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Letter writing
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Slide 1 - Tekstslide

Slide 2 - Tekstslide

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

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






1
Aart van der Leeuwkade 14
2564 PJ Voorburg 
The Netherlands

Slide 3 - Tekstslide

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

Slide 4 - Open vraag

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


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





Slide 5 - Tekstslide

3

The date
3

12 March, 2023

Slide 6 - Tekstslide

Write down today's date in the appropriate manner

Slide 7 - 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 8 - Tekstslide

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

Slide 9 - Open vraag

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

Slide 10 - Open vraag

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

Slide 11 - Tekstslide

Paragraphs
Paragraph 1 is introductory (intnoducing yourself/ why you are writing).

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

Paragraph 1 - example

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 13 - 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 14 - Tekstslide

6 Closing
Yours faithfully, / Yours sincerely,

(signature)

first and last name 


Slide 15 - 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 16 - 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 17 - 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. At the end, check your work!

Slide 18 - 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. Unofficial language (gonna, u, 2, etc.) 

Slide 19 - Tekstslide

Frequent mistakes
Capital Letters:

i is wrong, it is always “I” 

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

Slide 20 - Tekstslide