Unit 4 - write - hot

- John Robinson, From England- live in HCM city-Vietnam - want to learn Vietnamese 2.. He saw the school’s advertisement in today’s edition of the Vietnamese News3. Answer the questions

Teacher: V ¬ng Kh¶i

Unit 4

LEARNING A FOREIGN

LANGUAGE

Lesson5: Write

Tuesday,12th Novembrer 2013

1 Vocabulary

yêu c u, đ ngh ầ ề ị

n b n

chi ti t ế

cung c p ấ trông mong

- request (v):

- edition (n):

- detail (n):

- supply (v):

- look forward to(V):

What do you write in each part of the letter?

Do the matching to find the answer.

1 Heading

2 Opening 3.Body of the letter

4 Closing

A-Yours faithfully, / Yours sincerely,

B-The content of the letter

C-Writer’s address and the date

D-Dear ,

FORM OF A LETTER

- John Robinson, From England

- live in HCM city-Vietnam

- want to learn Vietnamese

2 Read and understand the content of the letter :

From: 25 Le Duan St.,District1

Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam

To: The headmaster

of the school

1 Where did Robinson

see the school’s advertisement?

2 What language does he want to learn?

3 What aspects of Vietnamese does he want to improve?

4 What does Robinson want to know?

He saw the school’s advertisement in

today’s edition of the Vietnamese News.

He wants to learn Vietnamese.

He wants to learn

to read and write Vietnamese.

He wants to know some details of the courses and fees.

Answer the questions:

25 Le Duan St.,District 1

Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

April 17 th 2003 Dear sir,

I saw your school advertisement in

today’s edition of the Viet Nam News.

I am interested in learning Vietnamese

and I would like some information

about your school.

I speak a little Vietnamese, but I want

to learn to read and write it Could you

please send details of the courses and

fees?

I can complete a spoken Vietnamese

test if necessary.

I look forward to hearing from you

Yours faithfully,

John Robinson

request further information conclusion

Dear sir,

I saw your school advertisement

in today’s edition of the Viet

Nam News.

I am interested in learning

Vietnamese and I would like

some information about your

school.

I speak a little Vietnamese, but I

want to learn to read and write

it Could you please send details

of the courses and fees?

I can complete a spoken

Vietnamese test if necessary.

I look forward to hearing from

you

Yours faithfully,

John Robinson

3 Writing: (Read the advertisements in READ 5 again

Choose one of the schools you want to attend to improve your English Write a letter of inquiry to the institution

requesting for more information about the courses and fees Follow the outline below)

FOREIGN LANGUA

GE COUN CIL

G/F, 12 Na m Trang S

treets Study En glish, Fre

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morning & evening Places av ailable in

beginner /intermed

iate

classes Courses start on 3

rd Novembe r

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ACADEM

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Why not le

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ak a foreig n languag

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others?

We have w

ell-qualifie

d teachers

Classes in the morn

ing, aftern

oon and e vening

Courses b

egin first w

eek of No vember

Phone 82

78787 for more info

rmation

• Could you please send details of courses

and fees? (a polite request)

NOTES

• I would like

• I am interested

• I’d like

• I’m interested

• (to) look forward to +V-ing

• Yours faithfully, / Yours sincerely,

request

further information

conclusion

I saw/heard/watched in the Times / the Sunflowers / on

TV /on BBC,

I am interested in/like/love Vietnamese / English/ and

I would like some information about your school /

institute/

• I speak a little But I want to read / write / speak

better

• Could you courses/fees/time able/ teachers /

scholarship /

• I can complete a test / supply my school

report /

• I look forward to hearing from you

• Yours faithfully,/ Yours sincerely

Hai Phong City

Dear sir,

I saw your Institute’s advertisement in today’s edition of the Times

I am interested in learning English and I would like some

more information about your Institute.

I can speak a little English, but I read it very slowly and my writing is bad So I want to improve my reading and writing skills Could you please send details of the courses and fees for beginner? I can supply my record of English study if

necessary.

I look forward to hearing from you

Yours faithfully,

Thai Thuy Linh

SUGGESTED PARAGRAPH:

- Rewrite the letter of inquiry.

- Do exercises in your exercise book.

- Prepare : Language focus