Unit 6: Writing (Kimi)

Could you please send me details of the competition, the number of participants, entry procedures, venue, date and time?. Body Closing and ending A LETTER OF REQUEST The reason why you

D

Quiz:

“Road to Mount Olympia”

Do you want to take

part in competitions like these?

If you want to get some information about the

competition, what will

If you were an

organizer of a

competition, would you

be ready to give the

contestants some

information about the

competition?

UNIT 6

Lesson 4: WRITING

1 PRE- WRITING

168 Duy Tan St, Mong Cai City, Vietnam 20th October,2009

Dear Sir / Madam,

I watched the information about the Quiz: “ Road to Mount Olympia” on TV last night I am interested

in taking part in the competition and I want to get some information about it.

Could you please send me details of the competition, the number of participants, entry procedures, venue, date and time? Please provide me with your phone number and e-mail.

I look forward to hearing from you soon.

Yours faithfully, Viet Ha.

Viet Ha, an excellent student from Tran Phu Gifted School, wrote a letter to the organizers to get some information about the Quiz:

“Road to Mount Olympia”

Heading Opening

(writer’s address)

Identify

the parts

of this letter.

Body

Closing and ending

A LETTER OF REQUEST

The reason why

you write the letter

The request

168 Duy Tan St, Mong Cai City, Vietnam 20th October,2009

Dear Sir / Madam,

I watched the information about the Quiz: “ Road to Mount Olympia” on

TV last night I am interested in taking part in the competition and I want to get some information about it.

Could you please send me details of the competition, the number of

participants, entry procedures, venue, date and time? Please provide me with your phone number and e-mail.

I look forward to hearing from you soon.

Yours faithfully, Viet Ha

43 Nguyen Chi Thanh St, Ba Dinh District

Ha Noi, Vietnam

25th October,2009

Dear Viet Ha,

1 It starts at 8.00 a.m Contestants should be present at about 7.00 a.m for registration.

2 Thank you for your letter and welcome to our competition Here are some details about the competition.

3 About 4 students from High Schools participate in each competition The competition is held on 20 th November at Studio 9, Building H, 844

De La Thanh St, Ba Dinh District, Ha Noi

4 For more information please contact me on the phone number

0984409182 and e-mail : Olympia@yahoo.com.

Best wishes,

Kieu Anh

Work in pairs to arrange a letter of replying which

Miss Kieu Anh wrote to Viet Ha

A letter of replying

Identify

the parts

of this

letter.

Heading Opening

Closing and ending

Confirming the letter

you’ve received

Providing necessary

information

Body

43 Nguyen Chi Thanh St, Ba Dinh District

Ha Noi City, Vietnam 25th Oct,2009

Dear Viet Ha,

Thank you for your letter and welcome to our competition Here are some details about the competition.

About 4 students from High Schools participate in each competition The competition is held on 20 th November at Studio 9, Building H, 844 De La Thanh St, Ba Dinh District, Ha Noi City It starts at 8.00 a.m Contestants should be present at about 7.00 a.m for registration.

For more information please contact me on the phone number 0984409182 and e-mail : Olympia@yahoo.com.

Best wishes, Kieu Anh

 A letter of replying is a

letter which provides necessary information about something.

Useful language

Confirming

the letter

you’ve

received

Providing

necessary

informatio

n

- Thank you for your letter and welcome to _.

- I’ve got your letter on _

and I am really delighted when learning that you can take part in _

- Here are some details about .

- Here is the important information you should know about _.

A letter of replying

2 WHILE-WRITING

THU TRANG

 Task 1: Read the letter and find out the

information required for English Speaking Competition.

I read the information about the English Speaking Competition on your Language Centre’s website I

am interested in practising English with native speakers and I want to get some information about the competition.

Could you please send me details of the competition, the number of participants, entry procedures, venue, date and time? Please provide me with your phone number and e-mail.

I look forward to hearing from you soon.

Yours faithfully, Thu Trang

140 Kham Thien st, Dong Da District Hanoi, Vietnam

17 th October,2009 Dear Sir/ Madam,

venue ['venju:] (n):

entry procedure ['entri prə'si:dʒə] (n): thủ tục đăng kí

địa điểm

VOCABULARY

• number of participants: 25

• entry procedure: registration

• venue: 106 Tran Hung Dao Street, Hoan Kiem

Task 2: Imagine you are Kate Johnson, secretary

of the English Speaking Competition Write a

letter to respond to Thu Trang, using the details below.

3 Post - WRITING

Correct the letter.

106 Tran Hung Dao St, Hoan Kiem District

Ha Noi City, Vietnam

25th October,2009.

Dear Thu Trang,

Thank you for your letter and welcome to our English Speaking

competition Here are some details about the competition.

The number of participants is limited- just 25 The competition is held

on 25 th November, 2009 at 106 Tran Hung Dao Street, Hoan Kiem

District, Ha Noi It starts at 8.00 a.m Contestants should be present at about 7.00 a.m for registration.

For more information please contact me on the phone number

(04)9838188 and e-mail : Englishclub06@yahoo.com.

Best wishes,

Kate Johnson

Secretary

1

5

3 2

LUCKY NUMBERS

1 How many parts are there in a letter of replying? What are they?

-4 parts

They are heading, opening, body, and

closing

2 What do we write in the part “ Closing ” of the formal letter?

We write :

With best wishes/ Yours faithfully/ Yours

1 Heading

2 Opening

The reason why you write the letter

3 Body The request

4 Closing and ending

3 What do you call this form of letter?

A letter of request

1 Heading

2 Opening

Confirming the letter you’ve received

3 Body Providing necessary information

4 Closing and ending

4 What do you call this form of letter?

A letter of replying

5/ CONGRATULATION !

You have chosen a

LUCKY NUMBER

Imagine you are the secretary of the Art competition Write a letter to respond to Thu Huong.

85 Nguyen Sinh Sac Street,

Ha Long City, Vietnam

10 th November, 2009

Dear Sir/ Madam,

I watched the information about the Art Competition on

television last night I am interested in drawing pictures and I want to get some information about the competition.

Could you please send me details of the competition, the number

of participants, entry procedures, venue, date and time? Please provide me with your phone number and e-mail.

I look forward to hearing from you soon.

Yours faithfully,

Thu Huong

Homework