English 9 Unit 4 Write

Foreign Language Council G/ F, 12 Nam Trang street Study English, French, or Chinese in the morning & evening Places available in beginner/ intermediate classes Courses start on 3rd Nove[r]

Teacher:

Read the advertisement and answer.

1 What’s the address

of the school?

2 On what days do the courses start?

3 What’s the schedule

of the courses for beginners?

4 How much is the fee?

A letter of inquiry

Week: 12

Period: 24

LEARNING A FOREIGN LANGUAGE

Lesson 5:

Unit 4:

WRITE

John Robinson

speak

read



x

- from the USA

- work in HCM city

- like learning

Vietnamese

Can he speak

and read

Vietnamese?

a) Read Mr Robinson’s letter.

A letter of inquiry

25 Le Duan St District 1

Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam April 17 th , 2003

Dear Sir,

I saw your school’s advertisement in today’s edition of

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 courses and fees? I can complete a spoken Vietnamese test if

necessary.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Yours faithfully,

John Robinson

New words:

- recipient (n): người nhận

- edition (n): bản in, lần xuất bản

- detail (n): chi tiết

- to look forward to + V- ing

- to supply: cung cấp

- inquiry (n): Sự tham vấn, hỏi thăm

- request (n): yêu cầu

Ex: I am looking forward to hear ing from you.

: mong đợi

Note: The format of a letter of inquiry

1 Introduction

2 Request

3 Further information

4 Conclusion

* Polite closing: - Yours faithfully,

- Yours sincerely,

- Faithfully/ sincerely yours,

Read Mr Robinson’s letter and complete the table.

Introduction

He saw ……… of the school in today’s edition of

………

Request

He can ……….

He wants to ……….

He would like to have the ……… and ……… of the courses.

Further

information He can complete ………

Conclusion

I look forward to ……….

………

Viet Nam News

the advertisement

speak a little Vietnamese

learn to read and write

fees

a spoken test

hearing from you

Yours faithfully,

details

Foreign Language Council

G/ F, 12 Nam Trang street

Study English, French, or Chinese in the morning & evening

Places available in beginner/

intermediate classes

Courses start on 3rd November

Write a letter of inquiry to this institution requesting for more information about the courses and fees.

Discuss with your group and complete the table.

Introduction

I saw/ watched ……… of the school in/ on ………

Request

I am interested in ……….

I can… , but I want to improve my

………

Can you send me ……… of the courses?

Further

information

I can complete ……… test

Conclusion

I look forward to ……….

Yours sincerely,/ faithfully,

10 Le Duan St, Long Thanh Town

Dong Nai, Viet Nam

November 10 th , 2012

Dear Sir/ Madam,

I watched the advertisement of your school on HTV9 last week I am interested in learning Chinese and I would like some information about your institution.

I can speak Chinese a little, but want to improve my

listening and writing skills Could you send me details of Chinese courses and fees? I can complete a spoken test if necessary.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Sincerely yours,

Tran Minh Thu.

1 Write the letter in your exercise notebook again.

2 Prepare: Language Focus

Good bye!

Thank you for your attention!