content/task achievement-(did you answer the question / all parts of the question)

CHOOSE MAX 2 ITEMS

Support:

Still have some trouble with understanding formal 

vs informal language or writing? Watch the videos 

on the next slides to help you along, or go the one 

of the following websites:

https://www.thoughtco.com/formal-letter-structure-1210161

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zv7fqp3/articles/zkq8hbk

https://teacherphill.com/cae-how-to-write-an-email-letter/

Get on with it!!!