24G - Lesson - week 2.1 - 24GA

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24G - Lesson - week 2.1

Today's planning

• Test

  • Grades

  • Questions

• Formal writing

• Covering letter

  • What is it?

  • What is in it?

• Write a covering letter

Test grades

• Grade is made up as following

  • 20 points in total

    • 11 points to get a 5,5

• Hand in nothing/empty document or wrong document? -> 1

• Hand in non-complete document? -> grade depends on received points : all points

• Questions? Ask them during the work time!

Formal writing

What is the correct opening greeting if you do know who will read your letter?

What is the correct opening greeting if you do not know who will read your letter?

How do you end a formal letter to a customer?

A

Greetings,

B

Yours sincerely,

C

Kind sincerely,

D

Kind regards,

What are you never allowed to use when writing a formal letter?

Most common mistakes

• Don't = Do not

• U = You (never ever use U)

• Their / They are / There

• We are / were / where

• Than / Then

• Capital letters

  • I (ik), New York, The Netherlands, Monday, etc.

Covering letter

= een begeleidende offerte brief.

• What would a covering letter be?

• Why do we use a covering letter?

• What type of language do we use?

  • Formal vs Informal?

Make a template for a covering letter

Beginning

• Your company name + address

• The customers company name + address

• Date and place (where the letter is being written)

Ending

• End greeting (Yours sincerely)

• Your name + contact details

Covering letter

• What is in the content of a covering letter?

  • Opening

  • Introduction + Feedback

  • Summary of conversation

  • Quotation (no-obligation quote or not)

  • The costs

  • Validity period of quotation

  • Ending

  • Your details

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Get to work!

• Make your own covering letter Template.

• Everybody has to make one!

• Make the template so that it is easy to adjust in the future.

• Done? -> write & improve